Communications Specialist

2 days ago

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland Eilakaisla Full time

We are looking for a proactive Communications Specialist to join our client, McKinsey & Company, on a one-year fixed-term contract. You will be working in pleasant premises located in the Helsinki city center. After the initial onboarding period, you will have the flexibility to work remotely on occasion. The position is set to start on June 2, 2025, or as discussed and agreed upon.

Who You'll Work With

You will join a group of communications professionals within McKinsey's Communications function. These colleagues help ensure that appropriate insights reach designated audiences, building awareness and engagement with McKinsey's distinctive knowledge on a variety of topics. They shape the way the Firm connects with people—from clients to Firm members to alumni—strengthening institutional relationships, connections, and affiliations.

Through collaborating with leaders, senior communications colleagues, and external stakeholders, you will contribute to the development and execution of best-in-class global communications programs, events, and publications.

You will be a member of the Nordic External Communications team and report to the Head of Communications, Nordics. The role is a highly collaborative position with focus on external communications, including public relations, social media, employer branding and general visibility—while managing the Firm's risk and reputation.

We are looking for a Finnish-speaking, fast-footed, smart, reliant, and resilient team player who is eager to take initiative, solve problems, find solutions, and make an impact.

What You'll Do

Through development, support, and execution of creative communication plans and tactics, you will build awareness of McKinsey's capabilities, knowledge, and assets. You will help protect McKinsey's reputation, punctuate its expertise, and contribute to bringing campaigns to life in Finland, and the Nordics.

In terms of creating effective communications: you will create clear, structured, and engaging written communications (e.g., memos, short-form content, blogs, talking points/scripts, Q&As, press releases, social posts) that rigorously follow conventions of written Finnish and English, aligning with Firm leadership when necessary.

You will proactively collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop and advise on communications. You will help drive development and delivery of communications for McKinsey reports and articles, special projects (e.g., digital strategy design, knowledge partnership strategy), storytelling (e.g., social posts, case studies), external/internal conferences, and/or events (e.g., forums, webinars, roundtables).

You'll conduct strategic assessments to support prioritization of communication campaigns and events (e.g., competitor insights, event speaker research), and collate into digestible format for leadership.

Working closely with the local partner group, you'll identify relevant media and speaking opportunities and drive proactive media pitching. You'll provide training to prepare the partner group for these engagements, helping them align their expertise with the topics and angles most relevant to media and events. Additionally, you'll support partners in building a strong social media presence to further build their reputation.

You will ensure consistent branding (i.e., Firm's signature voice, visuals, and narrative) across communications platforms and channels in support of relevant brand pivots.

In terms of project management and execution: you will contribute to defining appropriate best-in-class communications and events objectives and strategies to achieve them (e.g., paid media, earned media, social media). You will effectively lead complex projects independently or with a designated team, aligning with key stakeholders as relevant.

You'll drive reputation-building programs through a mix of publishing activities (e.g., monitoring of media and public relations, targeted knowledge dissemination) and lead and execute plans to address routine reputation risks, with appropriate stakeholder alignment.

Qualifications

  1. Proficiency and fluency in verbal and written Finnish and English is required
  2. Bachelor's/University degree required
  3. 5-7 years of experience in a business communications-related field—experience in professional services environment, corporate communications, government, or a communications agency background is a plus
  4. Mastery of Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
  5. Strong knowledge of media relations, including proactive media pitching and press release creation
  6. Broad skillset across relevant communication service lines and platforms (e.g., external/internal communications, media relations, executive communications, events)
  7. Excellent communication skills across formats (e.g., written, verbal/presentation, digital-ready content, storytelling) and ability to apply them to develop and execute a strategy across portfolio of communications channels
  8. Ability to manage various projects simultaneously and work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced and ambiguous operating environment, while driving for quality implementation and excellence
  9. Excellent ability to influence, direct and advise colleagues, and manage needs of different stakeholders (including relevant senior leaders)
  10. Outstanding critical reasoning and problem-solving skills, including ability to disaggregate issues, identify root causes, and recommend solutions
  11. Ability to create psychological safety and inclusion within teams, enabling a collaborative environment
  12. Exhibits core values of the Firm in attitude and work (e.g., owning development, driving work, demonstrating resilience)

McKinsey & Company offers you the opportunity to work on a wide range of diverse and impactful tasks in an international work environment. You will have access to modern, and efficient tools, along with the possibility to remote work on occasion, with flexible working hours to support work-life balance. In addition, a comprehensive benefits package includes lunch, culture, and exercise benefits, as well as extensive occupational health services and insurance coverage.

If you recognize this as your potential future workplace, I look forward to receiving your English application as soon as possible We process applications already during the application period and the position will be filled as soon as a suitable person is found.

For more information, please contact Eilakaisla's Human Resources Consultant Katariina Kokko, by phone at +358 50 305 6979 or by email at firstname.lastname@eilakaisla.fi. You can reach Katariina best by phone on Wednesday, March 19th from 9-10 AM and Monday, March 24th from 2-3 PM.

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