Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 7 years of experience in public relations, media relations, or communications.
- Experience with stakeholder management and campaign planning.
- Ability to communicate in English fluently in order to facilitate engagement with international/EU member state reporters based in Brussels.
- Experience as a press officer/spokesperson.
- Understanding of European institutional and regulatory processes.
- Ability to collaborate and build strong relationships within and outside an organization.
- Ability to work to tight timelines, coordinating information from various sources efficiently, sometimes out of European hours.
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About the job
As a member of the Global Communications & Public Affairs team, you will work cross-functionally to help communicate with journalists and other thought leaders; devise specific communications materials and campaigns; engage in face-to-face meetings with commentators and other opinion formers; and develop print and web-based material supporting these campaigns. We're looking for great communicators who can understand complex issues and explain them in person and also via well written, simple blog posts, FAQs, video scripts and more.
As a member of the Global Communications & Public Affairs team, you will work with colleagues across the region to help communicate with journalists and other thought leaders, devise communications across earned, owned, and social media, and engage in meetings with journalists and commentators. You'll understand complex issues and explain them simply in person and in writing.
In this role, you will act as a spokesperson for Google, engaging with Brussels-based journalists and commentators who cover EU affairs. You'll represent Google's views and positions on public policy topics that impact our products and services, our customers and partners, and the people across Europe who use our products every day.
It's our job to help inform and educate users, advertisers, partners, opinion leaders--and our own employees--about the benefits of Google's products, our distinctive company culture/values, and our approach to the big public policy issues of the day. To succeed here, you'll combine creativity with organizational skills to manage multiple projects with tight deadlines simultaneously, as well as enjoy pitching to journalists, bloggers and commentators, or producing internal communications and events for our employees. Things happen quickly at Google and to get stuff done here you need to be an enthusiastic team player who can work cross-functionally and isn't hesitant to take risks or try new things.
Responsibilities
- Act as a spokesperson for Google, leading media relations and engaging with Brussels-based journalists and commentators who cover EU affairs.
- Communicate our bold and responsible approach to developing and deploying Artificial Intelligence with partners from across the business, highlighting how Google's innovations are helping drive economic activity, keep Europeans safe, and support scientific discovery.
- Ensure that Google's point of view is clearly represented in reporting about tech policy topics that impact society or the economy, Google's products, our customers and partners, and consumers across Europe.