Associate/Senior Associate, Corporate & Financial Services (PR & Communications)

Weber Shandwick; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Weber Shandwick Hong Kong is seeking an ambitious Associate to join the Corporate & Financial Services Practice. You will work on local and regional programs, servicing multiple clients and supporting tactical PR activities with a dynamic team.

You'll build client understanding, conduct media outreach, draft materials, and coordinate events. The role requires bilingual English and Chinese proficiency, strong communication, and a proactive, team‑oriented mindset.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in PR, Communications, Marketing, Business or Journalism.
• 1–2 years of PR experience or relevant corporate communications exposure.
• Strong English and Chinese language proficiency (Cantonese/Mandarin).
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Support account lead to manage client relationships and implement local/regional strategies.
• Monitor news, competitors, industry and societal developments.
• Build connections with local/regional media and identify trade media.
• Provide media relations support: research, media lists, materials, pitching.
• Translate and prepare bilingual article summaries and media materials.
• Coordinate with internal/external parties for client events.
• Conduct research and draw conclusions from media data.
• Perform general reporting and administrative duties.

Skills

Media relations

Communication skills

Bilingual English/Chinese

Presentation skills

MS Office

Time management

Team player

Proactive mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in PR/Communications/Marketing/Business/Journalism

Tools

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

Company Overview

Weber Shandwick is the earned-first global communications agency. Led by world-class strategic and creative thinkers and activators, Weber Shandwick has won some of the most prestigious awards in the industry, including being named #1 in the Public Relations and Brand Strategies category on Fast Company’s 2024 Most Innovative Companies list, one of Fast Company’s Best Workplace for Innovators in 2023, PRovoke’s Global Agency of the Year in 2023 and being the most awarded PR agency at the 2023 + 2024 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Weber Shandwick has been honored on Ad Age’s A-List in 2024 and 2020 and Best Places to Work in 2019, in addition to being awarded PR Agency of the Year by Campaign US in 2021, honored as PRovoke’s Global Agency of the Decade in 2020 and ranking #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2021 and 2022. Additionally, the firm was named PRWeek’s Global Agency of the Year in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 and was awarded PRWeek’s Purpose Agency of the Year in 2020 and 2021. Weber Shandwick also received Honorable Mention (and the only PR agency) on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Marketing Agencies in 2021. Part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), Weber Shandwick is the anchor agency within The Weber Shandwick Collective (TWSC) – the strategic communications and consulting network. Cumulatively, TWSC has earned more than 225 Cannes Lions.

About the Role

We're currently seeking a conversation-starter, a reputation-guarder, an idea-launcher and a team-player to join our Hong Kong Office in the Corporate & Financial Services Practice.

Associates are resourceful task managers who are counted on for tactical program execution by servicing multiple clients and handling core public relations tasks with a dynamic team. They manage the flow of work and information to the account team, and build a strong understanding of the client’s business, industry, and PR issues to become a successful communications practitioner.

Primary Responsibilities

• Support account lead to manage client relationships on a day-to-day basis and implement local and regional communication strategies and program activities in conjunction with team members
• Monitor and track client, competitor, industry and societal news
• Understand and build connections to key local and regional business media and be able to identify and be familiar with key trade media
• Provide media relations support – conducting research, maintaining and building target media lists, drafting media materials, pitching to journalists, and managing media relationships and opportunities
• Translate and develop well‑written bilingual article summaries, and prepare media communication materials
• Co‑ordinate with external and internal parties to ensure the smooth execution of clients’ events
• Conduct research via consumer, trade and/or business media as well as third party data for client‑related activity and information, and draw conclusions based on findings
• Perform general reporting and administrative duties

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent ideally in the field of PR, Communications, Marketing, Business or Journalism
• 1-2 years of PR experience or relevant industry experience serving corporate clients, preferably at a PR agency or in‑house communications team
• Interest in, and awareness of, business and finance
• High proficiency in spoken and written English and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin)
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Organized to handle various ongoing work streams
• Self‑motivated team player, and keen to take ownership of tasks
• Proactive with attention to detail and a problem‑solving mindset
• Proficient in MS Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Keen to develop your career in the PR industry

Note from the team

Weber Shandwick is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from all qualified individuals. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Information collected will be strictly used for employment purposes.