Vice President - Media Relations Officer

Media Relations Manager

The Marketing and Communications group handles all marketing and communications for BNP Paribas in the Americas. The various functions of this group include corporate events, sponsorships, and external and internal communications.

Candidate Success Factors:

Candidates are measured on the following four performance drivers, which will dictate how individual impact is considered on the Americas platform:

• Results and Impact
  • Able to influence peers and team.
  • Demonstrates good judgement when making decisions of high complexity and impact.
  • Exercise appropriate autonomy in the execution and delivery of work.
  • Responsible for driving outcomes, which have meaningful effect on team or department.
• Leadership and Collaboration
  • Creates trust with colleagues.
  • Acts in leadership capacity for projects, processes, or programs.
• Client, Customer and Stakeholder Focus
  • Able to build relationships with a mix of colleagues and clients.
  • Interacts regularly with management and department leaders.
  • Demonstrates the ability to influence stakeholders at the team level.
• Compliance Culture and Conduct
  • Takes full responsibility for personal actions and demonstrates courage in facing problems and conflicts.
  • Perceived as a person of high moral character; upholds corporate values and displays high ethical standards.

Responsibilities:

• Promotes BNP Paribas via print, broadcast, radio and podcasts, and builds relationships with reporters in these areas
• Arranges and coordinates interviews for key spokespeople with TV and streaming news channels in North America and other locations as needed, a strength in the US
• Provides assistance / help to press relations or communications managers in Brazil, Hispanic Latam, and Canada as well as international offices
• Writes and distributes press releases and media communiques for Bank appointments, deals and other news
• Organizes meetings with business line executives and their counterparties at key financial media
• Tracks editorial calendars to ensure BNP Paribas' inclusion in relevant articles for target publications
• Assists in managing awards process in the US
• Arranges media training for BNP Paribas executives, business managers, research teams economists and analysts
• Complies with all internal and external rules and regulations as they pertain to BNP Paribas
• Helps to monitor and distribute daily financial news regarding the firm and its subsidiaries
• Builds and maintains a media list of key contacts in their business lines
• Maintains contracts and renewals for Providers
• Covers for colleagues when needed
• Helps manage projects with colleagues, especially reports and databases
• Works on ad hoc projects as needed

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• 8 (+) years' experience in media relations, preferably in the buy-side or sell-side
• Excellent network and relationships with the media
• Strong interpersonal skills, including ability to negotiate and influence others both internally and externally, as well as arrange meetings with Spokespeople and press
• Project management experience
• Attention to detail
• Demonstrates an ability to be innovative and is a strategic thinker
• Able to:
  1. Anticipate the impact of various situations and transactions and proactively handle
  2. Work efficiently in a fast paced and challenging environment
• Network transversally across the organization as required and maintain high standards of professionalism in all dealings with team members and external clients
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work well independently and within a team

• Technical: Microsoft Word; Power Point; Excel; news retrieval systems

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree

FINRA Registrations Required:

• Not Applicable

CFTC Swap Dealer Associated Person (if yes, NFA Swaps Proficiency Program is required):

• Not Applicable

SEC Security-Based Swap Dealer Associated Person:

• Not Applicable

While the description above describes our ideal candidate, we encourage applicants to apply even if they do not fully meet the complete list of qualifications noted.

The expected starting salary range for this position is between $150,000 to $175,000 annually. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business line, and geographic/office location.

In addition, our comprehensive benefits package aims to support our employees in various aspects of their lives. From healthcare and wellness programs to retirement plans and childcare services, we prioritize the well-being and growth of our employees. Our benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage, a 401(k) Savings Plan, backup childcare, life, accident and disability insurance, mental health support and paid time off. Additional details about our benefits offerings, inclusive of eligibility for a discretionary bonus, will be provided during the hiring process.

About BNP Paribas:

BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach across the US, EMEA and APAC. It has a presence in 65 countries, with nearly 190,000 employees. The bank employs over 3,500 people in offices in the US across 10 states including New York, Jersey City, Chesterbrook, PA, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, and Washington, DC. BNP Paribas has built a strong and diversified presence to support its client base. We continue to grow and strengthen our commitment to the US market through our Corporate & Institutional Banking activities. We are one of a few non-US banks to offer a full value chain for our clients, from trading to financing, and clearing and custody in the US with the international footprint and capacity to deliver both globally and locally. Leveraging the strength of our European roots, our network can support clients in virtually every region of the world, enabling more connectivity and efficiency wherever our clients conduct business. We take pride in our expertise and our ability to adapt while constantly looking ahead to create a more sustainable world.

As an international company with a global footprint, the unique cultures and viewpoints of our team members are an integral part of the fabric of BNP Paribas. We are a company with a purpose - to be a responsible and sustainable global leader. We aim to create an environment where our employees feel empowered to drive change, make an impact and be true to themselves. We employ talented individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, locally and globally, and are inspired by our employees who help us in cultivating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace through initiatives such as our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Leadership Forum and Employee Resource Group (ERG) communities. We strive to be a workplace where all team members can grow and thrive and offer robust training, development, and mentoring opportunities to make that vision a reality. Our leaders are deeply committed to DEI and highly accessible to our employees, consistently soliciting feedback on how we can continue to support our employees to reach their highest potential.

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