Avp, Media Relations Jobs

With a company culture rooted in collaboration, expertise and innovation, we aim to promote progress and inspire our clients, employees, investors and communities to achieve their greatest potential. Our work is the catalyst that helps others achieve their goals. In short, We Enable Possibility℠.
Key Responsibilities

• Create mechanism to measure effectiveness of all media campaigns.
• Coordinate with communications team and other leaders (IR, HR, ESG) to cultivate and advance Arch’s brand.
• Assist leaders in their communications with these external stakeholders.
• Advisor
• Work closely with business units that use outside partners to ensure messaging alignment and executive awareness of all initiatives.
• Help ACGL leadership develop their social media profiles and work to create plans/strategies for positioning key leaders as experts in their fields.
• Social Media
• Help identify, track and ultimately manage potential reputational issues. Work with communications and business leadership to develop communications plans, response strategies and potential outcomes.
• Liaise with employee communications team to identify stories and narratives that would be of interest to external audiences.
• Coordinate with businesses to identify appropriate speaking engagements and ensure those speaking at engagements are appropriately prepared.
• Coordinate with business and marketing teams on drafting, editing and distributing press releases. Work with business leaders to help determine desired outcomes from press releases and work to develop a strategy to help leverage the release to achieve that outcome.
• Work with leadership at the corporate and business level to develop a thought leadership strategy for key executives and business lines. This will include contributing to a standard messaging approach to ensure consistency across the organization.
• Engage with experts in the business to draft articles, white papers, blogs and other communication vehicles to help position Arch as a thought leader in its space.
• Serve as advisor to senior leaders throughout the company, developing and executing external communications (earned media) campaigns that will enhance our corporate reputation and brand.
• Thought Leadership
• Develop a media relations practice at Arch. Cultivate relationships with key industry reporters to help position Arch as ‘first call’ for insights and responses on industry matters.
• Direct issues management and crisis communications. Develop position statements and a repository of communications materials/policies, including talking points, media statements, Q&A, etc. around corporate issues in partnership with key corporate functions.
• Media Relations
• Manage corporate social media strategy and liaise with businesses to maximize exposure and impact.
• Government, Agencies and Regulators

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal skills; proven ability to build and maintain strong collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Must be committed to the success of the team.
• Experience working in the insurance industry and in or with a global organization strongly preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree. (Communications, Public Affairs, Journalism or related field strongly preferred).
• 5+ years of experience in leading project campaigns independently.
• Exceptional writing ability. Fluency with AP Style.
• Experience with a PR Agency/Firm is a plus.
• 10+ years in media relations, communications, or similar experience. Must have experience in media relations and issues management.
• Proven track record of building consensus and steering sensitive and sometimes controversial topics through the organization and to completion.
• Ability to synthesize complex messages, products and market challenges.
• Good judgement and ability to handle confidential information with the highest level of discretion and professionalism.
• Demonstrated success in working with high-level executives to achieve communications and business outcomes
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with an ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

For individuals assigned or hired to work in Jersey City, New York City, and/ or Westchester County, the base salary range is listed below. This range is as of the time of posting. Position is incentive eligible.
$85,000 - $142,000

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• Total individual compensation (base salary, short & long-term incentives) offered will take into account a number of factors including but not limited to geographic location, scope & responsibilities of the role, qualifications, talent availability & specialization as well as business needs. The above range may be modified in the future

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