Corporate Communications Officer - Hong Kong's Octopus

(Ref: OCL/SAM/2009-046)
Job Responsibilities
Work closely with the Media Relations Manager / Corporate Communications Manager to assist in the implementation of day-to-day media relations / corporate communications activities including:

Monitoring of media coverage and compiling daily news summary with English translation
Drafting of press releases and articles for website
Handling general media enquiries and media pitching
Production of corporate collaterals
Coordinating CSR, sponsorship programmes and media activities
Coordinating and handling of complaints from media and other external stakeholders
Providing administrative support to the corporate communications team

Requirements
A university graduate with at least three years' experience in media relations or corporate communications in an in-house or agency setting, a background in journalism is an added advantage
Good command of written and spoken English and Chinese, including Putonghua
Good communication and time management skills
Work independently to handle multi-tasks, attentive to details
Proficiency in using MS Office applications, Chinese word processing, PowerPoint, Excel, etc
Experience of managing budgets would be an added advantage
Able to perform under pressure in a fast-paced business environment with a quick grasp of the smartcard technologies and e-payment
Interested parties please send your resume, present and expected salary, contact details and quoting the reference number by e-mail: recruit@octopus.com.hk

Visit our web site: http://www.octopus.com.hk
Personal data collected will be used for recruitment purpose only. If you are not contacted within six weeks may consider your application unsuccessful. Our Company will retain your application for a maximum of one year.

Octopus is an equal opportunity employer and all employment decisions and Human Resources policies are administered; especially those relating to recruitment & selection, compensation & benefits, promotion & transfer, training & development and termination & redundancy; without discrimination on the basis of age, race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, physical and mental disability and family status but on genuine occupational qualification, job performance, employees' ability and internal/ external relativities.