Job Description

Apple's communications team shapes and shares with the world the stories about our innovative products and services, and the values that drive everything we do. The team includes professionals with a range of backgrounds including public relations, journalism, social media, writing and buzz marketing. We're looking for trailblazing, creative and collaborative professionals from a variety of fields. If that's you, then your next home may be here. Come and do the best and most exciting work of your career at Apple! We are currently seeking a PR Manager to join our communications team. The successful candidate will be responsible for broadening relationships and proactively managing activity with media, content creators and influencers, driving understanding and excitement around iPhone and iOS in India. This role will focus on new product introductions and proactive communications that increase awareness of existing products and features - with an emphasis on social-first campaigns.
Description
The successful candidate will bring energy, an appetite for fresh storytelling, and the organizational skills to bring ideas to fruition. You will be excited by iPhone not only as a device that keeps people around the world connected, but as a creative tool for photographers, filmmakers, musicians, influencers, content creators, media and more. You will help us build new relationships with the talent and communities that use our products to deliver the world's most exciting work, and will be tasked with leading our efforts in finding new media and social platforms through which we can creatively tell those stories. You will be responsible for providing local isights into media and social trends, which will help shape strategy, connect locally and deliver hyper local execution of market plans. This role will report into the iPhone PR Lead in India. The successful candidate will work in partnership with a variety of other teams to create strategies and deliver campaigns that increase awareness and understanding of products and their software. This includes other PR teams, Product Marketing and Marcom teams.
Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years' experience in public relations, working at a PR agency or in-house PR teams
• A developed network of media and influencer contacts in tech, lifestyle and/or consumer spaces
• Fluency in English required
• Ability to travel up to 30%

• Strong media and influencer relationships in the tech and consumer space, and a proven track record developing and placing stories
• Successfully delivered creative PR campaigns that have created meaningful impact
• Able to build relationships and partnerships with creative professionals using iPhone in unique ways, and help them tell their story
• Experience managing product launches/events, product reviews and momentum programmes
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to focus and simplify while managing multiple projects and programmes from start to finish
• Excellent writing and editing skills, able to develop pitches and press materials
• Ability to quickly analyse media coverage and sentiment, see around corners and apply insights to the team's work
• Effective collaborator who will work cross functionally across teams while demonstrating integrity at all times
• Self-motivated, possess a positive team-player attitude and passionate about consumer technology. A self-starter who is dedicated and demonstrates creative and critical thinking abilities
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Able to work with ambiguity and on complex topics. Skilled in multi-tasking, delivering under tight timelines, and adapting quickly to change