100000007140.Head of Media Strategy

Key Result Areas:

- Define and implement QF’s long-term media strategy, positioning the organization as a global leader in education, research, science, and culture.
- Shape QF’s international media identity and ensure alignment with Qatar’s national priorities and global ambitions.
- Anticipate global media trends, crises, and opportunities, ensuring proactive and resilient positioning.
- Serve as the key advisor to QF CCO Division’s management on media strategy, reputation management, and international influence.
- Translate complex organizational priorities into clear narratives that resonate with global audiences.
- Collaborate with the Head of Press Office and Media Relations to ensure flawless execution of strategy.
- Guide QF’s entity-level communications focal points to align with QF’s overarching media positioning.
- Ensure synergy between media, digital, marketing, events, and internal communications to deliver cohesive and high-impact campaigns.
- Build and sustain high-level relationships with global editors, senior media executives, and influential networks.
- Forge strategic partnerships with international media houses, agencies, and organizations to amplify QF’s presence and influence.
- Represent QF at international media forums and ensure QF’s perspectives are reflected in global policy-shaping conversations.
- Lead the adoption of innovative media strategies, integrating multimedia, digital storytelling, and emerging technologies.
- Establish robust systems for media analytics, benchmarking, and performance measurement.
- Translate insights into foresight, using data to drive decisions and to prepare QF for emerging opportunities or risks.
- Define and oversee QF’s media engagement frameworks and policies to ensure consistency, credibility, and compliance across all entities.
- Lead and mentor internal teams, building institutional capability in strategic media management.
- Contribute to departmental business planning, budgets, KPIs, and risk management, ensuring accountability for QF’s media reputation.
- Perform other reasonable tasks as assigned by the supervisor

Minimum Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

- Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Media Studies, or a related field.
- 6-8 years of full-time work experience in in media relations, press office management, or strategic communications, preferably within large organizations, with at least 2 years in a supervisory role .
- Strong knowledge of media landscapes (traditional, digital, social), press protocols, newsroom operations, and PR practices, with established networks among media professionals and agencies.
- Skilled in strategic planning, project management, and organizational oversight, with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities to assess and adjust media performance.
- Excellent writing and editing skills for press releases, speeches, reports, and editorial content; confident in public speaking, spokesperson support, and delivering media training.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and teamwork skills, with effective time management; Arabic proficiency is an advantage.
- Excellent writing skills with the ability to draft and edit a variety of written reports and communications and to articulate ideas clearly and concisely; Arabic proficiency is an advantage
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and familiarity with media monitoring/PR tools such as Meltwater and Cision.