Job Description

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Funding Societies | Modalku is the largest SME digital financing platform in Southeast Asia. We are licensed in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, and registered in Malaysia. We are backed by Sequoia India and Softbank Ventures Asia Corp amongst many others and provides business financing to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which is crowdfunded by individual and institutional investors. And here at Funding Societies | Modalku we live by our core values:

• Grow Relentlessly: Striving to become our best, most authentic selves.
• Enable Teamwork, Disable Politics: Only by forging togetherness, can we help each other succeed.
• Test | Measure | Act\xef\xbb\xbf: Staying curious and reinventing ourselves, through innovation and experimentation.
• Focus on Impact: Creating impact through bias for action and tangible results.
• Serve with Obsession: Building win-win relationships for the long-term by having a customer obsession.

Are you interested in working at the largest SME digital financing platform in Southeast Asia? We are looking for an enthusiastic Public Relations & Communications Senior Executive to drive the PR & communications functions for Funding Societies in Malaysia. The candidate will be responsible for protecting and enhancing the Company\'s reputation, brand attributes and awareness in the public domain, and maximise positive exposure in local, regional and international markets. The role will be working closely with the Marketing team to ensure all PR activities align with the corporate brand. This role is based in Kuala Lumpur.

What you will do:

• Execute PR & Communications strategies to ensure continuous, accurate and effective communications of Company\'s business updates to the public
• Manage content development across the Company\'s various communications platforms, including social media and website
• Support PR aspects of events (ie: Media Interview) and publicity initiatives of the Company to ensure accurate and positive brand representation
• Evaluate, recommend, pitch and arrange for media interview requests, including preparation of talking points
• Perform editorial tasks which include drafting, editing and translation of press releases, speeches, corporate statements, marketing presentation decks and reports, as well as other publicity-related material
• Build and maintain networking & relationships with editors, journalists, key influencers, across all media platforms including print, online, TV, radio channels
• Plan and execute in-house media launches, press conference, on-ground events, social media and CSR campaigns
• Develop and implement crisis communication advice and media strategy as needed
• Prepare weekly and monthly media monitoring report and the results of PR campaigns
• Manage end-to-end Company\'s Internal Communications efforts, including cross-function and cross-regional coordination
• Work closely with the Regional Communications team on cross-market initiatives which may span across multiple channels regionally
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to proof-read and fact-check written material
• When required, assist with any other ad-hoc tasks assigned

Requirements:

What we are looking for:

• Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience, preferably in the PR / Communications-related field
• Bachelor\'s degree in PR, Mass Communications, Marketing, Linguistics or related disciplines
• Solid understanding in PR results measurement and metrics
• Possess media contacts with proven success in achieving media coverage and PR campaigns
• Strong proficiency in written and spoken English (fluency in Bahasa Malaysia and Mandarin is an added advantage)
• Savvy in digital and content marketing, the social media space and emerging trends
• Sound coordinating skills, quick-acting and a fast responder
• Possesses a high sense of responsibility and ownership
• Excellent organisational and planning skills to execute campaign and events with attention to detail
• Able to work under pressure and with tight timelines
• Able to work in a team and independently with minimum supervision
• Performance-driven with the willingness to go beyond the extra mile

Benefits:

• Time off - We would love you to take time off to rest and rejuvenate. We offer flexible paid vacations as well as many other observed holidays by country. We also like to have our people take a day off for special days like birthdays and work anniversaries.
• Flexible Working - We believe in giving back the control of work & life to our people. We trust our people and love to provide the space to accommodate each and everyone\'s working style and personal life.
• Medical Benefits - We offer health insurance coverage for our employees and dependents. Our people focus on our mission knowing we have their back for their loved ones too.
• Mental Health and Wellness - We understand that our team productivity is directly linked to our mental and physical health. Hence we have Wellness Wednesdays and we engage partners to provide well-being coaching. And we have our Great FSMK Workout sessions too to keep everyone healthy and fit!
• Learning & Development - We believe learning should never end and we support everyone with self-learning L&D allowances.
• Tech Support - We provide a company laptop for our employees and the best possible support for the right equipment/tools to enable high productivity

Funding Societies