Top Benefits
About the role
**Job Description
What is the opportunity?
Are you a strategic communicator who understands the rapidly changing media landscape, wants to enhance the profile of Canada’s leading wealth management firm, and can react quickly to opportunities and reputational issues? Join the RBC Corporate Communications team and help support Wealth Management Canada’s ongoing growth and reputation for industry leading advice.
What will you do?
- Oversee and leverage external opportunities that enhance the profile of Wealth Management Canada’s various lines of business, including Dominion Securities, PH&N Investment Counsel, RBC Direct Investing, Royal Trust and RBC Private Banking.
- Develop and implement communications plans to position RBC Wealth Management Canada as a thought leader, innovator and employer of choice. Work with internal subject matter experts to develop and deliver high-impact thought-leadership campaigns that help achieve business strategies.
- Develop, manage and maintain relationships with key trade and business media. Identify and pitch story opportunities. Serve as a primary point of contact for media inquiries.
- Manage end-to-end proactive media relations: craft press releases, coordinate spokesperson interviews, ensure consistent and impactful messaging.
- Train company leaders as media spokespersons as needed and maintain a strong bench of approved spokespeople.
- Lead media measurement and reporting, demonstrating and analyzing results and impact of media activities.
- Monitor and analyze industry trends, competitor activities, and market developments to identify opportunities for promoting the RBC Wealth Management Canada brand and messaging.
- Anticipate and manage reputational risks; provide issues management counsel, develop communications strategies, and key messages to brief senior leaders and respond to internal and external inquiries. Collaborate as needed with key stakeholders and functional partners (HR, Legal, Compliance, etc.)
- Contribute to RBC Wealth Management’s content strategy through idea generation, research, writing, editing and multi-purposing of original content and thought leadership collateral.
- Collaborate with RBC communications and marketing colleagues, as well as global teams to highlight Wealth Management Canada’s advice capabilities, thought leadership, ESG and community giving support.
- Support senior executives in key lines of business through the development of proactive media opportunities externally, as well as building profile for them internally.
What do you need to succeed?
Must Have
- 7-10 years of communications experience in a corporate or agency environment
- Bachelor's degree in Public Relations, Communications, Journalism or related discipline
- Extensive external and internal communications experience including proactive media relations, issues management and social media
- Strategic thinker with excellent interpersonal skills and can successfully work across functions and businesses for a large global business
- Creative story teller with outstanding written and verbal communications skills
- Experience providing strategic communications counsel for executives and senior leaders
- Team player who likes to build relationships and thrives in a fast paced, large corporate environment
**Nice to Have **
- Bilingual
- Ability to meet consistently high standards of quality while handling a variety of projects and deadlines simultaneously
- Knowledge of financial/wealth management sector
What’s in it for you?
We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.
- A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
- Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
- Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
- Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
- Flexible work/life balance options
About RBC
Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance. Our success comes from the 94,000+ employees who leverage their imaginations and insights to bring our vision, values and strategy to life so we can help our clients thrive and communities prosper. As Canada's biggest bank and one of the largest in the world, based on market capitalization, we have a diversified business model with a focus on innovation and providing exceptional experiences to our more than 17 million clients in Canada, the U.S. and 27 other countries. Learn more at rbc.com. We are proud to support a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments and employee volunteer activities. See how at www.rbc.com/community-social-impact.
La Banque Royale du Canada est une institution financière mondiale définie par sa raison d'être, guidée par des principes et orientée vers l'excellence en matière de rendement. Notre succès est attribuable aux quelque 94 000+ employés qui mettent à profit leur créativité et leur savoir faire pour concrétiser notre vision, nos valeurs et notre stratégie afin que nous puissions contribuer à la prospérité de nos clients et au dynamisme des collectivités. Selon la capitalisation boursière, nous sommes la plus importante banque du Canada et l'une des plus grandes banques du monde. Nous avons adopté un modèle d'affaires diversifié axé sur l'innovation et l'offre d'expériences exceptionnelles à nos plus de 17 millions de clients au Canada, aux États Unis et dans 27 autres pays. Pour en savoir plus, visitez le site rbc.com/francais
Nous sommes fiers d'appuyer une grande diversité d'initiatives communautaires par des dons, des investissements dans la collectivité et le travail bénévole de nos employés. Pour de plus amples renseignements, visitez le site www.rbc.com/collectivite-impact-social.
