Senior Communications Executive

About the role

1. SCOPE

Corporate Reputation Management

Three major areas that need to be managed by this position to work with multiple stakeholders;

1)      Internal Communications Lead + General Communications supports:

Mainly responsible for

-        Be advocator of Dyson Corporate Culture and Philosophy to all employees through plan with group internal team to execute for local team. Operate bi-weekly  Café Briefing and Year end employee gathering

-        Support all categories (FC/PC/EC/Light/Professional) to spread new technology to employees through internal NPD ) new product development) launch

To do so, this person is expected to work with as main contact of point (not solely work always copying supervisor in the communication loop)

-        Global Internal Communications team

-        Dyson Japan Leadership team

-        Other internal stakeholders

2)      Advocator of James Dyson Award (JDA):

Mainly responsible for

-        Increase awareness of James Dyson Award as international engineering award to nurture young talent

-        Manage and organize entry from the applicants as well as award juries including announcing timing, gathering opportunities

To do so, this person is expected to work with

-        Global James Dyson Foundation colleagues

-        External James Dyson Award Juries

-        University students those who applies / submits James Dyson Awards

-        Professor of a certain University to encourage their student to apply this awards

-        Media or influencers to spread about value of James Dyson Awards

3)      Leading for James Dyson Foundation (JDF):

James Dyson Foundation is a charitable organization for nurturing young talent as becoming engineer. In Japan, JDF plays and take some sort of initiatives in 技術教育 through junior high.

Main responsible for

-        Organize a board meeting once a six-month with administrative works. Work with external supporters, Judicial scrivener and CPA.

-        Plan and execute to operate workshop in schools and university to work with external stakeholders.

-        Work with Ministry of Education, external university professors and school teachers. Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and experts of technology education.

-        Work closely with UK James Dyson Foundation team to make local plan and execution.

-        Support the development and delivery of new digital engineering resources for schools.

2. TEAM ENVIRONMENT

Working day to day in a Communications team and working directly with one other an international team of UK, Asia Pacific and others.

3. CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

- Leads JDF activities to make support for future engineers with external experts and media to build credentialing reputation as Dyson.

- Plan and take initiatives of better internal communication for/beyond  Hanzomon office

- Create contents utilized for bring aspiration of JDA and JDF.

- Lead day-to-day Communications activities that based on strategic planning and bring excellent execution for Japan.

- Plan and take initiative of spreading news on/relevant to JDA/JDF through social media activity.

- Generate media coverage mostly JDA related.

- Create plan and develop communication material assets related JDF, JDA and internal purposes.

- Deliver accurate and timely evaluation of PR activity, demonstrating the ability to meet set objectives and implement effective budgetary control.

4. KEY AREAS FOR DEVELOPMENT

- Creative ideas to stimulate further potential applicants of JDA and expand activities of JDF with well-managed execution. Drive and manage owned media, media and SNS (Digital, TV, NP, Mag. and Online) for reputation awareness.

- Engagement building with education industry, government, design engineer endorser in Japan.

- Secure design and technology opportunities – opinion leaders, exhibitions and education for JDA and JDF.

- Extend news stories to create further press coverage, coordinating transfer of stories in Japan.

- Plan / manage how better Internal Commination should be throughout the Japan organization  

- Assess publicity materials available and recommend new approaches for JDA