Job Description

Company Description

Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2022, Continental generated sales of \xe2\x82\xac39.4 billion and currently employs around 200,000 people in 57 countries and markets.

The ContiTech group sector develops and manufactures, for example, cross-material, environmentally friendly and intelligent products and systems for the automotive industry, railway engineering, mining, agriculture and other key industries. Guided by the vision of \xe2\x80\x9csmart and sustainable solutions beyond rubber,\xe2\x80\x9d the group sector draws on its long-standing knowledge of the industry and materials to open up new business opportunities by combining various materials with electronic components and individual services.



ONE ContiTech - The first choice for material driven solutions.

Are you interested in shaping the future of ContiTech together with a great team?

Please join us and contribute to our goals with your new role as Regional Spokesperson in the APAC region. Your new place to work is in Bangalore, with the possibility of hybrid work.

Your tasks
As a Regional Spokesperson, you are the central point of contact in your corresponding region for any Media & PR communication activity of the ContiTech Business Areas (BA). You identify, develop and implement BA-relevant communication measures towards media, politics, and the general public in accordance with ContiTech\'s communication strategy. You support the communicative handling of sensitive and crisis-related topics in your respective region.

You

• Are the Spokesperson and point of contact for media enquiries in your respective region across all BAs
• Create the regional/BA Media & PR strategy in accordance with ContiTech\'s communication strategy
• Plan, prepare and implement BA-specific regional PR activities in accordance with the ContiTech communication strategy and in cooperation with BA internal communications and Head of Marketing & Strategy, with focus on media, politics and other public stakeholders
• Create editorial content for regional Media & PR activities, e.g., for events, press conferences, press releases, articles and other publications, as well as photo and video formats
• Establish and expand sustainable and trusting contacts with local and regional media
• Align and coordinate communication content between BAs and ContiTech Communications team
• Monitor the success of regional Media & PR activities through the implementation of suitable KPIs
• Manage issue and crisis management for Media & PR on regional level
• Consult, support and train regional internal stakeholders in standard and crisis communication topics
• Brief, manage and coordinate PR agencies

Qualifications

• University degree, ideally with a focus on media or communication sciences, journalism or comparable qualifications
• Several years of experience as a press spokesperson or comparable position
• Fluent English skills, spoken and written, additional language skills advantageous
• Strong understanding of internal and external stakeholder needs, with the ability to translate them into concrete external communication actions
• High resilience even in uncertain and spontaneous situations
• Extensive editorial knowledge, as well as strong presentation skills
• Independent way of working, pronounced stakeholder orientation and strong quality awareness
• Experience in working in international complex matrix structures
• Ability to work in a team, flexibility and assertiveness
• Experienced in social media

Additional Information

We want our employees to do well with us. That\'s why we offer them not only an exciting job in an international technology group, but also numerous additional offers such as flexible and hybrid working, sabbaticals and other benefits.

Ready to drive with Continental? Take the first step and fill in the online application.

Ready to drive with Continental? Take the first step and fill in the online application.

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