Senior Communications Specialist

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**Senior Communications Specialist**

**Nice to meet you**

We’re the leader in analytics. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence - and questions into answers.

We’re also a debt-free multi-billion-dollar organization on our path to IPO-readiness. If you're looking for a dynamic, fulfilling career coupled with flexibility and world-class employee experience, you'll find it here.

**About the job**

By joining the SAS Emerging Europe and Asia Pacific (EMEAP) Marketing and Communications team, you will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing communication deliverables and activities in support of corporate and executive goals, employee and customer engagement and the company's marketing programs for software products and services, as directed by department head and/or group managers. You will work directly with the SAS EME Asia Pac leadership to develop and execute an exec comms strategy and help amplify their voices to both internal and external audiences.

Reporting to the Director Communications, EME Asia Pacific, the key responsibilities for this Senior Communication Specialist role will be:

- Planning and execution of communication strategies to drive internal and external SAS brand awareness, employee engagement and share of voice
- Primarily supporting the regional Sales and Marketing executives, develop executive communications strategies and execution to promote executive visibility and engagement, both internally and externally
- Build stakeholder relationships with regional leadership in all functions such as HR, Finance, Operations etc. to establish relevant messaging and communications plans and activities
- Create internal and external communications including regional kickoffs, townhalls, key announcements, newsletters, blogs, byliners, presentations, scripts, digital & visual comms (video, audio, social media, slides, graphics, web content etc.)
- Prepare communications materials for senior leadership at key industry and internal events (could be talking points, speeches, presentation development)
- Publishes to, and works in, a number of content, communications or digital platforms
- Manage multiple communications projects from conception to completion, bringing strong organisational skills, attention to detail and ability to manage multiple stakeholders, tasks and deadlines
- Collaborate with global and regional SAS teams to ensure that communication initiatives align with global messaging frameworks and timelines
- Support the Director, Corporate Communications with the execution of communication programs across EMEAP including Media Relations.

**What we’re looking for**
- 8+ years work-related experience in communications-related roles, with at least 2 years in an internal / executive communications role
- Ability to establish strong relationships with senior stakeholders across the company
- Demonstrated ability to develop communications strategy to achieve corporate goals
- Advanced written and verbal communications skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of audiences
- Communications experience in a corporate environment or in a B2B, high-tech or PR agency
- Bachelor's Degree in English, Journalism, Business, Advertising, Marketing, Media, Communications, or related field
- Media relations experience and established contacts in business and/or technology industry media and events
- Experience developing content for a culturally and geographically diverse, remote and mobile workforce as well as using metrics to measure communication effectiveness
- Demonstrated strength in practices related to measuring communications projects, including new media
- Demonstrated project management and meeting facilitation skills
- Demonstrated understanding of communication concepts/functions and software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, HTML, Design).
- Experienced with social media communications channels; ability to integrate these channels into plans & strategies to achieve stated goals
- You’re curious, passionate, authentic and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do.

**Diverse and Inclusive**

At SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture - it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our diverse workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers. Our commitment to diversity is a priority to our leadership, all the way up to the top; and it’s essential to who we are. To put it plainly: you are welcome here.#SAS

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