Local role you must be eligible to work in Haiti, please attach your resume in French and English.
After nine years of operation, Digicel Group Limited has 10.8 million customers across its 32 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific. With revenues of US$2.2 billion, the company is renowned for delivering best value, best service and best network.
Digicel is the lead sponsor of Caribbean, Central American and Pacific sports teams, including the Special Olympics teams throughout these regions. Digicel sponsors the West Indies cricket team and is also the title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean Championships and the Copa de Naciones Digicel. In the Pacific, Digicel is the proud sponsor of several national rugby teams and also sponsors the Vanuatu cricket team.
Digicel also runs a host of community-based initiatives across its markets and has set up Digicel Foundations in Jamaica, Haiti and Papua New Guinea which focus on educational, cultural and social development programmes.
In 2004, Digicel developed Digicel Rising Stars – an annual talent show to support aspiring young music artists in the Caribbean. The show has spanned the Eastern Caribbean, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago ranking as one of the top-rated shows.
Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and its markets comprise: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Nauru, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, St Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos and Vanuatu. Digicel also has coverage in St. Martin and St. Barts in the Caribbean and has recently acquired a license in French Polynesia.
Fonctions
Primary objective of the job:
To drive public relations strategies to support key company goals and objectives.
Number of persons managed/supervised and their positions:
Management of external PR agency
Main Duties and Responsibilities :
• Develop public relations strategies that influence public opinion and promote products and services that benefit the company’s business objectives
• Prepare and edit press releases and written material and the development of campaigns surrounding Digicel announcements/campaigns
• Manage the relationship with PR agency to ensure full execution of PR campaigns and maximum results achieved
• Collaborate with Marketing team in rollout of promotional and brand campaigns
• Build relationships with local media
• Respond to requests for information from the media or designate appropriate spokespersons – respond efficiently to issues
• Prepare executives for media interviews
• Assist in execution of focus groups
• Preparing and supervising the production of publicity brochures, handouts, corporate videos, photographs
• Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with representatives of community, consumer, employee and public interest groups
• Arrange public appearances, lectures or exhibits for clients to increase product and service awareness and to promote goodwill
• Assist in the preparation of speeches
• Maintenance of media database
• Upkeep of Digicel website media center
Qualifications Requises
Academic qualifications and experience required for job:
o Degree/diploma in public relations or communications / marketing related discipline
o Minimum of 3-5 years PR/communications experience
Conditions particulières
Functional Skills:
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Media savvy
• Good business acumen
• Languages (French & Spanish) a benefit
• Creativity and willingness to work on own initiative
• Ability to work under pressure with strong attention to detail
• Good administrator
• Word, PowerPoint and excel proficiency
Conditions de travail
In return, you will have the opportunity to work in a fast-paced, enterprising environment, where your skills will be valued and rewarded. Digicel recognizes our staff and management team are largely responsible for our success to date. Digicel's unique culture is driven by an entrepreneurial style encapsulated by our Chairman, board of directors and management, all seasoned telecom executives and industry experts with vast experience in building, expanding and marketing mobile services globally.
