Job Description
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The Royal Caribbean Group’s Corporate Communication has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Senior Manager Corporate Communications reporting to the AVP External Communications
This position will work on-site in Miami Florida
Position Summary:
The Senior Manager of Corporate Communications will support Royal Caribbean Group’s (RCG) External Communications department by driving day-to-day external proactive and reactive communications work on behalf of the corporation Reporting to the AVP External Communications the Senior Manager will possess the know-how creativity and initiative to get the media’s attention for the Company’s story with consistent messaging and aggressive earned media goals The candidate will have experience serving as a Company spokesperson possess very strong media relations and issues management knowledge and experience
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Plan develop execute and evaluate earned media by deploying creative external storytelling to generate earned media across all platforms
Develop and maintain strong relationships with key external stakeholders including trade consumer financial travel and lifestyle media partners and experts
Track record of establishing and maintaining strong relationships with local regional national and international journalists and producers
Identify and anticipate trends as well as be opportunistic in sourcing developing and placing high-impact media stories and thought leadership that demonstrate the difference in cruising
Minimize negative coverage by successfully anticipating (when possible) and managing reputational risk
Train and support Company executives and spokespeople with media and speaking opportunities
Responsible for incident and risk communications which includes working directly with the AVP External Relations other communications team members and senior leadership on natural disaster accidents and other potential crises including assigning weekend rotation coverage for the Company’s Corporate Communications function
Represent department and if needed serve as communications leader on important cross-disciplinary teams including multi-market teams and situation management incidents
Writer and editor on all press materials including media pitches press releases fact sheets media statements and others
Strong collaborator and partner who can move quickly to meet intended goals
Work in alignment with the Corporate Communications team and the digital/web/social media communications and corporate social responsibility teams
Make smart and efficient use of staff vendors agencies existing materials and resources available
Travel and flexibility to support business events outside of regular hours including holidays and weekends
Complete other tasks assigned by the AVP External Communications
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Journalism Communications Public Relations English or related field preferred
At least 10 years communications experience in corporate government and/or brand communications public relations agency issues management or crisis management preferably in a public company
8+ years of direct experience in external media relations
Exceptional track record of working effectively with external media including demonstrated success in executing earned media campaigns resulting in coverage in major national outlets
Knowledge and adherence to AP Style
Knowledge and Skills:
Strong ability to move quickly within a matrixed organization and interact with senior executives and build effective relationships within the company and media
Strong planning capabilities to identify and prioritize communication strategies and activities as well as to meet deadlines required
Experience preparing and leading small teams in reputation-threatening circumstances
Possess Journalistic curiosity and desire to always dig deeper for a story
Evidence of being a collaborative partner and confident thought leader
Strong leadership and relationship management skills
Experience managing communications strategies with measurable results
Outstanding writing and editing skills for different formats including announcements statements press releases video scripts letters etc
We know there's a lot to consider As you go through the application process our recruiters will be glad to provide guidance and more relevant details to answer any additional questions Thank you again for your interest in Royal Caribbean Group We'll hope to see you onboard soon!
It is the policy of the Company to ensure equal employment and promotion opportunity to qualified candidates without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race color religion sex age national origin disability sexual orientation sexuality gender identity or expression marital status or any other characteristic protected by law Royal Caribbean Group and each of its subsidiaries prohibit and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment
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Nearest Major Market: Miami
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