Nekton is actively searching for a Communications Manager to join our dynamic team who will help the Media Director launch a new global initiative. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional who enjoys taking a hands-on approach and who would be excited to take a project from the drawing board to successful delivery.
Initial recruitment is for the three-month launch period from February, but the initiative will require a full-time Communications Manager from May 2023. Candidates should stipulate whether they are interested in being considered for the full-time position when applying for the launch role.
The Role
Nekton is actively searching for a Communications Manager to join our dynamic team who will help the Media Director launch a new global initiative. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional who enjoys taking a hands-on approach and who would be excited to take a project from the drawing board to successful delivery.
Initial recruitment is for the three-month launch period from February, but the initiative will require a full-time Communications Manager from May 2023. Candidates should stipulate whether they are interested in being considered for the full-time position when applying for the launch role.
What Are We Looking For?
Nekton’s goals are audacious so we are looking for an individual with a special blend of communications and content production skills, who revels in innovation and who understands what it takes to tell stories in ways that are culturally appropriate to capture public and media attention worldwide.
You will be meticulous at project and budget management and will thrive at being hands-on in implementing a communications strategy that will turbo-charge the launch and create the foundation to successfully deliver an ambitious ocean venture that will run for the next decade and beyond.
Proven experience of working with broadcast, digital and social media platforms and top-tier news organizations to successfully amplify media campaigns is critical.
This role will take consummate professionalism, maturity, and good humor—a “glass half-full person” who is able to utilize in-house and outsourced resources creatively and cost-effectively to drive rapid development.
We need a team player who wants to grow, who understands the big picture and who can contribute to its creation. Someone who wants to help create an organization that is diverse and inclusive, who respects all views, and who genuinely believes that talent is universal in a world where opportunity has not always been equally distributed.
Nekton’s success is based on being inspiring and trusted explorers, scientists, and storytellers. You will be instrumental in the next stage of that journey, telling the ocean story in creative ways that informs, educates, and entertains.
Key Responsibilities and Tasks
Tactical and operational lead for the launch campaign and responsible for co-defining and driving a clear communications strategy, overseeing the launch event, media and stakeholder engagement, content creation, website build, project branding, social media campaign, news content distribution along with the management of suppliers (e.g., PR and social media agency), contracted to deliver specific aspects of the launch program.
