# Associate, Corporate Communications & Marketing

**Company**: Ares
**Location**: Hong Kong
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Communications
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

Ares is seeking a highly motivated and entrepreneurial communications professional to join the Corporate Communications & Marketing team as an Associate in Hong Kong. This person will support the external communications function, promoting and protecting the Ares brand across APAC.

**Primary Functions & Essential Responsibilities**

- Manage inbound media requests and coordinate with internal stakeholders to provide timely responses

- Proactively develop storylines, pitch to relevant media, and arrange media interviews and background meetings

- Identify and secure external speaking engagements and high-profile media opportunities

- Build and strengthen Ares' network of media relationships across key publications in APAC, and maintain a journalist contact database

- Draft communications, such as press releases, media talking points, Q&As, and manage internal and external review processes

- Manage multiple tasks to meet business-critical deadlines

- Support media engagement tracking and reporting, conduct competitor analyses, and assist with press release distribution and industry awards submissions

- Deliver fresh ideas, solicit feedback, build consensus, and drive results

- Serve as a trusted advisor and strategic counselor to Ares' leadership teams

- Support portfolio companies on communications matters, as needed

**Qualifications**

- Bachelor's degree

- Minimum of 3 years of corporate communications experience, either in-house or at a strategic communications firm

- Understanding of and experience in the asset management and/or broader financial services industry

- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including editing/proofing content in both English and Chinese

- Experience tracking and measuring results to ensure they align with intended outcomes

- Good interpersonal and networking skills, with the ability to work with cross-functional, multicultural teams and agency partners

- Self-motivated team player with the ability to execute under limited oversight and tight deadlines

## Skills

### Required
- corporate communications
- media relations
- written communication
- interpersonal skills
- networking
- Chinese

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