Have you experience applying this in either a technology or telecoms market from either an agency or client side position?
Do you have a good network within the telecoms or technology industry analyst community?
Would you like to join a FTSE top 30 company in the telecoms market?

This role could be just what you’re looking for…

We are looking to appoint an experienced Corporate Affairs Manager to join a major telecoms company based in their London offices. However this role is a little different to your typical corporate affairs positions.

In this role you will be responsible for managing the analyst and speaker community relevant to their business. Strategically leveraging relationships to promote the company, cementing them as a national treasure that’s brilliant for Britain in all that it does for its citizens and creating pride in its commercial performance and innovation.

You will maintain solid relationships with industry analysts, liaising closely with the external communications function to ensure the analyst community are utilised in the most strategically effective way. Also working to generate materials for use by company spokespeople and the analyst community themselves which will feed into generating positive media coverage for the brand.

Looking at the Speaker bureau, you will be responsible for seeking out appropriate opportunities for some of the company’s highest profile executives to speak at. Those which will offer not only a strategic opportunity, but those which will have the most significant positive impact on the company too.

Equally you will need to keep one eye on Speaker movements and ensure they are only speaking at pre-sanctioned events and you have been involved in what they are going to be speaking about, to ensure it delivers an appropriate, consistent message which promoted the company in the best possible light.

Role: Corporate Affairs Manager – Analyst Relations
Location: London
Salary: £40,000 to £45,000
Benefits: £5.5k car allowance, good bonus & blue-chip benefits package

Experience Required:

- Solid corporate affairs background
- Must have experience in either telecoms or technology markets
- Established relationships with relevant industry analysts
- Solid written skills, capable of crafting a message which presents a company in the best possible light
- Good understanding of how to manage the profiles of some very high profile executives in the public eye
- Very strong influencing and negotiation skills – capable of getting a large, complex business onside with your ideas and navigating the corporate landscape

- Must have the necessary visas to live and work in the UK

TO APPLY

For further information please contact:

Colin Doree
Principal Consultant – Blue Pelican Marketing
01892 507 100
colin.doree@bluepelican.com

For more information click here

Sapient Global Markets is at the forefront of the biggest issues facing the financial markets today. We work with investment banks, asset managers, wealth managers, oil and energy firms, and government and regulatory agencies to drive success through a combination of people, process and technology. We drive business transformation for our clients, who require big thinkers that bring insight, knowledge, technical acumen and passion for innovation. We offer the opportunity to join a recognized leader in today’s dynamic marketplace and an award-winning culture that fosters growth and leadership.

As Public and Analyst Relations Manager, your overall objective will be to establish and build relationships with relevant press and industry analysts in our key markets. You will be responsible for ensuring analysts are kept up to date with Sapient Global Markets activities, communicating key activities and news to press via press releases and through update briefings and interviews, and for coordinating press and industry analyst activity at key Sapient Global Markets and industry events. You will assist with the development and execution of strategic PR and AR plans, drive thought leadership activity across all Sapient Global Markets business initiatives, handle media and analyst inquiries, create media opportunities and work with analysts to fulfill internal requirements for information, sales support and strategy validation.You will be a self starter, who shows initiative and works well with others.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Plan and direct strategic public relations programs designed to create and maintain a favorable public image for Sapient Global Markets.
• Plan and direct strategic industry analyst activities focused on establishing and building relationships with key analysts, and with ensuring analysts can clearly and accurately articulate who we are and what we do.
• Write and distribute interesting and effective press releases
• Develop and maintain ‘In the News’ section of company internet and intranet.
• Develop and maintain good working relationships between the media and Sapient Global Markets’ spokespeople, and analysts and Sapient Global Markets spokespeople.
• Develop and manage social media activities as they relate to PR/AR (Twitter, LinkedIn, Blogs). Identify social media outlets for Rapid Response work and to further promote our experts.
• Provide counsel to senior executives on messaging and media relations
• Respond to enquiries from reporters and analysts
• Review editorial schedules and manage process to ensure the firm appears in key features.
• Evaluate advertising and promotion programs for compatibility with public relations efforts.
• Assist with organization of media training, photography
• Identify press and analysts to attend relevant company events. Manage invitation and attendance
• Manage and attend media related events.
• Manage speaking opportunities and awards programs.
• Manage external PR/AR agency activity as appropriate.
• Develop monthly reports on public and analyst relations activity, coverage, and social media results.
• Provide PR and AR support for industry events Sapient Global Markets is attending. Pitch on-site interviews, identify news and feature opportunities and manage on-site journalist / analyst attendance and briefings, provide follow up.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor degree in Communications or a related field.
• Experience working in or around the financial markets
• Demonstrated success in implementing media campaigns (incl. social media).
• Demonstrated success in securing media coverage in a variety of outlet types.
• Demonstrated track record of establishing and fostering relationships with industry analysts that result in lead generation and inclusion in reports
• Demonstrated track record of developing successful working relationships with reporters and bloggers
• Experience working closely with senior level executives.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects and demands at a time.
• Excellent writing skills, with a high level of attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to develop relationships and communicate with all levels of management.
• Effective working relationship with team members and manager across geographical locations

