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PR Account Director (Strategic Communications)
Saatchi & Saatchi Qatar
Doha, QAT
Full Time
Director
1 weeks ago
Strategic CommunicationsPublic RelationsStakeholder EngagementCrisis CommunicationsClient AdvisoryTeam Leadership
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About the Role
Saatchi & Saatchi Qatar seeks a PR Account Director to provide strategic communications counsel, lead integrated programmes, and build client relationships. Requires extensive PR experience, strategic thinking, team leadership, and fluency in Arabic and English.
Key Skills for This Role
Strategic CommunicationsPublic RelationsStakeholder EngagementCrisis CommunicationsClient AdvisoryTeam Leadership
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic communications counsel to clients across reputation, stakeholder engagement, organisational transformation, and crisis communications
- Lead the development and delivery of integrated communications programmes
- Build trusted client relationships and oversee day to day account leadership
- Mentor and guide account teams to deliver high quality strategic work
- Contribute to new business opportunities, pitches, and proposals while identifying opportunities to grow existing client relationships
Requirements
- Extensive experience in strategic communications and public relations
- Strong strategic thinking and client advisory skills
- Experience leading teams and managing complex communications programmes
- Excellent presentation, writing and relationship management skills
- Professional fluency in both Arabic and English
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Overview
- Provide strategic communications counsel to clients by translating complex business challenges into practical communications strategies.
- Advise on reputation, policy, organisational transformation and stakeholder engagement, while considering the political, economic, regulatory and stakeholder landscape.
- Lead the delivery of integrated communications, challenge assumptions with evidence based recommendations, and support the Director of Public Relations in achieving client and business objectives.
What You'll Do
- Provide strategic communications counsel to clients across reputation, stakeholder engagement, organisational transformation, and crisis communications.
- Lead the development and delivery of integrated communications programmes.
- Build trusted client relationships and oversee day to day account leadership.
- Mentor and guide account teams to deliver high quality strategic work.
- Contribute to new business opportunities, pitches, and proposals while identifying opportunities to grow existing client relationships.
What We're Looking For
- Extensive experience in strategic communications and public relations.
- Strong strategic thinking and client advisory skills.
- Experience leading teams and managing complex communications programmes.
- Excellent presentation, writing and relationship management skills.
- Professional fluency in both Arabic and English is essential.
Success in the Role
- Build long term client partnerships, deliver measurable communications outcomes, contribute to agency growth, and develop a high performing team.
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