Director of Public Relations and Public Affairs

JOB DESCRIPTION: *MUST BE HANDS ON WITH BLOCKCHAIN* Under the direction of the Executive Director of Global Public Relations, this person will serve as a senior member of the team, with responsibility for strategising, developing and executing a robust media strategy aligned to business goals and objectives. In doing so, the Director, Public Relations will promote company news, information and thought leadership to the media and analyst community, proactively build and manage relationships with editors, journalists and analysts, influence news coverage, shape perceptions of the firm and protect against reputational risk. By partnering closely with members of the M&C team, business heads and senior leaders within the company, they will develop compelling messaging and content, leverage media trends to attain positive news coverage and generate story ideas, and draft and place bylined articles to establish senior leaders as spokespeople and thought leaders and provide strategic counsel on PR opportunities across businesses. RESPONSIBILITIES: Overall responsibility is to strategise, develop and execute a global public relations strategy across businesses and their related thought leadership areas, generating awareness and coverage via proactive pitching, interviews, bylines, media tours, statements, roundtables, editor briefings and more. Collaborate with M&C peers to ensure a holistic M&C strategy and reporting, with defined goals, objectives and KPIs. Leverage writ