Associate Manager – Global Public Relations

What you will do:

• Draft effective press releases for distribution globally, regionally, or in specific markets.
• Continuously deliver against challenging KPIs.
• Manage in-market PR agencies, ensuring alignment with Agoda’s targets, messaging house, and tone of voice.
• Respond to global media inquiries and maintain the Agoda press office.
• Provide input for the Agoda global team, drafting pitches, media briefings, Q&As, and generating campaign ideas.
• Manage and counsel stakeholders throughout Agoda who require PR support.

What You’ll Need to Succeed:

• Creative thinking and an all-round make-it-happen team attitude.
• Minimum of five years of PR experience in traditional and digital teams, advantageous if experience is in both an agency and in-house setting.
• Strong storytelling experience to consumer audiences.
• Demonstrable experience of an integrated approach to PR (content, social media, influencers, media partnership, etc.).
• Strong media contacts.
• Great English writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Crisis and issues management experience would be beneficial.
• Quick thinking and ability to spot trends and exploit opportunities to respond quickly to social sentiment.
• Project management capabilities and experience in managing creative and production resources.
• Experience in working within a matrix organization structure, across multiple markets, and influencing different internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience in managing and optimizing budgets.
• Ability to measure the quality/impact of content for future improvement.
• Comfortable presenting projects and learnings to senior leaders.