Location: United Kingdom-London

Schedule: Full-time

For full details and to apply click here

Agenda:

• Why Analyst Relations only solves part of the problem
  • Analyst versus Stakeholder versus Influencer
  • Relations versus relationships versus engagement
  • The need to shift to Influencer Engagement (IE)
• “Reputation, reputation, reputation… the immortal part of myself…!”
  • How reputations are built and destroyed (and ignored)
  • How AR/IE pros can use #socmed to help identify who matters to them/their clients
  • A look at some of the more useful #socmed tools
  • Distinguishing what matters (wheat from chaff)
• War stories from the agency side
• The missing piece in the #socmed toolkit
  • The next big thing for gauging influence?

If you would like to participate please email me for dial-in details – this call is open to IIAR members only.

The post-holder will also play a lead role in drafting key sections of the Ofcom Annual Report.

Reporting to the Head of Media Relations, the post-holder will be someone who is an excellent communicator and financially literate.

Closing Date: 19 January 2012 

Key Responsibilities
• Managing briefings for analysts: Running Ofcom’s regular briefings for buy- and sell-side media and telecoms sector analysts and industry analysts, including establishing agenda and producing presentation materials.
• Building relationships with analysts: Deepening Ofcom’s relationships with telecoms, media and technology analysts; ensuring that the organisation is abreast of their thinking; handling incoming queries from analysts; meeting, briefing and presenting to analysts where required.
• Advising on analyst engagement: Providing specialist advice to Ofcom colleagues on engagement with analysts on market sensitive projects.
• Tracking analyst research: Proving regular summaries of analyst reports to Ofcom colleagues and identifying issues and trends raised in the reports.
• Developing the analyst website: Maintaining and developing the content on Ofcom’s webpage for analysts (http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media/analysts/).
• Monitoring companies’ results: Dialling-in or attending companies’ financial results briefings and writing news summaries for distribution to Ofcom colleagues; establishing and maintaining a communications sector forward reporting calendar.
• Building relationships with stakeholders’ investor relations teams: Ensure stakeholder IR teams understand Ofcom’s programme of work.
• Annual Report drafting: Researching and drafting key sections of the Ofcom Annual Report, in particular measuring and reporting on measurable outcomes for the financial year under review.
• News distribution within Ofcom: Continuous monitoring of newswires, other online sources and anticipated announcements on the communications sector; distribution of summaries and analysis of news to colleagues; writing and distributing a weekly and monthly news summary to Ofcom colleagues.
• Proving communications support: On specific Ofcom policy announcements, handling incoming media and analyst queries in tandem with the Communications Managers in the team.

