Account Manager - Communications Secondment

About the role

Acorn Strategy is offering a secondment as Account Manager to a leading Abu Dhabi utilities organisation. The role covers corporate communications, media relations, crisis communications and selected marketing activities, turning annual plans into coordinated action while keeping communications materials of high quality and responsive to business priorities. It is a hands-on position for an organised communications professional who can manage several workstreams and deliver under pressure.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain an integrated communications calendar covering internal and external communications, marketing, CSR, sustainability and priority industry events.
• Maintain an up-to-date media kit (presentations, fact sheets, FAQs, leadership biographies, boilerplates, photography and website content).
• Edit press releases, articles, opinion pieces, quotes, speeches, interview briefings, talking points and Q&A material.
• Coordinate English and Arabic content adaptation, review and approval.
• Identify speaking opportunities and build media lists and relationships with journalists and outlets.
• Pitch stories and interviews, respond to media enquiries and act as on-site media point of contact for major events.
• Monitor media and reputation issues, escalate risks early and update crisis-communications manuals, response structures and holding statements.
• Develop the annual social media roadmap and manage day-to-day social account activity (excluding community management).

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Public Relations, Communications, Journalism, Marketing or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4-6 years of experience in public relations, corporate communications or account management, ideally in an agency or embedded client environment.
• Professional fluency in English and Arabic, with the ability to write, adapt and edit content in both languages.
• Proven media-relations experience, including pitching, journalist engagement and event support.
• Experience with communications calendars, crisis communications, reputation monitoring and social media roadmaps.

Required skills

• Strong writing and editing across press releases, articles, speeches and presentations.
• Client and stakeholder management, with the confidence to coordinate input and manage approvals.
• Excellent organisation and attention to detail, able to prioritise multiple deadlines.

The role is onsite in Abu Dhabi. Acorn Strategy describes itself as a full-service communications consultancy with offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Melbourne, Perth and London.