
Senior Corporate Communications Manager
FIFA
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Florida • United States
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About the role
- **We govern the beautiful game and ensure it's run with transparency and integrity.********Join our team in Miami and support us on our mission.******The **Senior Corporate Communications Manager** leads the development and implementation of proactive corporate communications that enhance FIFA’s reputation, influence public perception, and ensure consistency across messaging at a global level.****Operating with greater strategic autonomy, the role collaborates with senior stakeholders, decision-makers, and leadership teams to translate corporate priorities into engaging, credible narratives. The Senior Corporate Communications Manager ensures that FIFA’s communications reflect key organisational initiatives, aligned with Football Unites the World: Strategic Objectives for the Global Game (2023–2027), and brings advanced experience in stakeholder management, content strategy, and message governance.****
- **Main duties**
- - Lead the conception and execution of integrated communications strategies for FIFA’s tournaments, initiatives, and corporate priorities
- - Advise and support senior management by crafting messaging frameworks, speeches, high-level communications materials and content (together with colleagues from the Editorial & Amplification department) for publication on FIFA-owned and operated channels to ensure coherence across platforms
- - Ensure alignment and consistency across all corporate narratives by coordinating with the relevant Communications departments
- - Strengthen stakeholder trust and visibility by ensuring FIFA’s activities and initiatives are clearly articulated and effectively promoted
Requirements
- **We work hard at FIFA.**We are dedicated, ambitious and innovative.******And we respect our values. Always.****For all roles, we seek talented people with an entrepreneurial spirit and a global mindset.****The specific competencies we require for this position are:
- - Proven experience (10+ years) working in an international sports and/or media organisation – with a specific background in football and/or journalism
- - Digital communications expertise and the ability to build and maintain an audience and maintain interest over time
- - Excellent English skills, including writing, communication, and presentation
- - An outstanding team spirit with an entrepreneurial mindset that thrives when being challenged
- - Ability to foster long-term relationships with key professionals
- - Solid experience coordinating successful communications campaigns
- - Understand and be conscious of the political and commercial nature of a global governing body’s activities in addition to organising tournaments and events
- - Fluent in English
- - Conversational French, Spanish, German and additional languages beneficial
- - Bachelor / Masters in communications/ journalism/digital media
- - Excellent written and spoken communication skills and management of messaging and media – as well as working under tight deadlines
- - Perfect understanding of global football activities
- - Excellent command of communications platforms and media relations
- - Expertise in video production and social media as well as standard messaging and content creation.
Benefits
- **The biggest benefit of a career at FIFA is the privilege to work for the beautiful game and create something that matters.**
- Alongside that privilege, we also offer some extra perks and benefits:
- **Health insurance:** We offer generous medical, vision, and dental insurance coverage.
- **Continuous learning:** We care about your development and encourage internal mobility, offering a variety of training and education to help achieve it.
- **Retirement:** We offer generous 401(k) employer contributions.
- **Vacation:** Maintain a healthy work/life balance with a generous vacation allowance.
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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Certifications
Bachelor in communicationsMasters in communicationsBachelor in journalismMasters in journalismBachelor in digital mediaMasters in digital media