Communications Specialist

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Rawa Barat, Jakarta
Mid level
Fintech • Payments • Financial Services
The Role
The Communications Specialist will develop and implement an annual PR plan aligned with business objectives, manage media relations, enhance brand reputation, and devise communication strategies for new market entries. The role requires building strong media relationships, responding to inquiries, and coordinating with regional teams, while supporting internal communications and PR vendor management.
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Description

Funding Societies | Modalku is the largest SME digital financing platform in Southeast Asia. We are licensed in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, and registered in Malaysia. We are backed by Sequoia India and Softbank Ventures Asia Corp amongst many others and provides business financing to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which is crowdfunded by individual and institutional investors. And here at Funding Societies | Modalku we live by our core values:

  • Serve with Obsession: Build win-win relationships for the long-term by having a customer obsession.
  • Grow Relentlessly: Strive to become our best, most authentic selves.
  • Enable Teamwork, Disable Politics: Only by forging togetherness, we help each other succeed.
  • Test Measure Act: Stay curious and reinvent ourselves, through innovation and experimentation.
  • Focus on Impact: Create impact through bias for action and tangible results.

What you will do:

  • Strategic Planning and Execution
    • Develop Annual PR Plan: Create and implement a yearly PR plan aligned with the company's overall business objectives.
    • Integrated Marketing Communications: Ensure PR activities are integrated with other marketing initiatives for maximum impact.
    • Crisis Communication: Develop and implement crisis communication plans to mitigate potential reputational damage.
    • Regional Coordination: Collaborate with regional communications teams to ensure consistent messaging and execution.
  • Media Relations and Management
    • Media Relationships: Build and maintain strong relationships with key media personnel to foster positive brand coverage.
    • Media Monitoring: Monitor media coverage and analyze brand sentiment to identify opportunities and threats.
    • Media Inquiries: Respond promptly and professionally to media inquiries, providing accurate and timely information.
  • Brand Management and Reputation
    • Brand Reputation: Protect and enhance the company's brand reputation.
    • Brand Awareness: Increase brand awareness through targeted PR campaigns.
  • Additional Responsibilities
    • Support talent division to manage Internal Communications activities
    • Market Entry: Develop and implement PR strategies for new market entries or product launches.
    • Manage relationships with PR vendors, media monitoring tools, and other vendors. i.e. Isentia for press release distribution,and mediia monitoring.
Requirements

What we are looking for:

  • Minimum Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Marketing & Communication major
  • Skillful in Microsoft Office especially Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • Minimum 3 - 4 years of experience in Public Relations/ Corporate Communications/ Internal Communications/ Journalist role previously
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Proficient in English and Bahasa Indonesia
  • Outgoing and friendly personality
  • Possess writing and copywriting skills
  • Creative and enthusiastic
  • Ability to multitask and fast learner
  • Willing and flexible to travel
  • Location base: Jakarta
Benefits
  • Time off - We would love you to take time off to rest and rejuvenate. We offer flexible paid vacations as well as many other observed holidays by country. We also like to have our people take a day off for special days like birthdays and work anniversaries.
  • Flexible Working - We believe in giving back the control of work & life to our people. We trust our people and love to provide the space to accommodate each and everyone's working style and personal life.
  • Medical Benefits - We offer health insurance coverage for our employees and dependents. Our people focus on our mission knowing we have their back for their loved ones too.
  • Mental Health and Wellness - We understand that our team productivity is directly linked to our mental and physical health. Hence we have Wellness Wednesdays and we engage partners to provide well-being coaching. And we have our Great FSMK Workout sessions too to keep everyone healthy and fit!
  • Learning & Development - We believe learning should never end and we support everyone with self-learning L&D allowances.
  • Tech Support - We provide a company laptop for our employees and the best possible support for the right equipment/tools to enable high productivity

Top Skills

MS Office
The Company
525 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2015

What We Do

Funding Societies | Modalku is the pioneer of SME Digital Financing Platform and Debt Investment Platform in Southeast Asia. We accelerate business growth by fast financing which is crowdfunded by retail and institutional investors as well as high-net-worth individuals.

Founded in 2015 in Singapore, Funding Societies | Modalku is currently licensed and operating in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. We have also achieved global accolades for its works on financial inclusion to make financing accessible to SMEs in Southeast Asia, which includes the MAS FinTech Award, the Global SME Excellence Award from United Nations, and the prestigious global Fintech100 by KPMG and H2 Ventures.

Funding Societies | Modalku is dedicated to the vision of funding underserved SMEs and making a positive impact in society. We exist to enable fair financial access to Southeast Asia

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