PR Manager, Sustainability and Community Impact , International Stores and Corporate Comms
DESCRIPTION
Amazon is looking for a Communications Manager to support its business in the UK, with a focus on sustainability and community impact programmes and campaigns.
Reporting to the Director of UK Communications, the role will be responsible for developing and delivering communication strategies and approaches which support Amazon's UK business, and work closely with our internal sustainability, community impact, operations and policy teams, together with our issues management team, and international comms teams.
The successful individual will be an experienced communications specialist who is able to thrive in a fast-paced and matrixed environment. They will have exceptional judgement, be able to work independently, will have extensive experience in managing UK-focused sustainability or community relations communications campaigns, and a good understanding of purpose-led work, UK public affairs and the regulatory environment. They will be responsible for communications related to Amazon's work with community and charity partners, as well as our sustainability programmes in transportation, energy, circular economy, shopping events, waste, and packaging. Media relations, influencer and stakeholder engagement, and broader corporate communications experience is essential, as well as using data & insights to drive planning and measurement.
Key job responsibilities
- Development of strategic initiatives in support of Amazon's sustainability and community impact goals
- Working in close collaboration with multiple internal teams as well as external partners
- Developing messaging and speaking points for external communications opportunities
- Working with third party organisations to encourage support of Amazon's programmes
- Proactive media relations and issues management
- Effectively representing Amazon as a spokesperson
- Working closely with international communications teams to ensure company-wide communications
- Creating and maintaining both reactive and proactive communication materials
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in professional communications or public relations
- Exercises high judgement, particularly in narrow time frames
- Excellent communications skills in English (oral and written)
- Able to multitask and prioritize own workload
- Develops creative, effective approaches to varied communications challenges, with experience of running programmes with a focus on community impact and sustainability topics
- Possesses outstanding attention to detail and relentlessly high standards
- Thinks strategically, but stays on top of tactical execution
- Experience with the use of paid media and influencer + stakeholder engagement in communications
- Strong economic literacy and comfortable converting data into compelling storytelling
- Ensures an integrated communications approach, considering all audiences and communications channels
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree
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