Senior Consultant

DMCG are looking for a Senior Consultant with a background in Political Communications to join a Government advisory firm.
 
This position will be based in Dubai.
 
Job Description

• Support the account lead and account manager in providing strategic communications support to allocated clients.
• Monitor media for your clients, identifying articles of interest and alerting the team on potential issues.
• Produce monitoring reports of print, broadcast and social media following press releases.
• Produce research and briefing notes to a high quality.
• Produce daily news alerts, providing a summary of key news articles from around the world (working on a rota).
• Monitor digital and social media for allocated clients.
• Collect, analyse and present data.
• Produce first drafts of client’s social media calendars.

Requirements

• Solid graduate work experience in a research, data-gathering or media-monitoring role
• Producing in-depth, research-based analysis
• Experience working in a pressurised environment with multiple demands
• Ability to confidently contribute to internal discussions and present and advise the client
• Genuine interest in geo-politics.
• Extensive research and analysis experience
• The ability to learn (quickly)
• Self-prioritisation and organisation of multiple tasks and multiple demands.
• Analytical skills – ability to read news stories, organise thoughts and judge significance
• Strong interest in global and Middle East affairs
• Ability to deal with and adapt to an ever-changing work environment
• Excellent IT skills, including Word, PPT and Excel
• Good understanding of digital media, including social listening tools
• Discretion in approach to work.