Communication Manager

Group Communications, a unit in Group Corporate Affairs with teams in Asia and at Fornebu, works to strengthen Telenor Group?s global reputation by delivering world-class internal and external strategic communication services. The global team runs major reputation projects, advises top management on strategic communication, works with proactive media outreach as well as issues management and crisis communication, and creates content for and manages multiple digital channels.

We are now seeking a creative storyteller with digital communications skills, a knack for multimedia production and proven track record in proactive PR. You will join a fun, diverse, supportive, fast-moving team to work on global campaigns and with colleagues all over the Nordics and Asia.

 
Essential duties and responsibilities

• Develop high-quality, innovative content and campaigns for a variety of digital channels in multiple formats
• Recording and editing video material to use in digital channels
• Photography to build a solid library of press images and illustrations for use in 360 communications campaigns 
• Storytelling in various forms; photos, videos, articles, press releases, announcements, social media posts
• Identify media opportunities and proactively pitch compelling Telenor stories to media
• Build and develop a strong network including media and internal experts/leaders at Telenor HQ as well as in our business units globally.
• Multi-task in a fast-paced environment and respond quickly and professionally under pressure
• Create close working relationships with colleagues in own and other departments and coordinate content communication across internal and external channels
• Media monitoring across Telenor?s footprint and media reports to the Telenor Board and Group Executive Management

 
Qualifications:

• A University degree within Media/Journalism/, Marketing, Public Relations or other similar field
• Ability to identify a good story for the right channel
• Excellent writing and storytelling skills, both in Norwegian and English
• Solid track record with multimedia production, within video and photography.
• Experience in journalism, media handling or from PR agency can substitute formal education.
• Ability to publish content on digital channels
• Experience with Wordpress, HTML
• Experience from working in an international environment 
• Experience in use of social media for PR purposes and relationship building with media
• Ability to interview, gather information, find good stories to pitch, creative angles, solid writing
• A track record of successful execution of PR campaigns and proactive media pitching
• Experience with graphic design is a bonus

 
Personal characteristics:

• You are creative, both for ideation and execution
• You have a passion for all things digital 
• You are able to find good and efficient working methods to ensure time and quality requirements are met in deliveries
• You cooperate well with others; share knowledge, experiences and information. Support others to achieve team goals
• You are able to manage and take initiative to solve tasks
• You are convincing and gets ideas implemented
• You have ability to act, make things happen and accepts result accountability
• You are outgoing and build useful networks to achieve goals
• You support new ideas, are comfortable with change and new ways of work, constantly on the look for possibilities for enhancements and new digital tools to trial.

Other information:

Application deadline: August 25th 2019

If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Hanne Knudsen tlf: 908 04 015

Telenor Group
Telenor Group is a leading telecommunications company across Scandinavia and Asia with 173 million customers and annual sales of around USD 14 billion (2017). We hold #1 or #2 positions in most of our markets. Majority ownership of all core assets enables strong governance and global scale benefits. We are committed to responsible business conduct and driven by the ambition of empowering societies. Connectivity has been Telenor?s domain for more than 160 years, and our purpose is to connect our customers to what matters most.  Telenor is listed at Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker TEL. For more information, see www.telenor.com