Associate Director, Energy (Secondment Role) Arabic Speaker

Daniel J Edelman Holdings; Abu Dhabi; Hybrid; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global communications agency in Abu Dhabi is seeking an Associate Director to lead the Corporate Reputation - Energy practice. Responsibilities include managing client relationships, identifying growth opportunities, and overseeing a team for strategic counsel. The ideal candidate has 10-12 years of experience in agency settings, with a specific focus on the energy sector. This role offers a hybrid work environment and opportunities for personal growth.

Benefits

Hybrid work environment

Opportunities for personal growth

Collaborative and inclusive culture

Qualifications

• 10-12 years of experience working with leading agencies.
• Experience in the energy sector is key.
• Strong knowledge in communication strategies and tactical planning.

Responsibilities

• Manage client relationships and oversee daily deliverables.
• Identify growth opportunities within existing clients.
• Drive integrated campaigns and media engagement strategies.

Skills

Client relationship management

Strategic counsel

Communications marketing

Team management

Media engagement

Job description

ABOUT US

Edelman is a new kind of agency, at the intersection of PR, Advertising, Social, Digital, Earned Media and Experiential. We blur the lines between each medium to create smart, innovative, and powerful work that gets people talking and engaging with brands in new ways. You will be challenged to push convention and your creativity to find modern ways to drive consumer behavior in today’s socially charged, digital environment.

We are passionate, unconventional, and driven by a desire to do the best work possible. We get results for our clients and have the trophies to prove it. We are tough on work. We are kind to each other. We also laugh a lot ....

The Role

We are looking for an Associate Director to join our Corporate Reputation - Energy practice and lead some of our key clients in the region. This is a secondment role, with the selected candidate embedded directly with the client to provide strategic counsel and day-to-day support.

You will be responsible for managing client relationships, identifying opportunities to strengthen partnerships and unlock growth potential, while also overseeing a team to ensure daily deliverables are met. You will be part of the Corporate Reputation team and work closely with the Head of Energy to build and grow an Energy practice at Edelman Middle East.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Identifying potential leads and areas of growth within existing clients as well as broader opportunities from a prospecting perspective
• Counselling clients confidently on communications marketing including PR, digital, social and content creation.
• Overseeing client programmes and driving integrated campaigns.
• Taking responsibility for a portfolio of accounts and managing teams, developing junior team members, and line management responsibilities.
• Directing media engagement strategy for clients and coaching teams to activate and deliver coverage, leading from the front.
• Strong understanding of sector landscape - energy and industrials not just on a local level, to help inform clients of best practice, share recommendations, and protect client interests and reputation.
• Ability to develop accurate commercials and contributed to new business development to grow the Edelman business.

Knowledge and Skills

• 10-12 years’ experience working with leading agencies.
• Experience working with clients in the energy sector is key.
• Experience working in the corporate sector is a must.
• Strong knowledge and experience in putting together communication strategies, tactical planning, and being the client lead.
• Ability to foster strong relations with clients, ultimately ensuring work is complete, delivered on time and earning their trust.
• Writing skills is a given - ability to offer juniors constructive feedback on how to strengthen content pieces.
• Selling in those concepts to clients and seeing them through to execution.

What's in it for you?

• 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.

If you apply, we will review your fit against the position criteria and feedback to you. If your profile does not meet the criteria, we will retain your profile as an active applicant for future consideration.