Internal Communications and Media Relations Assistant – Intern recruitment
Description
You will work closely with the other members of the Internal Communications (4 persons) and Media Relations (3 persons) teams. These two teams are split between Paris and London.
These teams have a major role in communicating the strategy of AXA Investment Managers, its main objectives being respectively (i) to help employees across all offices understand all organisational changes and business priorities and (ii) to accompany the execution of AXA IM strategy and ensure the promotion of its commercial offer in the medias, while protecting the company, especially in period of crisis.
In order to implement these tasks, the Internal Communications team uses different tools (a global intranet, an internal magazine, emailing campaigns…). The internal communications team is also in charge of coordinating the Sustainable Development efforts of the company.
To achieve its objectives, the Media Relations team has to be very reactive while dealing with journalists’ requests, aware of current affairs and proactive while making the most of new thematic.
Reporting to the Head of Internal Communications and Media Relations, your main responsibilities will be divided in two major areas:
à Intranet webmaster assistant
- Application support
o Support the global network of intranet editors: provide them with training, tips and tricks, support and statistics.
o Proactively manage the maintenance and quality of all content, ensuring that it is up to date, on brand, appropriate and presented in the most effective way for the web.
o Manage AXA IM’s directory and the new arrivals announcement process.
- Project Manager Assistance
o Gathering and analysing users’ needs
o Running tests for future developments on the application
- Web Internal Communications Assistance
o Create and implement web internal communications plans to promote projects, teams or events: creation of internal mini-sites, writing of internal news, …
o Promote the intranet as a key communications tool throughout the business.
à Media Relations assistant
- Production of documentation for internal and external use: Realisation of the daily press review on the Intranet website and participating in the realisation of press releases, key messages and QAs
- Contact with journalists: Participation to AXA IM’s press briefings: deal with basic journalists requests
- Logistic activities: organize and coordinate the logistics aspects concerning the different press briefings and one-to-ones we organise with the press for our experts (work on the invitation, the bookings, follow-up of attendance, etc.)
- Monitoring activities: monitoring of press requests, press clippings and awards to measure media activities
- Web activities: deal with our press section both on our websites (axa-im.fr and axa-im.com) with the upload of our press releases and presentations, the update of our calendars and production of text for the website on the press section
Experience and skills required
• Fluent in English and French, both written and spoken
• Strong interest in communications at large
• Good writing skills – ability to write effectively according to target audience and medium
• Literate in MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Internet Explorer
• Literate in html is an advantage
• Excellent organisational skills with attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills, client-oriented
• Strong team player with the ability to also work independently and be self-motivated
Location: Paris
Duration: 6 months at least from January 2012