Communications Specialist, YouTube and Business to Business
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 years of experience in public relations, media relations, or communications.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in the use of social media to build audiences and in the development of video content.
- Ability to work well as part of a team.
- Ability to think, plan and execute on multiple projects simultaneously in an organized fashion.
- Ability to work with colleagues in various geographies and understand cultural differences.
- Ability to focus and prioritize in a fast-paced environment and adapt/escalate as needed.
- Excellent writing skills, with the ability to tailor messages to the right audiences.
About the job
As a member of the Italian Communications and Public Affairs team, you will work cross-functionally to help communicate with journalists and other thought leaders and directly with users. You will devise specific communications materials and campaigns based on understanding of the audiences’ interests, engage in face-to-face meetings with commentators and other opinion formers, develop material supporting these campaigns; and counter misinformation that might interfere with the business and the ability to serve users.
We help inform and educate users, advertisers, partners, opinion leaders--and our own employees--about the benefits of Google's products, our distinctive company culture/values and our approach to the big public policy issues of the day. You are quick-witted, entrepreneurial and intellectually curious. To succeed in this role, you are willing to try new things and can manage numerous projects with tight deadlines. Things happen quickly at Google, and to do great work, you need to be an enthusiastic team player who can work cross-functionally with partners across PR, Communications, Marketing, Product, and beyond.
Responsibilities
- Develop productive relationships with journalists, social influencers, key partners and influencers in tech, consumer, business, and mainstream media in Italy.
- Develop written materials including messaging guidelines, press releases, blogposts, presentations and speeches, social media assets.
- Represent Google as a company spokesperson.
- Train and provide guidance to company officials for press activities, and help manage a PR agency to support day-to-day inquiries, special projects, and events.
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