Position Description
Corporate Communications Manager with responsibility for leading internal and external communications, media relations, digital content, branding and corporate philanthropy initiatives across Hong Kong and overseas market. Partner directly with senior management and business heads to develop strategic messaging, executive communications and bilingual content, while managing reputational risk, stakeholder engagement and the firm’s corporate communications platforms, processes and assets.
Key Areas of Responsibilities
Organise employee and stakeholder communications, including global Town Halls, corporate events, executive updates and cross-border communications with parent-company stakeholders.
Partner with senior management and business heads on communications plans, key messages, speeches, staff notes, press releases, marketing credentials and thought-leadership content in English and Chinese.
Help drive branding and corporate identity initiatives by ensuring consistent messaging, visual standards and brand application across communications channels and stakeholder touchpoints.
Manage media relations and reputational risks, including media engagement planning, media training, award pitching, media monitoring, issues escalation and coordination with PR agencies.
Coordinate team workflow and execution to ensure timely follow-through on communications initiatives, media activities and content development.
Assist corporate philanthropy and charitable trust operations, including impact storytelling, partner liaison and initiative launches in Hong Kong.
Manage core communications processes and assets, including media policy and contacts, editorial calendars, vendor contracts and content review workflows.
Requirements
Undergraduate degree or higher in communications, marketing, journalism, translation, business, or a related field; postgraduate qualification is a plus.
Minimum eight years of experience in corporate communications, public relations, financial communications, media or marketing preferably in financial services, with prior experience in team management and senior stakeholder engagement.
Excellent English and Mandarin written and spoken communications skills, with strong bilingual editing and message-shaping capability.
Strong understanding of Hong Kong, mainland China and APAC media landscape, communications trends, financial services context. Experience in corporate philanthropy is a plus.
Proven ability to advise senior stakeholders, manage agencies and media, and work confidently across business lines, parent-company teams and external partners.
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Skills Required
- Undergraduate degree or higher in communications, marketing, journalism, translation, business, or related field
- Postgraduate qualification
- Minimum ten years of experience in corporate communications, public relations, financial communications, media or marketing
- Prior experience in team management and senior stakeholder engagement
- Preferably experience in financial services
- Excellent English and Mandarin written and spoken communications skills, with strong bilingual editing and message-shaping capability
- Strong understanding of Hong Kong, mainland China and APAC media landscape, communications trends, and financial services context
- Experience in corporate philanthropy
- Proven ability to advise senior stakeholders, manage agencies and media, and work across business lines and parent-company teams
CLSA Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about CLSA and has not been reviewed or approved by CLSA.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Base pay for junior bankers was increased significantly in 2021 to stay competitive in a hot market. This indicates willingness to adjust compensation when talent risks rise.
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Healthcare Strength — Permanent staff are automatically enrolled in healthcare aligned to local markets, with added travel health and security support via International SOS. This points to solid core medical coverage with global-travel assistance.
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Retirement Support — Permanent staff are automatically enrolled in pension plans aligned to local markets. A group retirement plan is administered regionally, signaling formalized retirement benefits infrastructure.
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What We Do
CITIC CLSA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CITIC Securities and its overseas business platform. Established in Hong Kong in 1986, CITIC CLSA is Asia’s leading capital markets and investment group, committed to driving the growth strategies of global institutional investors, corporations, governments and high-net-worth individuals. CITIC CLSA’s award-winning research, extensive Asia network, direct links to China and highly experienced financial professionals set CITIC CLSA apart from global investment banks and regional players. Over three decades, CITIC CLSA has built an extensive Asia network with deep local knowledge and connections. Globally, we operate from 13 countries across Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas. For further information, please visit clsa.com
