External Communications Manager
Current-Provide strategic plans, advice and recommendations to other disciplines and executives related to media relations, issues management, corporate brand, and reputation.-Provide external communications services; create external communications plans, executivespeeches, news releases, external presentations, and other external-facing messaging. This includes overseeing the corporate website, branded tools and templates as well as social and digital media production management.-Create external content calendar which includes determining the consequences of communications on the company, its shareholders and stakeholders.-Update and manage Crisis Communications strategy and participate in crisis communication exercises.-Participate and co-chair various issues management teams at head office, and in the field, and act as a media spokesperson.-Ensure media spokespeople receive appropriate media training and other team members areequipped to handle media interactions. -Responsible for overseeing newsletters andcontributing to various executive reports on externally relevant news and/or issues. Managecommunications for key corporate reports including the ESG Report, the Reconciliation ActionPlan, Annual Reports, etc.-External response management; Provide accurate and timely information minimizingmisinformation while protecting reputation; Media summary and monitoring services; Op-edsand letters to the editor; Information sharing via assigned email inbox; Reactive day-to-daymedia relations and rapid response media relations; Provides Editorial Services to research andoversee production of content including print, online, advertorial, video, graphics, photography,and social media.
