Global Communications Manager

Baidu, Inc.; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Baidu, Inc. in Dubai seeks a seasoned corporate communications professional to craft messages and narratives that tell the company's global story across products and business units.

You will build and expand relations with reporters, editors, and regional KOLs, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive strategic communications initiatives and support ad-hoc projects. Fluency in English is required; knowledge of Arabic is a plus.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience in communications, global media or public affairs, preferably in-house at a tech firm
• Ability to communicate in English fluently and clearly, and work well across cultures, command of Arabic would be a plus
• A critical thinker and good team player with good judgment
• Passionate about storytelling and crafting good stories that resonate with a global audience

Responsibilities

• Support communications on the corporate and product/business level to better tell the company's story to a global audience, including crafting key messages and narratives, developing written materials such as pitches, press releases, social media posts
• Build and expand relations with key stakeholders including reporters/editors from key media outlets as well as KOLs in the UAE and the broader region, to enhance their understanding of the company and key businesses
• Interact with cross-functional teams including different business units and project manage key corporate communications initiatives and support other ad-hoc projects

Job description

• Support communications on the corporate and product/business level to better tell the company's story to a global audience, including crafting key messages and narratives, developing written materials such as pitches, press releases, social media posts, among others


• Build and expand relations with key stakeholders including reporters/editors from key media outlets as well as KOLs in the UAE and the broader region, to enhance their understanding of the company and key businesses


• Interact with cross-functional teams including different business units and project manage key corporate communications initiatives and support other ad-hoc projects

QUALIFICATIONS

• 5-10 years of experience working in communications, global media or public affairs, preferably in-house at a tech firm


• Ability to communicate in English fluently and clearly, and work well across cultures, command of Arabic would be a plus


• A critical thinker and good team player with good judgment


• Passionate about storytelling and crafting good stories that resonate with a global audience