Top Benefits
About the role
**Job Description
What is the opportunity?
Are you a strategic communicator who understands the rapidly changing media landscape, wants to enhance the profile of Canada’s leading wealth management firm, and can react quickly to opportunities and reputational issues? Join the RBC Corporate Communications team and help support Wealth Management Canada’s ongoing growth and reputation for industry leading advice.
What will you do?
- Oversee and leverage external opportunities that enhance the profile of Wealth Management Canada’s various lines of business, including Dominion Securities, PH&N Investment Counsel, RBC Direct Investing, Royal Trust and RBC Private Banking.
- Develop and implement communications plans to position RBC Wealth Management Canada as a thought leader, innovator and employer of choice. Work with internal subject matter experts to develop and deliver high-impact thought-leadership campaigns that help achieve business strategies.
- Develop, manage and maintain relationships with key trade and business media. Identify and pitch story opportunities. Serve as a primary point of contact for media inquiries.
- Manage end-to-end proactive media relations: craft press releases, coordinate spokesperson interviews, ensure consistent and impactful messaging.
- Train company leaders as media spokespersons as needed and maintain a strong bench of approved spokespeople.
- Lead media measurement and reporting, demonstrating and analyzing results and impact of media activities.
- Monitor and analyze industry trends, competitor activities, and market developments to identify opportunities for promoting the RBC Wealth Management Canada brand and messaging.
- Anticipate and manage reputational risks; provide issues management counsel, develop communications strategies, and key messages to brief senior leaders and respond to internal and external inquiries. Collaborate as needed with key stakeholders and functional partners (HR, Legal, Compliance, etc.)
- Contribute to RBC Wealth Management’s content strategy through idea generation, research, writing, editing and multi-purposing of original content and thought leadership collateral.
- Collaborate with RBC communications and marketing colleagues, as well as global teams to highlight Wealth Management Canada’s advice capabilities, thought leadership, ESG and community giving support.
- Support senior executives in key lines of business through the development of proactive media opportunities externally, as well as building profile for them internally.
What do you need to succeed?
Must Have
- 7-10 years of communications experience in a corporate or agency environment
- Bachelor's degree in Public Relations, Communications, Journalism or related discipline
- Extensive external and internal communications experience including proactive media relations, issues management and social media
- Strategic thinker with excellent interpersonal skills and can successfully work across functions and businesses for a large global business
- Creative story teller with outstanding written and verbal communications skills
- Experience providing strategic communications counsel for executives and senior leaders
- Team player who likes to build relationships and thrives in a fast paced, large corporate environment
**Nice to Have **
- Bilingual
- Ability to meet consistently high standards of quality while handling a variety of projects and deadlines simultaneously
- Knowledge of financial/wealth management sector
What’s in it for you?
We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.
- A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
- Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
- Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
- Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
- Flexible work/life balance options
About RBC
Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance. Our success comes from the 94,000+ employees who leverage their imaginations and insights to bring our vision, values and strategy to life so we can help our clients thrive and communities prosper. As Canada's biggest bank and one of the largest in the world, based on market capitalization, we have a diversified business model with a focus on innovation and providing exceptional experiences to our more than 17 million clients in Canada, the U.S. and 27 other countries. Learn more at rbc.com. We are proud to support a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments and employee volunteer activities. See how at www.rbc.com/community-social-impact.
La Banque Royale du Canada est une institution financière mondiale définie par sa raison d'être, guidée par des principes et orientée vers l'excellence en matière de rendement. Notre succès est attribuable aux quelque 94 000+ employés qui mettent à profit leur créativité et leur savoir faire pour concrétiser notre vision, nos valeurs et notre stratégie afin que nous puissions contribuer à la prospérité de nos clients et au dynamisme des collectivités. Selon la capitalisation boursière, nous sommes la plus importante banque du Canada et l'une des plus grandes banques du monde. Nous avons adopté un modèle d'affaires diversifié axé sur l'innovation et l'offre d'expériences exceptionnelles à nos plus de 17 millions de clients au Canada, aux États Unis et dans 27 autres pays. Pour en savoir plus, visitez le site rbc.com/francais
Nous sommes fiers d'appuyer une grande diversité d'initiatives communautaires par des dons, des investissements dans la collectivité et le travail bénévole de nos employés. Pour de plus amples renseignements, visitez le site www.rbc.com/collectivite-impact-social.