External Communications, Senior Specialist

Role Summary

The External Communications, Senior Specialist is responsible for supporting the team with executing corporate communication programs for Vertex. While part of the Corporate Reputation team this role will also be expected to work with the wider Corporate Affairs team across multiple projects. You will support the delivery of above product activities including awards and recognitions; community affairs activities; executive and senior leader thought leadership planning; corporate social responsibility; and external communications related to culture and values.

Responsibilities

• Support with developing and executing our corporate above brand media activities including (media placements, writing media materials, development of social media copy)
• Writing our entry submissions for top tier industry awards, and support with the development of amplification plans to highlight our successes across our corporate channels
• Develop and manage our target media lists, ensuring journalists contacts are up to date.
• Creation of corporate materials like fact sheets, website copy, etc. and overall content creation aligned with enhancing the company's reputation as a serial innovator, ensuring brand and message consistency
• Working collaboratively with colleagues across different teams and countries to gather media insights, which includes partnering with country agency contacts and supporting the development of insightful media analytics which will help to inform future strategies.
• Compiling the daily media monitoring reports and cascading to internal stakeholders
• Collaborating with community partnership leads to identify opportunities to communicate about our community programs across geographies

Skills

• Proven experience in corporate communications, public relations, or media relations, ideally within a fast-growing or international organization
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to create compelling content for various audiences and channels
• Strong relationship-building and networking skills; adept at working with cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams
• Experience in preparing and submitting entries for industry awards is highly desirable
• Attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office essential and familiarity with media monitoring and PR tools preferred

Education

• Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Business, Political Science or a related field
• Typically, 3+ years of communications experience or the equivalent combination of education and experience