Communications Manager - Italy Milano

Communications Manager - Italy
Milano
Lombardia, Milano

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

As part of Microsoft's Global Communications team, you will join a group of professionals focused on telling stories that help people fall in love with Microsoft, the things we make and the impact we have in the world.

We are looking for an **experienced communications professional** to join our Global Media Relations Team as the Communications Manager in Italy.

The role offers a unique opportunity to gain valuable experiences and insights into storytelling at the intersection of society and technology during in a period of significant technological change.

If you are a seasoned professional looking for an exciting opportunity to grow and have impact, we would love to hear from you.

**Responsibilities**:

- Communications strategy planning and executing

- Orchestration and agency management with financial and budget management acumen

- Reputation management, managing issues and crisis communication.

- As trusted advisor contribute to executive and employee communications as needed

- Create relevant, newsworthy stories about how Microsoft drives the transformation of core industries - by helping organizations of all sizes to become more innovative, sustainable and resilient; substantiate our storytelling with compelling customer success stories that put a strong emphasis on business outcomes and societal impact.

- Establish and own the process of landing those stories across earned, owned and amplified media.

- Serve as a corporate spokesperson, as needed; and ensure we have a strong bench of trained spokespeople.

**Qualifications**:

- Media Relations experience, active relationships with Italian journalists and influencers.

- Ability to manage corporate and solution-focused communication and storytelling, develop compelling, concise, creative, and credible fact-based messaging and stories.

- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communications skills with social media competences.

- Sound judgement and decision-making ability in complex and dynamic scenarios.

- Strategic thinking rooted in market knowledge and business acumen

- Ability to orchestrate diverse perspectives and foster an extended collaboration within different virtual teams at local and global level, internal and external (agencies)

- Experience with issues management and crisis communication.

- Great team player and goal oriented approach

Preferred Qualifications

- Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders and prioritize for the highest impact.

- Thrives in fast-changing environment and can adapt plans accordingly

- Growth mindset with proven track record for new, innovative approaches and smart risk taking

Languages

Fluent in Italian, excellent written and spoken English

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