Essential Skills/ Experience
• Detailed understanding of the quoted sector, financial markets and financial reporting
• First class writing skills; in particular, able to write clear and plain English copy with fast turnaround
• Sharp news sense
• Analytical mind – able to cut through complex issues to see the big picture
• Experience of engaging both internal and external audiences at a senior level
• Experience in corporate/financial communications, financial writing or as an analyst.
• Degree or equivalent level of experience

Desirable Skills/ Experience
• Experience of interpreting financial data and balance sheets
• Familiarity with online news sources and 24/7 media including experience of accessing newswires and online news systems

Further Details

Team: Media & Corporate Relations team
Group: Content, International & Regulatory Development
Reports to: Head of Media Relations

Job Level: Senior Associate
Job Family: Prof. & Regulatory
Job Location: Riverside House

To apply click here
Closing date: 19 January 2012

Please state your suitability for the role, details of your current package, provide a copy of your CV and complete the diversity monitoring form (found here:http://jobs.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/diversity_form.doc) and send to:Applications@ofcom.org.uk .

Ofcom is an equal opportunities employer. It wishes to reflect the diversity of contemporary UK society and is therefore actively seeking to recruit colleagues from all cultural and ethnic backgrounds as well as those who have a disability.

There are hundreds of analysts worldwide who are trying to understand and help customers understand the new paradigm of cloud computing.  We need to educate these analysts and explain how AWS is different than traditional IT infrastructure offerings.  The successful candidate will have the unique opportunity to develop and execute our analyst relations (AR) program for this exciting platform and the rapidly expanding number of services in the AWS technology infrastructure portfolio.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about technology and dedicated to a career on the bleeding edge of global innovation. She/he should be entrepreneurial in nature and motivated by the challenge of ambiguously defined problems, big challenges, quick changes, and balancing strategic thinking with tactical, detailed execution.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with Senior AR Manager to develop and execute worldwide analyst strategy
• Drive analyst awareness of AWS service offerings and significantly expand analyst understanding of the unique AWS approach to cloud computing
• Proactively and simultaneously manage multiple vendor ratings, and secure positive placement of AWS services in key reports such as the Gartner Magic Quadrant and Forrester Wave
• Deliver on-going AR program activities such as analyst briefings, inquiries, reporting and other core program tactics
• Collaborate with PR and services teams to educate analysts on service and feature launches for ever-expanding portfolio of AWS services
• Prioritize and manage incoming requests for information, research review, customer references, event speakers, and research

Basic Qualifications:

• 4-7 years of combined press and analyst relations experience in the tech industry
• 4+ years of AR experience directly interacting with Gartner, Forrester and other major IT industry analyst firms
• Experience managing vendor rating in multiple Gartner Magic Quadrants and Forrester Waves
• Preferred Qualifications
• Excellent written and oral communications skills
• Team player and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done
• Outstanding attention to detail
• Self-starter with a strong sense of ownership

For further details and to apply click here.

Frédéric Munch brings with him a rich experience within the PAC Group. He began his career in the company in 1996 as a consultant, and rapidly rose to take on a variety of responsibilities, becoming the CFO & COO of the Group in 2001. In the beginning of 2009, he took charge of the management of the German subsidiary, a position in which he led a phase of strong growth, and today PAC Germany has three offices in Munich, Berlin and Hamburg.

In his new role, Frédéric Munch will accelerate the execution of PAC’s strategic plan, of which the principal objective is to respond to the growth challenges of ICT players and to reinforce the positioning of PAC as the partner of reference in the industry.

With double-digit growth, 2011 became a pivotal year of consolidation and expansion. PAC has broadened its expertise with the acquisition of Berlecon in February 2011, a specialist of Mobility and Unified Communication & Collaboration. PAC also accelerated its geographic expansion in Asia Pacific with the opening of an office in New Delhi.

