Role : AVP-Corporate Communications:- Develops Spandana's corporate identity and ensures favorable and good quality coverage and representation of the organization in all forms of external media  Educational Qualifications: Degree in Journalism / Mass Communication (preferred not mandatory)  Skills / Capabilities: Communication - verbal and written, Ability to network and build partnerships, Good personality, Creative bent of mind  Experience: Overall 7-8 years with at least 5-7 years Corporate Communications experience, Must have handled PR extensively and should have significant contacts in the media industry.  Accountability:   - Ensures adherence to department budget so as to avoid overspill of budgeted costs  - Ensures development and application of a consistent and standardized corporate identity  - Ensures sufficient, good quality and cost-effective coverage of the organization in the print, tv, web media etc. so as to continuously improve the company's public image  - Ensures identification of and active participation in relevant event and promotions so as to improve visibility of the company   - Ensures creation, upgradation, and maintenance of the organization website4  - Facilitate the development of company literature like brochures/collaterals, success stories, annual reports, internal newsletter, press releases, executive speeches, corporate presentations etc.  Key Activities:  - Provides inputs to MD/CFO for preparation of the annual Corporate Communications budget, Tracks expenses versus budgets and highlights variances (if any)  - Identifies and negotiates with a reliable design and print support vendors for branding activities  - Facilitates a common understanding between what senior management and the vendor  - Handles job execution of the identified designing and branding vendor   - Ensures that internal & external messages are conveyed in a consistent and professional way that reflects our corporate identity  - Prepares the annual PR plan or the organization identifying strategies and innovative concepts that could be used  - Monitors social, economic, and political trends that could affect the organization and looks for ways to enhance the image based on such trends  - Monitors industry and PR trends and adopts best practices in a timely manner  - Builds good relationships with media (domestic, international), analysts, design agencies and other relevant stakeholders  - Executes corporate identity, message, and positioning  - Coordinates and executes press analyst tours and important media interface activities like press conferences etc.  - Takes care of Media buying activities as and when required  - Ensures coverage of key activities, events involving the organization  - Identifies and negotiates with reliable event management vendors for promotion and branding activities  - Identifies the relevant events were a presence would benefit the organization  - Works on own and/or with the vendor to identify the best channels of being involved in such events  - Ensures execution of the identified methodology  - Identifies and negotiates with reliable Web development vendors  - Provides inputs and ensures a clear understanding of what the website would represent and look like to senior management  - Facilitates a common understanding between what senior management and the vendor  - Ensures that the website is delivered on time and in a cost effective manner  - Regularly works with the vendor/internal team to ensure that the website is updated with latest happenings and it reflects reality in terms of organization facts and figures  - Identifies purpose of developing the material and creates relevant formats for the same  - Coordinates with various departments to facilitate the development of relevant material  - Ensures senior management approval before any material reaches the external world  - Sends an update on media coverage for the organization to employees through email

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Spandana Sphoorty - Associate Vice President - Corporate Communications 

Spandana Sphoorty - Associate Vice President - Corporate Communications  ,Job Description for Spandana Sphoorty - Associate Vice President - Corporate Communications  in Spandana Sphoorty in  Hyderabad for (7-10) years of experience. Apply Now!

Job Description for Spandana Sphoorty - Associate Vice President - Corporate Communications  in Spandana Sphoorty in  Hyderabad for (7-10) years of experience. Apply Now!