Head of Media Relations & Corporate Affairs (m/w/d), Düsseldorf

As a global leader and Beauty-Tech pioneer, we are looking for passionate talents who want to actively shape our success story. In a constantly changing world, we identify the latest trends, act data-driven, and develop innovations that merge beauty with technology.

Over 86.000 employees in over 150 markets commit themselves every day to turn our vision of a sustainable and forward-looking beauty industry into reality.

At L’Oréal, we live a culture of learning, personal development, and entrepreneurship. We offer our employees numerous opportunities to expand their skills, take responsibility, actively shape their careers, and thus have a positive impact. With our long history of innovation and our commitment to sustainability issues, we set standards for responsible entrepreneurship.

Key Job Accountabilities

To build, proactively manage and enhance relationships with external key stakeholders in order to protect and further improve L’Oreal’s reputation over time
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• Coordinate Corporate-related media inquiries as well as inquiries from all other external key stakeholders and support the Corporate Communications Director in his/her role as official spokesperson of the L’Oréal Group in Austria and Germany
• Develop and implement the media relations and messaging strategy (digital and offline) for the L’Oréal HUB Austria Germany and foster relationships with key stakeholders
• Steer and support the Divisions/Brands in building regional/local Media and NGO Relations strategies and in implementation; consult and support the approval process
• for collaborations as defined in the Group guidelines
• Create press releases, media statements, interviews, talking points, speeches and other formats such as videos and social media content
• Organize media briefings and press conferences
• Represent L’Oréal Austria Germany in working groups of industry associations
• Position executives as subject matter experts, develop speaking opportunities, and support the management in interviews and events including preparation and follow-up
• Monitor and track media coverage across an omnichannel strategy incl. Divisions/Brands
• Manage the reputation monitoring solution (Ipsos), support the Management Committee with insights on reputation management
• Manage the issue tracking and support Crisis Communications and Issues Management by monitoring and mapping risks
• Drive Key Option Leader (KOL) relations in close cooperation with Divisions/Brands, conduct value/background checks for potential influencer collaborations
• This position does not involve a team leader responsibility

Profile

• University Degree in Journalism, Communications, Economics, Politics, History or similar education.
• Numerous years of professional experience in operational and strategic tasks, preferably in a communication agency or consultancy, an industry association,
• a public institution or the respective department of companies
• Strong conceptual skills, and a hands-on mentality
• Exceptional writing and editing skills, with the ability to distill complex concepts and issues into user-friendly communications are essential for this position
• Comprehensive experience in social media and strong digital skills
• Open, empathic and experienced in dealing with high-profile contacts
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (business fluent in English and German, both spoken and written)

Unser Angebot

• Eine unbefristete Arbeitsanstellung in einem krisenresistenten, wachsenden Markt mit einem umfassenden Angebot an Sozialleistungen
• Eine attraktive und wettbewerbsorientierte Vergütung sowie ein freiwilliges Profitsharings
• Individuelle persönliche und fachliche Weiterentwicklung, eine steile Lernkurve, starker Teamgeist und eine offene, kooperative Unternehmenskultur
• Vielfältige, nationale und internationale Perspektiven