Senior Manager, Public Relations – Paris 2024 Olympics & Paralympics

Coca-Cola is the proud worldwide partner of the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics Games. Our role will be to refresh all the athletes, volunteers and spectators during those 4 weeks with our loved brands, done in a sustainable way, to build a better shared future. Paris 2024 will be undoubtedly the most innovative Games with a strong ecological and societal push.

Our passion is to deliver 18M beverages to 15 000 athletes, 45 000 volunteers and +15M visitors, raising excitement and passion for our brands, while challenging ourselves in everything we do to be even more sustainable (in all that it includes: environment, societal, …). We are convinced that the Paris24 Games are a strong driver of the overall Coca-Cola business’ acceleration from all angles (Marketing, Commercial, Revenue Growth Management, Human Resources, etc.).

We are looking for our external communication manager, someone who is ready to join us in turning our passion into action, someone who welcomes the challenges of working on one of the biggest events in the World, has strong agility and resilience skills, someone very creative, looking to change things, who works hard and is passionate by sport and the Olympics and Paralympics.

If you are ready for this challenge and want to help us refresh the world while making a difference, then apply!

Job summary

The Coca-Cola Paris 2024 Olympics & Paralympics external coms manager, working closely with the external coms Director, will be key in ensuring the success of our Reputation legacy and will have to:

• Implement the External Communications Plan surrounding Coca-Cola’s partnership of the Olympics and Paralympics Games, Olympic Torch Relay and Paralympic Torch Relay over the next 8 months;
• Contribute to driving positive media coverage in France on our OPG project & managing all OPG related relationship-building programs
• Contribute to management of dedicated Public Relations agencies in close cooperation with system PACS
• Manage sensitive communications and contribute to issue management center

Speaking French and English is a must have in this role, located in Issy-les-Moulineaux – France, no relocation support provided.

Main responsibilities*

All responsibilities are limited to activities directly related to the Paris 2024 Olympics & Paralympics Games.

• Support the strategic Paris 2024 OPG Public Relations plan to support the continuous improvement of Coca-Cola France corporate reputation. (Reputation legacy)
• Sensitive communication and issue management within the dedicated team
• Manage press conferences, briefings, special events and other public events in order to convey the Coca-Cola and OPG information to key external audiences (incl specific Olympic Torch Relay activation) and to drive positive media coverage in France on our OPG and ESG credentials
• Listening to media reports and monitoring news articles relevant to the work of the OPG, OTR and PTR Project Team
• Maintaining contacts with media representatives and partner organizations.
• Overseeing the production of publications, both electronic and manual.
• Working closely with the Communications Teams and the Communications Agency on managing the media on OPG, OTR and PTR related topics and initiatives.
• Supporting France PACS Senior Director with answering media enquiries on OPG and OTR/PTR
• Attending meetings with journalists and other media representatives.
• Working with the agency in writing and editing news reports, press releases and other forms of external communications.

*Non-exhaustive – This role will evolve over time, other responsibilities may be assigned to the incumbent who should demonstrate agility and flexibility.

Key skills and experience required

• 6+ years of relevant work experience in Public Affairs, Communications, or Public Relations
• Passionate with loved and successful brands, Sport and Olympic & Paralympic movement and values
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in French and English
• Ability to manage multiple situations simultaneously
• Expert of Media Relations (e.g., formats, deadlines, contact points, relationship dynamic)
• Ability to craft and deliver the Company’s messages in a compelling way to generate positive media coverage or minimize impact of negative coverage
• Knowledge of writing styles (e.g., speeches, news releases and position papers)
• Strong organizational skills, ability to coordinate inputs, requirements, and demands of numerous constituencies and stakeholders into a cohesive effort
• Ability to work in autonomy yet strong coordination within a team
• Issue management experience

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