IBM Hiring for External Communications Associate at Bengaluru, Karnataka Full Time

Your Role and Responsibilities

Secure compliance approval, maintain archives and upload to the Wealth Enhancement Group website for media appearances and recurring owned media.

Responsible for tracking public relations opportunities and inclusions (whether broadcast, print, podcast) and track key metrics in PR Tracker spreadsheet.

Pull results from source files/systems and regularly update External Communications metrics graphs in Excel and PowerPoint.

Draft social copy to promote media appearances, recurring owned media posts, and blog content. Research recommended hashtags and accounts/follows to tag to improve reach and engagement.

Social media platforms include LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter

Draft press releases for upcoming M&A announcements

Draft internal announcement for key advisor award recommendations, including qualification criteria, application process and deadlines.

Draft Newsroom posts related to awards won by advisors and the firm.

Basic editing of post-production audio and video files leveraging Wistia or similar user-friendly editing tools.

Work with the Creative team on updates to marketing collateral and employee bios as awards are won.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

Ability to read, write and edit proficiently in US business English for social media posts, press releases, newspaper columns, website Newsroom articles, etc.

Resource must be able to work within team project management and approval process leveraging Marketing department tools:

Project management tool, Wrike

Compliance approval tools, Laserfiche and LPL ComplianceMax

Salesforce CMS for website posts

Wistia for uploading multi-media files

Otter.ai for radio show transcription

Screen recording tool (once confirmed) to capture recurring television segments

Merkle Schema Markup Generator for SEO data optimization within website

Available for some meetings during business hours (8a – 5p Eastern Time)

Ability to work independently based on written project briefs, outlines, transcriptions or examples provided by WEG.

Able to do research on financial planning topics online or via provided materials.

Comfortable clarifying project strategy/scope via collaboration tools or meetings.

Ability to work remotely and communicate efficiently with team members and complete brief assignments overnight

Familiar with US and Global Investing topics and industry language

Highly organized, able to prioritize work and manage projects and assignments independently

Proficient in Microsoft Office

Proficient in AI writing tools (Grammarly, ChatGTP, Jasper AI)

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

NONE

About Business Unit

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

This job requires you to be fully COVID-19 vaccinated prior to your start date and proof of vaccination status will be required before your start date. During the Onboarding process you will be asked to confirm your vaccination status, in case you are unable to get vaccinated for any reason, you can let us know at that stage. Please let us know if you are unable to be vaccinated due to medical or religious reasons. IBM will consider such requests on a case by case basis subject to submission of required proof by the candidate before a stipulated date.

Your Life @ IBM

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Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

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Location Statement

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Being You @ IBM

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