Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 42 countries.
As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence, and strong team ethic. Morgan Stanley can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career a place for people to learn, achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture.
Led by the Chief Marketing Officer, the firmwide marketing function at Morgan Stanley is backed by momentum and a broad imperative seen as core to the firm's future growth. We're a team of passionate doers who are proactive and committed to collaborating with our colleagues to further position Morgan Stanley as a truly integrated firm that is consistently delivering for its clients.
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ROLE SUMMARY
Reporting to the Head of Brand PR and Social Media, this role is responsible for helping shape and execute consistent, compelling, and impactful proactive brand communications that support Morgan Stanley's evolving enterprise brand platform and position the firm for today and tomorrow.
In close collaboration with the Firmwide Marketing and Corporate Communications teams, this individual will assist in proactively identifying opportunities to promote our narrative; build/maintain relationships with target media; liaise with target media to place and shape stories that are accretive to the brand; leverage our brand sponsorships and partnerships in new and innovative ways; and ensure that our key messages in various channels, inclusive of social media, are aligned with our brand platform.
An exciting opportunity on a nimble, creative team to help shape Morgan Stanley as a house of brands positioned for future prosperity and engage both current clients and next-gen prospects in the process.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Team Collaboration: Serve as a key member of the Firmwide marketing team, interacting with critical functional partners (tech, legal, compliance, corporate communications) as well as third-party agency partners. Ensure optimal level of integration and collaboration on Brand communications planning and opportunities; assist with ensuring synergistic messaging and consistency across all channels and bringing innovative ideas to the table that will help drive earned media and social buzz.
- Public Relations: Help to execute on a proactive public relations program to favorably position the Brand and our sponsorships, partnerships, etc. and create surround sound within the trade, business, and consumer press through high impact, breakthrough campaigns, activations and external storytelling.
- Executive Social and Events: Provide leadership support for the firm's executive social program including liaising with participating teams to develop content strategies, assessing and reporting back on key performance metrics, and evangelizing the program more broadly within the firm. Also, provide support to the firm's CMO etc as thought leaders in the field and support on presentations, speech writing, media briefings, etc.
- Risk Mitigation: Oversee the development of risk assessments related to potential partnerships the firm is considering. Conduct thorough reviews across social and earned media to ensure that the business is considering alignment to our brand values.
- Content Creation: Contribute to the development of key materials inclusive of press releases, media pitches & collaborate with FW Marketing Content and Brands teams on social media posts and award submissions to build brand awareness and engage new audiences with the Morgan Stanley brand and associated entities. The successful candidate will have a bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience in communications/PR/journalism. This will be a high-energy, enthusiastic and highly collaborative team player with exceptional interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, who can position Morgan Stanley effectively as an integrated firm. A demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and work across multiple projects simultaneously is instrumental.
Additional qualifications include:
- Experience developing and executing comprehensive communication, content and messaging, media, and public relations programs across a variety of deliverables and audiences. Proven experience with creative storytelling and executing activation programs that break through into the mainstream media and shift perceptions of a brand.
- Skilled writer and editor with outstanding attention to detail; experience crafting and editing high-quality strategic communications for key target audiences.
- Expertise in managing a team and allocating and prioritizing work accordingly while providing continuous coaching to optimize performance.
- Strong relationship management skills and experience working with senior executives as well as stakeholders cross-functionally and in global markets.
- Experience/knowledge of techniques for driving reputation and brand and advancing messaging in the market.
- Creative thinker who can disseminate the firm's message in new and innovative ways.
- Familiarity with financial services preferred.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:
We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 85 years. At our foundation are five core values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - that guide our more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you'll find trusted colleagues, committed mentors and a culture that values diverse perspectives, individual intellect and cross-collaboration. We Firm is differentiated by the caliber of our diverse team. While our company culture and commitment to inclusion define our legacy and shape our future, helping to strengthen our business and bring value to clients around the world. Learn more about how we put this commitment to action: morganstanley.com/diversity. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry.
We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.
Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $120,000 and $190,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.
Morgan Stanley's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.
It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).