Director, External Communications, Academia & Government

Clarivate

London, United Kingdom
Hybrid
External communications strategy
Media relations and storytelling
Thought leadership programs
Lead and deliver the external communications strategy for the Academia & Government segment, ensuring alignment with business priorities and Clarivate’s corporate narrative, to strengthen reputation with research, library and education communities

Job Summary

  • Lead and deliver the external communications strategy for the Academia & Government segment, ensuring alignment with business priorities and Clarivate’s corporate narrative, to strengthen reputation with research, library and education communities.
  • Oversee media relations for the segment, including proactive storytelling, newsjacking, reactive issue handling, and relationship management with relevant national, trade and international media.
  • You are a strategic external communications leader with significant experience shaping reputation and narrative in complex, knowledge-led environments.

Matching Summary

Lead and deliver the external communications strategy for the Academia & Government segment, ensuring alignment with business priorities and Clarivate’s corporate narrative, to strengthen reputation with research, library and education communities.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • External communications strategy
  • Media relations and storytelling
  • Thought leadership programs
  • Organic social media strategy
  • Stakeholder engagement and counsel
  • Issues and risk management

Nice-to-have

  • Intellectual curiosity and sound judgment
  • Calm and thoughtful approach
  • Collaborative and pragmatic
  • Hands-on delivery capability

Key Requirements

  • 10+ years experience
  • Experienced people manager
  • Background in research, education or scholarly publishing preferred
  • Experience working within academia, libraries, research, education, government or scholarly publishing
  • Strong track record of building trusted relationships
  • Confidence working with data, insight and evidence
  • Experience working across regions and time zones
  • Experience handling sensitive issues and reputational risk

Work Rights

Not specified

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