Summary
Commercial Bank of Dubai is hiring a PR & Internal Communications Lead in Dubai. The role leads integrated external and internal communications, media relations, reputation management, crisis communications, employer branding, and customer education initiatives. Responsibilities include advising senior leaders, overseeing content and agency relationships, and coordinating with teams across the Bank to ensure communications meet brand, governance, and regulatory standards. Applicants should have 10–15 years of relevant experience and a bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing, Public Relations, Business, or a related discipline.
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KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Develop and execute an integrated PR, external communications, internal communications, and employer branding strategy aligned with CBD’s business objectives.
- Shape and manage the Bank’s corporate narrative across internal and external audiences. Advise senior leadership on communications strategy, messaging, media engagement, executive positioning, and employee engagement.
- Ensure all communications are aligned with CBD’s brand, tone of voice, values, and governance standards.
- Establish clear KPIs and reporting mechanisms to measure communication effectiveness, media impact, employee engagement, and reputation outcomes.
- Lead CBD’s media relations strategy to strengthen the Bank’s share of voice, reputation, and visibility in the market.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with journalists, editors, media partners, industry commentators, and relevant external stakeholders.
- Develop and manage press releases, media statements, interviews, editorial features, bylines, and thought leadership content.
- Proactively identify strong media storylines that support CBD’s business priorities, leadership agenda, innovation narrative, and market positioning.
- Monitor media coverage, sentiment, competitor activity, and market trends, and provide insights and recommendations to leadership.
- Protect and strengthen the Bank’s reputation through proactive communications planning and disciplined issues management.
- Develop and maintain crisis communication protocols, holding statements, escalation processes, and response plans.
- Act as a key communications advisor during sensitive issues, incidents, or reputational matters, ensuring timely, accurate, and controlled messaging.
- Develop and execute the annual internal communications plan to support business priorities, leadership engagement, culture-building, and employee awareness.
- Lead communication for key internal platforms and moments, including leadership messages, Town Halls, CEO Connects, employee announcements, newsletters, intranet content, and employee campaigns.
- Translate business updates and corporate priorities into clear, engaging, and employee-friendly communications.
- Partner with leadership, HR, business teams, and support functions to ensure employees receive timely, relevant, and consistent communication.
- Drive initiatives that improve employee understanding, engagement, and connection with the Bank’s strategy and values.
- Lead employer branding communications to position CBD as an attractive, progressive, and purpose-led workplace.
- Develop content that showcases the Bank’s culture, people, leadership, innovation, and employee experience.
- Support employee advocacy initiatives, including testimonials, videos, internal stories, and digital content for relevant channels.
- Work closely with HR and Talent teams to support recruitment marketing, employee value proposition communication, and talent-related campaigns.
- Customer Education & Awareness
- Develop and execute customer education and awareness initiatives that help customers better understand CBD’s products, services, digital capabilities, and security measures.
- Lead the creation of customer-friendly educational content across multiple channels, including the website, social media, email, video, branches, and the mobile app.
- Partner with product, digital, customer experience, risk, fraud prevention, and compliance teams to translate complex banking topics into simple, engaging, and actionable communications.
- Oversee the creation of high-quality content across internal and external channels, including press releases, leadership messages, speeches, newsletters, intranet content, LinkedIn posts, website content, videos, and campaign communications.
- Ensure all content is clear, compelling, accurate, audience-relevant, and aligned with CBD’s tone of voice.
- Lead storytelling around CBD’s business achievements, innovation, customer experience, digital transformation, ESG, partnerships, people, and community initiatives.
- Ensure consistency of messaging across paid, earned, shared, and owned media channels.
- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders across leadership, business units, HR, Legal, Compliance, Risk, Investor Relations, and support functions.
- Manage external relationships with PR agencies, content partners, vendors, and media partners.
- Ensure agency deliverables are aligned to agreed objectives, timelines, budgets, governance standards, and measurable outcomes.
- Ensure all communications follow internal approval processes, brand guidelines, governance standards, and regulatory requirements.
- Maintain strong controls across internal and external communications to ensure accuracy, confidentiality, consistency, and appropriate sign-offs.
- Support audit, operational risk, and internal reporting requirements related to communications activities.
- Ensure communication activity is managed in line with the Bank’s policies and standards.
EXPERIENCE & ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Minimum formal qualifications required as part of the job.
- Minimum 10–15 years of experience in PR, corporate communications, internal communications, employer branding, or reputation management, preferably within banking, financial services, or a regulated industry.
- Proven experience in developing and executing integrated communications strategies across internal and external audiences.
- Strong track record in media relations, executive communications, reputation management, crisis communications, and stakeholder engagement.
- Experience managing internal communications platforms, employee engagement campaigns, leadership messaging, newsletters, town halls, and intranet content.
- Experience working with senior leadership and advising on sensitive or high-visibility communications.
- Proven ability to manage agencies, budgets, vendors, and cross-functional projects.
- Experience leading teams and developing communication capabilities within a function.
- Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing, Public Relations, Business, or related discipline. A relevant postgraduate qualification would be an advantage.