Hybrid Associate Director, Energy

at Edelman

• Job title: Associate Director, Energy
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Responsibilities

• You will act as Subject Matter Expert and participate in key pitches and client meetings.
• You will provide support to private sector and governmental clients across the Middle East.
• Builds strong relationships with clients and maintains strong external sector-specific relationships and networks.
• Guides clients and teams to achieve business objectives with strategic and creative ideas that yield real impact.
• You will be the senior client point of contact, accountable for overall profitability, quality, relationship, and client satisfaction of corporate clients owned and served in Middle East market.
• Partners with the business manager and resource manager to ensure profitability targets and allocations are being met.
• Accountable for developing and operationalizing Client Development Plans: growth and diversification of the business, including identifying, generating, and coordinating organic growth opportunities; and team, including sharing best practice, coordinating efforts, identifying gaps and training staff.

Requirements

• At least 10 years’ experience within an agency environment – Middle East experience would be a bonus.
• Experience in the Energy or Oil and Gas sector is a must.
• Excellent level of written and spoken English. Arabic writing would be a bonus.
• Excellent interpersonal communications skills, and can work in an agile, lean environment in which we collaborate in real-time with clients and partners.
• Track record developing and executing successful communications strategies and programmes.
• Possess strong leadership qualities and have in-depth experience effectively managing a group and helping employees grow.
• Excellent attention to detail and project management skills
• Excellent understanding of the media landscape, and ability to collaborate and communicate with multiple internal stakeholders, including strategic planning and creative.
• Demonstrate ability to lead and convert new business opportunities.
• Experience managing finances, including budget development, management, resourcing and forecasting.
• Team player who is focused on developing a collaborative work ethic within account teams and is committed to ensuring an excellent work environment.
• Arabic Speaker is a MUST

Benefits

• An opportunity to shape your future and work with some of the smartest and most energetic people in the PR industry, who will nurture, challenge, and enable you.
• We offer hybrid work environment where you can work from home twice in a week.
• Big potential for personal growth, training, and further development of skills
• A dynamic, collaborative, and inclusive culture, where diversity is embraced – and you are celebrated and appreciated for who you are.
• A huge variety of virtual learning and development resources to support your personal and professional growth.