Press & Media Relations Manager - Volvo Car Sweden

Who are we?
Volvo Cars is a company on a mission; to bring traditional car manufacturing into a connected, sustainable and smart future.
Since 1927, we have been a brand known for our commitment to safety, creating innovative cars that make life less complicated for our consumers. In 2010, we decided to transform our business, resulting in a totally new generation of cars and technologies, as well as steady growth and record sales. Today, we’re expanding our global footprint in Europe, China and the US, and we’re on the lookout for new talent.
We are constantly pushing our own skills and abilities to drive change in the automobile industry like never before. We are looking for innovative, committed people to join us in this endeavour and create safe, sustainable and connected cars. We believe in the power of people and will challenge and support you to reach your full potential. Join us and be part of Volvo Cars’ journey into the future.

What we offer
We have a new function at Volvo Car Sweden – Consumer Experience - to lead and coordinate all efforts to deliver great customer experiences in line with our brand promise. The purpose is to accelerate and put focus on building direct consumer relations and delivering on a seamless omnichannel experience that make consumers fall and stay in love with Volvo Cars. 
In the home turf, Volvo is of course a well-known car brand with a brand awareness of 98%, and the number 1 position as the most selling car brand in the market since  more than 60 years back. As a successful company we’re constantly in the spot-light with high expectations and demands where we always aim to deliver highest quality and top-class consumer experience.
Volvo Car Sweden is now seeking a Media Relations Manager (Presschef) to the Brand & Communications team with the mission to maintain and strengthen Volvo Cars’ position among Swedish consumers.
As the Media Relations Manager you will lead the strategic PR work as a vital part of our commercial transformation where we see the importance having all communication flavored by the vision of getting our customers to fall and stay in love with Volvo Cars.

What you will do
As Media Relations Manager/ Presschef you drive the global PR plan and messaging on a national level where you create and steer a local PR plan linked to the strategic agenda of Volvo Car Sweden.  It’s within your role to nurture media relations and build trust-based relationships with key journalists. Volvo Cars is a vibrant brand with a lot of exiting things coming up constantly, meaning you will write press releases as well as adapt global releases – including creating strategic statements and Q&A’s. You will be the primary spokes person for Volvo Car Sweden which includes potential crisis communication. 
A close collaboration with all our teams such as, Social media and Marketing is important as well as your support in Management communication and media training.  

You and your skills
•    A creative and highly experienced media relations professional with a good working knowledge and a high interest of the ongoing transformation within Automotive.
•    Commercial understanding and Consumer Centric mindset.
•    An understanding of journalists’ ways of working.
•    An ideas generator, able to conceive of and pitch news stories to media and push ideas through to publication.
•    Excellent skills in both Swedish and English (verbally and written).

 And on a personal level   
We see you as a social and outgoing person, able to build good working relations with professional journalists as well as within the organization. You have the ability to work quickly and independently but is still a team player. You have a nose for news where you’re able to see an angle that might interest a journalist and you are a passionate writer processing the instinctive understanding of how to present information in the right order and in a manner that is likely to appeal to reporters and editors. At the same time you have a lively curiosity about news and current affairs across the automotive industry and the development of the Swedish market.

How to learn more and apply
For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Senior Recruiter; Pedram Yousefi, pedram.yousefi@volvocars.com
Kindly register your application as soon as possible but not later than 2021-08-31.
Please note due to GDPR, application through E-mail is not accepted.