Associate, Corporate Communications

Job Summary

The role holder is an individual contributor within Corporate Affairs, Brand and Marketing (CABM), responsible for supporting and executing Corporate Communications and Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) Marketing activities for Standard Chartered Malaysia and Standard Chartered Saadiq Malaysia. The role holder works closely with business, regional/group communications, brand, marketing, risk, control and external stakeholder teams, and does not have direct people leadership responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

People & Talent*

• Responsible - Lead through example by demonstrating the Bank’s values, tone and expected standards in all communications, marketing and stakeholder interactions.
• Responsible - Support executives and spokespersons through preparation, briefing materials and coordination for interviews, speaking engagements and spokesperson training.
• Consulted - Provide input to business and functional stakeholders on communications readiness, audience engagement and capability needs linked to communications or marketing activities.
• Accountable - Not applicable to the role; the role holder is an individual contributor and does not have direct reports, people management, hiring, succession planning or team structure responsibilities.

Risk Management*

• Responsible - Identify, assess, monitor and escalate communications, brand, reputational, conduct, regulatory and operational risks arising from assigned activities.
• Responsible - Ensure communications and marketing activities comply with internal policies, approvals, controls, brand standards and applicable external regulatory requirements.
• Responsible - Work with risk and control partners to support effective risk mitigation, issue resolution and control adherence for assigned processes.
• Accountable - Maintain awareness of the main risks facing the Group and the role holder’s part in managing risks within Corporate Communications and CIB Marketing activities.

Qualifications

• Preferably a University graduate in communications, journalism or equivalent.
• Excellent spoken and written command of English language.

Skills and Experience

• 4 to 5 years of experience across social media, branding, events, and stakeholder management.
• Should have Planned and executed event content, including live coverage, copywriting, and social media postings across platforms and develop and execute social media plans.

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.