Director (m/f/x) Focus Energy & Resources

The Brunswick Group is currently looking for a

Director (m/f/x) Focus Energy & Resources

Berlin | Munich | Frankfurt

Opportunity

Directors lead on development and delivery of strategic communications plans. They develop and land regular and proactive ideas for clients and new business targets using a strong and diverse external network of influential stakeholders.

Directors for Energy & Resources have a distinct understanding on how energy and commodity markets are functioning and how regulation impacts the sector. They also have a deep understanding of decarbonization opportunities and challenges of the wider economy and industry, including upcoming technologies and trends that have a strong future impact on achieving the international climate targets

Our work within corporate communications and strategic advisory

Together with our offices in Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt, we cover a full range of industry sectors and practices to help our clients navigate the interconnected worlds of economy, social, regulatory and government affairs.

We work with many of the world’s largest companies in all sectors. We create expertly defined communications strategies that get to the heart of specific opportunities and challenges faced by corporates around the world.  We have counselled corporations on protecting and enhancing their reputations over the long term and have supported them through many of the most critical junctures in their history, including mergers and acquisitions, hostile defences, IPOs, capital raisings, leadership changes, governance matters, crisis, responses to activist shareholders as well as drastic changes in corporate strategy and attaining the right policy framework for new business models to thrive.

We understand the challenges of communicating in a highly regulated, heavily scrutinized and often volatile environment. Successfully communicating with all stakeholders, including the investment community, media, governments, regulators, employees, customers and society-at-large is a key component of creating trust and confidence.

Key Responsibilities

Directors develop and maintain strong and trusted relationships with senior client contacts to deliver strategic advice. They drive large, complex account teams, providing strategic direction and overall accountability.

They actively extend external as well as internal networks and draw insights from these, regularly manage sensitive and complex media issues and work with a variety of client and pitch teams. They act as a regional and sector expert for other geographic areas and special offers.

Directors identify new opportunities to deliver additional Brunswick expertise to the client and actively pursue and secure extensions of client relationships. They act as a leader on teams providing strategic direction based on Partner guidance and ensuring teams are working effectively, foster development of team members’ skills; serve as Development Mentor. Directors create thought leadership pieces for firm initiatives (e.g. Brunswick Review).

Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies

• You have at least 6-8 years of experience in the energy and resources sectors, management or communications consulting, corporate communications, investor relations or journalism with a focus on energy and resources matters.
• Develop and maintain strong and trusted relationships with senior client contacts to deliver strategic advice.
• Drive large, complex account teams, providing strategic direction and overall accountability.
• Actively extend internal and external networks and draw insights from these.
• Regularly manage sensitive and complex media issues.
• Work with a variety of client and pitch teams, serving as a regional/sector expert for other geographies and specialist offers.
• Use deep knowledge of key sectors to promote new business approaches and ideas.
• Identify new opportunities to deliver additional Brunswick expertise to the client; actively pursue and secure extensions of client relationships.
• Act as a leader on teams, providing strategic direction based on Partner guidance and ensuring teams are working effectively.
• Foster development of team members’ skills; serve as Development Mentor.
• Create thought leadership pieces for firm initiatives (e.g. Brunswick Review).

What we offer you

• Exciting tasks and attractive development prospects in an international, teamorientated and inspiring working environment with a lot of personal responsibility
• Insights into a wide range of industries and areas of expertise
• Varied work and flat hierarchies
• Regular further education and training programmes
• Great creative freedom with short decision-making processes and attractive remuneration
• A wide range of additional benefits for employees
• We look forward to receiving your detailed application. Please enclose a covering letter, a current CV and relevant diplomas/job references.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Maintaining and strengthening a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace are pillars of Brunswick’s culture and key to our future success. Valuing and supporting every colleague as an individual while helping them reach their full potential is critical to attracting and developing our greatest strength – our people. By embracing our differences and diverse perspectives we create richer experiences within our firm and enhance the quality of the ideas and advice that we deliver to our clients.

Brunswick is an equal opportunities employer, and our Equal Opportunities Policy is available on request.

Please send you CV and Cover letter to Sabine Mühlsteffen, Recruitment coordinator:

Email: careersgermany@brunswickgroup.com

Thank you!

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Director (m/f/x) Focus Energy & Resources