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Dow has a great opportunity as Geographic Communications Manager Brazil based in São Paulo (BRA).
What you would do in this role:
The Geographic Communications Manager role is responsible for developing and implementing integrated, multi-channel internal, external, and digital communications plans that protect, build, and drive Dow's reputation and brand with key stakeholder groups in a country or at a site; support business objectives and priorities and drive growth; drive competitive advantage through policy and political advocacy as well as issue resolution; foster relationships and build goodwill for Dow at community levels; and drive employee engagement and alignment.
**Responsibilities**:
- Develop and implement targeted integrated communication plans supporting corporate business priorities as well as country/site-specific objectives aligned to Dow's ambitions with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.- Develop and update key messaging, speeches, and presentations.- Coordinates and prepares meetings, briefings, and communication sessions.- Organize stakeholder events.- Act as a member of certain crisis management and emergency response team, support third parties on site with their crisis management.- Manage local media relations outreach, prepares briefings, develops key messages and shapes talking points.- Manage media relations agency.- Responsible for the overall corporate social media strategy presence for the country, as well as the local corporate website.- Builds and maintains strong relationships with key stakeholder groups, community members and local influencers. Develops and implements stakeholder outreach programs and manages the communications flows.- Partner with the Business Communications Team in selected, strategic corporate-aligned priorities and projects, especially internal engagement and national media outreach.- Understand key policy themes and drive successful advocacy delivery.- Monitors and analyses political developments, coordinates Company's position and response.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in communications, preferably- 6-10 years of professional experience.- Strong written communication and speaking skills; proficient in English writing and speaking, desirable Spanish.- Masterly of modern communications technologies; strong ability to write and edit various types of communication utilizing a variety of communications channels with mínimal supervision.- Crisis management skills and experience required.- Strong organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple priorities.- Team player with strong interpersonal skills.- Proactive and self-motivated to deliver at a high level of excellence with ever-increasing demands.- Knowledge and experience in managing internal or employee communication is valued (not exclusive).- Flexibility for some travel.
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Benefits - What Dow offers you
We invest in you.
Dow invests in total rewards programs to help you manage all aspects of you: your pay, your health, your life, your future, and your career. You bring your background, talent and perspective to work every day. Dow rewards that commitment by investing in your total wellbeing.
Here are just a few highlights of what you would be offered as a Dow employee:
- Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives.
- Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental and emotional well-being, to help you get the care you need...when you need it.
- Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals.
- Become a Dow shareholder through various employee stock programs.
- Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building.
- Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs.
- Global Paid Time Off (PTO) policies:
- Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including