Prudential Financial, Inc. is a multinational financial services leader with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company?s well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real estate services. For more information, please visit www.prudential.com.

Reporting to Vice President, Retirement Team Leader, this position will assist with the development, implementation and coordination of a broad range of communications and media relations activities for Prudential and Prudential?s Retirement business to support the company?s and the Retirement business? goals.

Responsibilities:

? Help develop communications programs to reach key audiences, including traditional media, trade media, and internet-based media, as well as customers, third-party distributors, and other stakeholders.
? Coordinate with all parties to ensure that communications are consistent with corporate direction and messages and business needs.
? Prepare communications materials including press releases, Q&A?s and backgrounders for use with the media.
? Establish relationships with reporters and pitch stories to media to secure coverage of Prudential and Retirement business in traditional and social media.
? As required, act as a spokesperson for the company/Prudential Retirement with the media.
? Execute a broad range of communications initiatives including Webinars, retirement seminars, speaking opportunities and presentations.
? Develop materials for internal communications.
? Support Prudential Retirement?s Marketing Communications team on the development of crisis and client communications materials.

The successful candidate will have experience and a track record of generating outstanding results:
? Worked in journalism or public relations.
? Have excellent writing and editing skills.
? Knowledge of financial products or personal finance is preferred.
? Outstanding communications skills, a strategic mindset, and ability to interface at an executive level.
? Strong ability to network and develop relationships with the media and social media.
? Client-oriented mindset with an ability to work closely with and support the marketing teams in the company's various businesses.
? Demonstrated ability to contribute strategic level thinking and influence direction.
? Ability to influence others and work collaboratively in order to produce results across multiple functional teams.
? Ability to operate in a very fast-paced environment with multiple high-level priorities.
? Bachelor?s Degree in communications, journalism, public relations, or a related field preferred.
? 5+ years experience in communications, public relations or the media.

The Prudential Insurance Company of America and its affiliates, Newark, New Jersey are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers and are committed to diversity in our workforce.

Prudential is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity unless contracted with Staffing. Agencies must work with Staffing as the primary point of contact and follow the Prudential application process to be considered for business. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Prudential via-email, the Internet or directly to hiring managers at Prudential in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of Prudential, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Prudential as a result of the referral or through other means. Note: Any search agreement entered into with Prudential before January 2004 is null and void. Search firms are essential to the recruitment and staffing efforts at Prudential and we value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. For this reason, Prudential has established and regularly maintains a preferred vendor list. Please note that even preferred vendors need to have a written search agreement signed by the Director, Recruiting Programs, Staffing at Prudential in place for the specific position in order for a fee to be paid for any candidate referrals.
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SOURCE: ONLINE JOB WEBSITE 06/15/09
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