Senior Assistant Director, Media, Research & Executive Communications

The Corporate Communications Office (CCO) enhances NTU's reputation by raising awareness of the University's vision, mission, and achievements in education, research, and innovation.

CCO is home to a world-class team of communicators that has won international, regional and local awards in public relations, marketing and communication.

As Senior Assistant Director, Media, Research & Executive Communications, youwill create,manage andeditwrittencontentthatengages ourstudents,alumni,faculty,staffandstakeholders,to wintheir confidence, as well as help shape print and digital written content that contributes to raising NTU's profile.

Amajorpartofthiswillinvolvecontributingeditoriallytodifferentaspectsofthe NTU CCO's work in an integrated way to raise the quality and maintain a high standard of writing for NTU CCO's communications and marketing efforts across a range of media, formats and platforms. The goal is to build engaging narratives for NTU as avibrant and leading global university to improve its standing and reputation internationally among the University's various target audiences.

As CCO's Lead Writer,youwill need tobeversatile andcontributeeditorially todifferentaspects ofthedepartment's workin an integrated way, withastrong dual focusin publicising the University's strengths in science, research and innovation and in managing NTUPresident'sstrategiccommunication activitiessuch as in conceptualising and producing opinion pieces, speeches and managing media interview opportunities, by working closely with NTU President, members of NTU leadership, subject matter experts and NTU domain owners.

The role will also create and edit written NTU content for print and digital that is compelling and relevant for different target audiencesoftheUniversity,inadditiontodevelopingcontentthatcoversnewsreleasesforcorporateannouncements,research news releases and science articles, HEY! and U magazine feature articles.Youmustbeaversatilecommunicator,passionatestorytellerandeditorialmanagerwithstrongwritingandeditingexperience who can strategically harness written content creation in its various forms to engage with stakeholders.

Youshouldbeproficientintailoringyourwritingtobothprintanddigitalplatformsanddemonstratestrongeditorialpackaging abilities as you work collaboratively with CCO colleagues, such as on integrated communications.

Youmustbeabletoadviseandcoachteamsofwritersengagedinvariedformsofwriting,fromcorporateandlifestylewritingto research communication, video scripting and storyboarding for digital platforms, including augmented reality (AR).

We need someone creative who enjoys developing publicity-worthy content and who has the analytical ability to sift through informationandzoomintofindthegemsandapplyasharpfocustogetthejobdoneaheadoftime,andatthehighestquality.

Key Responsibilities

• LeadwritingeffortsforawiderangeofcommunicationandcontentmarketingeffortsunderCCOtoraiseandupholdthe qualityof writingat the office,by editing, writingand advisingon communications andcontent marketingcopy to makeit compelling to the University's target audiences.

• LeadinconceptualisingandproducingNTUPresident'sstrategiccommunicationsneeds,suchaswritingPresident's speeches and opinion pieces, and handling of the corporate messaging during media interviews.

• Write,editandpubliciseNTU'sscienceandresearchcommunicationsefforts,suchasthroughNTU'sresearchand innovation magazine Pushing Frontiers, as well as NTU's Research Hub and News Hub sites.

• TosourceanddevelopcontentthathighlightsNTU'sstrengthsinscience,engineeringandinnovation,andadaptingthe content for various platforms in an integrated way.

• PlanandmanagethepublicationofthePushingFrontiersmagazine,aswellasmanagetheexternalvendorsinvolved.

• EditandwriteforotherCCOcommunicationandcontentmarketingefforts,suchasNTU'sHEY!studentmagazineand U magazine for alumni, social media posts and video scripts, and content marketing materials.

• AdviseandcoachcolleaguesonwritingengagingnarrativesforCCO'svariouscommunicationsandcontentmarketing channels.

• Work in a cross-disciplinary manner with colleagues in CCO, internal domain owners and relevant stakeholders to developwrittencopyforvariouscontentcreationeffortsthatimpactfullyengageandcaptivateNTU'stargetaudiences.

Requirements

• Bachelor'sdegreeincommunication,journalismorotherapplicabledisciplines.AMaster'sdegreeinMass Communication will have an added advantage.

• Atleast12years'experienceinjournalismispreferred,orineditorialwritingorinaseniorcorporatecommunications role.

• Excellentnewssenseandexperienceofnewsandfeaturewritingandediting,andabilitytoconveymessages succinctly, responsibly and accurately.

• Anexemplarywriterwithexceptionalediting,writingandstorytellingskills,aswellaseditorialpackagingabilitiesand the ability to use multimedia storytelling to advance stories.

• Demonstratedabilitytotailorcommunicationsforabroadrangeofaudiencesandonbothprintanddigitalplatforms.

• Wideinterestandexpertiseindifferentformsofwriting,includinglifestyleandcorporatewriting,research communication and video scripting.

• Strongaestheticsensewithagoodeyeforandanappreciationofdesignasacommunication tool.

• Motivatedtostayabreastofthelatesttrendsinmedia,storytellingandcommunication.

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.