“Frédéric’s management qualities and his in-depth knowledge of PAC, the IT markets and its players are major strengths. They will contribute to reinforce our position as the European leader for strategic consulting and market research,” said Pierre Audoin, founder of PAC and Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

With over 35 years of experience, PAC has hence made room for the new generation, with renewed and dynamic teams in its subsidiaries in France, Germany, the UK, Romania, and the United States as well as in its offices in Brazil and India.

“Our goal is to reaffirm our position as a unified global operating European group, firmly anchored in all its territories. To this end, we will continue to reinforce our management team and senior experts, notably at pan-European level and to increase the integration of our offices into a truly multinational organization. Hence, 2012 will be a year of innovation, during which our clients will discover a portfolio of renewed, structured and customizable offers,” explains Frédéric Munch, CEO of PAC Group.

About Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC)
From strategy to execution, PAC delivers focused and objective responses to the growth challenges of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) players.Founded in 1976, PAC is a privately held research & consulting firm for the software and ICT services market.PAC helps ICT vendors optimize their strategies by providing quantitative and qualitative market analysis as well as operational and strategic consulting. We advise CIOs and financial investors in evaluating ICT vendors and solutions and support their investment decisions. Public institutions and organizations also rely on our key analyses to develop and shape their ICT policies.

For more information, please visit www.pac-online.com
PAC’s latest news: http://blog.pac-online.com

PR Contact:
Christine NAYAGAM
+33 (0)1 56 56 63 49
c.nayagam@pac-online.com

Cloud came through as the area of focus for 2012 and will be the dominant platform. While SaaS spend will be more discretionary, PaaS will be the fastest growing platform accounting for 80% of the volume of new applications distributed by the cloud, according to IDC. Ovum also put cloud as one of their key 2012 Super Themes saying there will be an evolution in the cloud with a focus on how to build the private cloud. Their feeling was, as with IDC, was that PaaS would be the fastest growing cloud segment and that enterprise adoption of the public cloud would significantly increase over the year.

Jane Doorly, VP of IDC discussed the industry’s shift to the “third platform” built on mobile, cloud, social, and Big Data technologies which will accelerate in 2012 forcing the industry’s leaders to make bold investments and fateful decisions. Worldwide IT spending will grow 6.9%, surprisingly solid growth in a fragile, recovering economy. Mobile devices and apps and emerging markets will be the biggest growth drivers, while European debt issues will dominate downside risks.  Emerging markets IT spending will grow 13.8%, driving 53% of IT growth. In the second half of 2012, China will supplant Japan as number two in the IT market.   IDC also commented that mobile devices will outship PCs by more than two to one and generate more revenue than PCs for the first time. 85 billion mobile apps will be downloaded, and mobile data network spending will exceed fixed data network spending for the first time.

Another key focus area for both analyst firms was growth in the telcos market. Ovum encapsulated the change as a redefinition in the acronym PC from meaning personal computer to personal cloud. They felt the main driver behind this would be the consumer as adoption of smart phones, tablets and other such devices would grow to exceed that of the laptop. In fact the launch of Windows 8 would be a last chance saloon for Microsoft to make an impact on this market.

Richard Edwards, Principal Analyst at Ovum said, “It will be the year of the personal cloud…The savvy tech vendors have already recognised that the corporate employee is a perfect channel to market when trying to take new technologies to the CIO. That’s how Microsoft windows found its place in the workplace and how the new vendors will bring their software into the enterprise.”

Following the analyst presentations, the IIAR hosted a networking event with the analysts, very kindly sponsored by Metia. It was a nice way to end the year and to wish all a Happy Christmas.

The IIAR would like to thank Jane Doorly, Richard Edwards and Tim Jennings for their time and presentations as well as to Robert De Souza (IPsoft) for hosting the meeting and Richard Cookson(Metia) for sponsoring the networking event.

Sponsors of the IIAR networking event

IIAR members can view the full presentations and listen to Ovum’s presentation again via huddle.