Communications & Media Relations Manager - Arabic Speaker

About Us

Soar is a results-driven, award-winning creative agency, partnering with emerging brands to drive growth. We help clients achieve their goals including increasing brand awareness, influencing purchasing decisions and driving lead generation through PR, Social Media and Digital Marketing. Soar creates 360° campaigns tailored to drive commercial success. We work with multiple industries including automotive, real-estate, lifestyle and more. Visit www.soar-pr.com for more information

Job Description

• Develop creative, effective PR plans in line with client brief and targets.
• Create a range of materials including media releases, pitch decks, interview briefings and social media content for various clients
• Attend client meetings and regularly communicate with clients through other channels.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with journalists, influencers and other media contacts. Respond to any queries when needed.
• Develop and pitch press releases and feature ideas to journalists and influencers, across print, broadcast and online to interest them in covering clients’ stories.
• Arrange interviews and editorial meetings with key journalists for clients’ spokespeople and facilitate these meetings where appropriate.
• Monitor media coverage and report results to the wider team and clients. Deliver analytics reports on media coverage, traffic, engagement, followers and other relevant metrics.
• Work collaboratively with members of other teams (i.e. Digital and Creative & Content) to ensure smooth project delivery across team members.
• Participate in pitches and other brainstorming activities to develop fresh ideas in support of business development
• Provide high quality, responsive and timely service to existing clients. Take new client calls when required to introduce our agency and brief new clients on our services.

Job Requirements

• Public Relations, Marketing, and Communications skills
• A bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, or Journalism.
• Has worked in the UAE for 1-2 years in a UAE Public Relations agency
• Fluent in Arabic and English (speaking and writing)
• Network of media contacts in the UAE
• Strong writing and editing abilities
• Experience in media relations, influencer engagement and press release writing
• Social Media knowledge
• Ability to build relationships, trust and credibility with clients, colleagues, journalists and other stakeholders.
• An ability to work independently to meet deadlines, seeking guidance when required.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to multi-task and work under pressure
• Bachelor's degree in Public Relations, Marketing, Communications, or related field
• This is a hybrid role within UAE - work from home with regular in-person meetings required at the office, along with events
• Interested candidates must submit a portfolio of their most recent PR work (press releases, campaigns you’ve handled, ideated or pitched).
• NOTE: This role is NOT for PRO's. This is role is purely for Public Relations/Media/Communications.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From AED8,000.00 per month

Application Question(s):

• Do you have at least 2 years of experience with a PR Agency in UAE?
• Do you have your own UAE Visa?

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Language:

• Arabic (Required)