Associate - PR & Brand Communications

Role summary: We are hiring a PR-agency–trained communications professional who understands how brands think, how PR agencies pitch, and how a newsroom decides what actually becomes a story. PR ecosystem & brand engagement - Serve as StrongYes Media’s primary interface with PR agencies, corporate communications teams, and brand storytellers. - Receive, filter, and evaluate brand pitches, announcements, and story ideas. - Advise agencies on what StrongYes covers, how to pitch, and what we will not accept. - Build StrongYes’s reputation as a serious, fair, and influential newsroom within the PR ecosystem. Story development & pitch shaping - Convert raw PR inputs into editorially viable story leads. - Identify trends across pitches (hiring, leadership, AI at work, policy, corporate shifts). - Collaborate with editors to decide what becomes news, insight, or opinion. - Push back on promotional, weak, or irrelevant pitches. Brand visibility & newsroom positioning - Position StrongYes as a go-to platform for workplace and employment stories, AI & DeepTech, corporate ME developments, leadership, HR and organisational change, and summits & conferences. - Increase StrongYes’s visibility among PR agencies, communications heads, and brand teams. - Represent StrongYes in PR forums, industry events, and closed-door briefings. Ideal background Experience - 1–4 years in a PR agency or corporate communications role. - Strong exposure to UAE/GCC corporate, workplace, or leadership narratives. - Experience pitching stories to business or policy media. Skills - Excellent written and verbal communication. - Strong news sense with a great understanding of what editors will reject instantly. - Ability to translate newsroom expectations to non-media stakeholders. Only Shortlisted Candidates Will be Contacted. Skills: pr,story,leadership,workplace,communications,announcements,newsroom,media,ecosystem,corporate communications,hiring

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