Senior Strategic Communications Manager

Job description

Wizz Air is a leading European low-cost airline. Our mission is to provide affordable and reliable air travel to everyone, everywhere, while minimizing our environmental impact. We are proud to foster a diverse and inclusive team of over 8,000 employees from more than 110 nationalities, who share our values of inclusivity, positivity, dedication, integrity, and sustainability. As a rapidly expanding airline, we offer exciting career opportunities across a range of functions, from flight operations to engineering, customer experience, finance, and more. We provide extensive training and development opportunities to help our employees grow and succeed in their roles. Joining Wizz Air means joining a team that is passionate about aviation, dedicated to excellence, and committed to making air travel accessible and sustainable for all. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career in the aviation industry, we welcome you to explore our job opportunities and become a part of our success story. Senior Strategic Communications Manager Based in Budapest Purpose of the role Plays a key role within the Communications Team to manage external communications, build the reputation of the company, and proactively develop and promote the group’s public profile, in line with the group’s brand values. The senior manager will have single ownership of strategic communication matters that affect the overall perception of the company network wide. Responsibilities Overall network level responsibilities: Lead development of corporate communications strategy of emerging network level business and organisation matters (such as labour related topics, public affairs topics, network wide commercial news, etc). Proactively develops compelling story angles. Oversight of operating market communications in connection to network level topics and priorities to ensure key messages cascade down to the core markets. Ensures raising the group’s overall profile with the public and investment communities. Advocate corporate positions on issues important to the business. Manage the team of 4 Corporate Communications Managers. Member Crisis Management Centre (CMC) Market level responsibilities on respective markets: Create by market communication strategy and action plan, building on network level directions. Arrange press conferences and press releases to promote the group and its services on respective markets. Oversee production of events’ pre & post production, coordinate activities of external agencies. Draft clear and compelling communications materials such as presentations and releases, handle approved press releases. Represent the company at trade fairs and media events, act as spokesperson on respective markets. Cultivate relationships with key business journalists in national and trade publications on respective markets. Ensures that the group maintains positive and beneficial relationships with media Pitch stories to media. Achieve highest visibility for print, broadcast, TV and online media outlets. Coordinate and channel media requests and enquiries in a timely manner. CEO communications responsibilities: Develop and implement strategic communication plans to enhance CEO visibility, articulating the company's mission, values, and strategic objectives. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate CEO communications into broader company initiatives. Agency management and reporting (respective markets): Identify key media outlets Track and measure core media KPIs (reach, sentiment, publications, etc) Maintain department archives Update contact database Develop and maintain country fact sheets Manages respective agencies and budget Knowhow and trends: Keep current with trends, innovations, communication techniques and any media regulations Update key messages and media FAQs where required Update boilerplate, data sheets Experience 5-7+ years overall working experience with 4+ years’ experience in communications, ideally in relation to a customer-focused, fast-paced, high profile industry; experience of the aviation industry beneficial but not essential Minimum 3 years of fully fledged corporate communications experience in similar roles, with special attention to corporate communication strategy development, ownership and execution Hard skills Proficiency in MS Office applications. Experience of managing complex projects and aligning large organizations successfully Education Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Communications, Marketing, or Business-related subject. Language Excellent command of written and spoken English Command of Hungarian or other European language is a plus. Skills and competencies Excellent interpersonal, networking and communication skills Ability to work well under pressure and under short deadlines Result-oriented, persistent, has stamina, dependable and consistent Proactive, willing to take initiative and shoulder responsibility Shows innovation, creativity and good lateral thinking Good presentation and communication skills Ability to represent the company to a wide range of audiences Good people management skills When applying, please only provide valid information regarding your educational background and certificates, as the original documents will be requested during the hiring process. We look forward to meeting you and learning more about your skills and experience. Join the Wizz Air team and discover the world of opportunities.