Global Pr/communications Executive

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

For over 75 years Turner & Townsend has been making a difference to its clients. We are recognised as a market leader having been named the Building Magazine awards Consultancy of the Year in 2021 and International Business of the Year by British Expertise International.

We provide programme management, cost consultancy, project management and advisory consulting services for clients in 50 countries. It operates across three business segments: Real Estate - serving investors and occupiers across all property types, including data centres and life-science properties; Infrastructure - notably, transportation, environmental and power generation projects, and Natural Resources - renewable energy, alternative fuels, liquified natural gas and other projects.

Last year we formed a strategic partnership with CBRE to establish the premier, global provider of programme, project and cost management, underpinned by a unique client offer. As we look to the next 75 years, we committed to transforming performance for a green, inclusive and productive world.

**Business Generation team**

The Global Business Generation team are the custodians and drivers of best practice and expertise across all aspects of marketing and business development: brand and profile, digital and social media, winning bids and key client management.

The team has recently refreshed its strategy and approach. There is real energy and enthusiasm to make an impact, as experts in our fields. This will require us to ask difficult questions at times and be resilient in a fast-paced environment. The team is closely aligned to the company’s leadership and collaborate daily with business generation colleagues across the globe. We are looking for talented marketing and communications professionals to join a team which is determined to make a difference

**Job Description**:
As Global PR/communications Executive, you will be responsible for managing the global news pipeline for our business working with leaders from across key regions and segments to identify, draft and finalise compelling stories for media, and our external digital and social media channels.

Working together with the Global External Communications Lead and other members of our Business Generation community, you will be looking for stories from around the world to showcase appointments on major global projects, milestones, new hires, award wins as well as corporate announcements, that raise the profile of our business in line with our strategic priorities. You will build relationships with key journalists, identify media opportunities including contribution to features and opinion pieces, and support local and regional teams on their activity.

You will have the confidence to work with senior leaders in the business to advise and support them on media engagement, experience of managing PR agency activity, and an understanding of media in global markets. You will also work collaboratively, alongside members of our Global Business Generation team to ensure media activity complements and enhances our core campaigns and publications.

**Qualifications**:
**Role requirements**:
**Media**:

- Create, write and manage global news pipeline (eg press releases including corporate, project and people announcements, reports, award wins), working with regional teams and clients to ensure approvals
- Liaise with and manage activity of PR agencies selling stories into media and drive coverage
- Co-ordinate scheduling with the global digital team and other content creators where necessary to ensure timely publication of news stories
- Identify and build relationships with key media, generating pipeline of opportunities to increase profile
- Building media profiles of senior leaders in the business, supporting and coach spokespeople in advance of engagement with media
- Promoting media coverage on corporate and individual LinkedIn channels as required
- Work with translation agencies as required

**Corporate positioning**:

- Support on external comms planning, messaging and strategy - ensuring a healthy balance of proactive and reactive media engagement that fully aligns with the strategic priorities of the business
- Support on crisis communications and issues management as required

**Awards**:

- Work with regions and segments to identify priority awards and priority projects for submission
- Proofreading and drafting to ensure quality, evidence-based submissions with compelling narratives
- Ensure award wins are amplified on our channels

**Reporting**:

- Monitor, analyse and report on media coverage

**Skills required**:

- Excellent spoken and written English language ability, to native standard and demonstrable experience in creating clear and persuasive