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Communications Manager

Role overview

Summary

The Communications Manager role focuses on developing and implementing external communication projects to enhance SFORS's brand visibility. You will manage PR activities and collaborate with various stakeholders to promote the company's presence in Cyprus.

Qualifications

  • Experience in external communications and public relations.
  • Strong writing and editing skills.
  • Ability to develop and implement communication strategies.
  • Experience in project management.
  • Preferred: Proficiency in using analytical tools to evaluate communication effectiveness.

Responsibilities

  • Develop communication strategies and plans for projects, campaigns, and specific newsworthy occasions.
  • Generate creative ideas and solutions for communication projects and activities.
  • Write and edit news articles, press releases, expert comments, opinion pieces, and interviews.
  • Manage communication projects and coordinate their implementation.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Communication
  • Creative Thinking
  • Writing
  • Editing

About the company

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Smart Team

  • Fintech: Finance + Technology
  • SME
  • 51–200
Smart Team is an international fintech community focused on trading on global financial exchanges with its own funding and development of related technological and software solutions.Group includes trading companies Stense and Equistream headquartered in Dubai along with technology units. It is a powerful community of smart people with over 300 team members. We focus on maximizing the results and growth of the teams of trading companies in the group.Today Smart Team is a major sustainable player in the global market with over 10 million daily stock turnover. We are able to fill up to 2000 executions per second at the peak and have not missed a single trading day since 2005.We support our traders professional growth by developing highly specialized technological and software solutions that enable our traders to make fast and precise decisions and swiftly respond to market events.We have built a diversified, market neutral portfolio by investing in a set of 400+ effective high performing strategies and a team dedicated to outperforming the market by using these strategies.We know that data, technologies and strategies always go after ideas, thoughts and solutions because we believe that only a person in an environment of equals can readily create. That is why smart people always come first. We empower smart people. We invest in seconds-saving technologies. We make fintech smarter and faster.Read more about our business, internal culture and social input on this page and on our website.

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Job description

Hello!

We are SFORS - a trading company where traders become successful!

We specialize in trading on global financial markets and are one of the key players in the proprietary trading industry, as well as a leader in premarket trading.

For the past 20 years, the company has achieved consistent success in the stock market through significant investments in trader development, advanced trading technologies, a progressive risk management model, and the creation of effective trading strategies, all of which help traders achieve success.

SFORS operates exclusively with its own capital and does not raise or manage external investments.

As our team continues to grow, we are looking for a creative and proactive Communications Manager to develop and implement external communication projects, strengthen the company's brand visibility, and manage PR activities in Cyprus, Larnaca.

Work format: On-site 

Key Responsibilities:

External Communications & PR

  • Develop communication strategies and plans for projects, campaigns, and specific newsworthy occasions.

  • Identify PR opportunities to increase the company's external visibility.

  • Generate creative ideas and solutions for communication projects and activities.

  • Plan and execute communication campaigns across various channels, including external media, events, and social projects.

  • Organize collaborations with influencers, other businesses, and government institutions.

  • Identify relevant events and coordinate the company's brand presence and participation.

  • Identify suitable media platforms and arrange media coverage for the company.

  • Develop key messages for different communication channels.

  • Prepare senior executives for public speaking engagements, interviews, and external communications.

  • Manage crisis communications, respond to negative publicity, and handle reputational issues.

  • Use analytical tools to evaluate communication effectiveness and company visibility.

Content Creation & Copywriting

  • Write and edit news articles, press releases, expert comments, opinion pieces, and interviews.

  • Independently create various types of content, including slogans, news, and presentations.

  • Develop and adapt content for different audiences and communication channels.

  • Prepare media content plans and ensure consistency of messaging.

Project Management & Analytics

  • Prepare budgets for communication projects in Cyprus and obtain approval from the Communications Lead.

  • Manage communication projects and coordinate their implementation.

  • Monitor PR campaign performance and evaluate results.

  • Prepare reports and presentations for the Communications Lead.

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