Senior Communications Manager

Zound Industries, soon to be Marshall Group, is the company behind the Marshall, adidas and Urbanears audio brands. Right now, we need a senior leader to our Communications team who will focus on initiating and executing on communications projects for the group and make sure we are in the forefront of the conversation around innovation in our industry. This includes communication strategy development and execution both internally and externally, to make sure we build our corporate positioning, engage our stakeholders and showcase the groups attractiveness as an employer.

What you’ll do

• Plan, implement and manage our group communications strategy
• Lead our group communications team to cover PR, digital, event and internal communication
• Build long-term relationships with all relevant stakeholders, such as journalists, key opinion leaders and investors
• Lead our partnership with our corporate PR agency
• Plan and budget for PR events, programs and initiatives
• Produce reports, press releases and announcements on company news such as financial performance, key hires, company milestones as well as brand and product releases.
• Produce content for various speeches and events.
• Develop and implement a crisis communications strategy and plan of action
• Host media trainings with key members of the team
• Support key leaders on communication strategy and tactics
• Work closely with our brand teams and brand PR managers on execution, monitoring, tracking and reporting on our PR-efforts
• Work closely with our Sustainability manager on sustainability communications and strategy for the Group
• Monitor corporate image frequently and ensure it is in compliance with company brand
• Check and validate content produced for website and social media channels
• Determine and track KPIs for group communications

You will report to our Head of Communication & Sustainability in the Management Team and work close together with the wider communications team, HR, sales, legal, brand, sustainability and product teams.

Who you are 

You have a strategic mindset with a hands-on approach and is an experienced leader. You love to create and execute new communications concepts, turn ideas into actionable projects and communicate them in a fun and authentic way. You are eager to learn new skills, curious at heart, proactive and pragmatic. You should be comfortable working with senior executives, guiding them in questions concerning communications. Having a cooperative mind set aimed at adding value to Zound’s culture will be fundamental.

You probably have the following experiences & skills

• A minimum of 7 years' experience within communications and PR in-house or at an agency
• Excellent journalistic ability; English writing, editing and proofreading
• A proven track record of leading high performing teams
• A proven track record off successfully developing and executing on communications- and PR strategies, including thought leadership and crisis communications
• Strong at building relationships with key stakeholders
• Experience in Investor Relations; producing quarterly and annual reports, communicating with shareholders and building trust towards the financial markets.
• Experience working with and advising senior executives
• Excellent skills in Office 365, keynote, adobe creative suite, WordPress CMS

As Zound Industries is a diverse and global company, we see that you have excellent oral and written communication skills in English and preferably another language. We thrive to foster an inclusive workplace and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, disability, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, or marital status. We firmly believe that Zound thrives when our employees do and it will in the end lead to better experiences for our consumers. Having a cooperative mind set aimed at adding value to Zound’s culture will be fundamental.

We look forward to your application!

Find out more

We are a global company with offices in Stockholm (HQ), New York, London, Paris, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Founded in 2008, Zound has carved a unique path in the audio industry and championed the human perspective built around premium quality products. From concept to consumer, Zound’s world-class team creates products and experiences that represent who their consumers are as individuals and what they care about as a community. Zound has redefined headphones from an electronics product to a fashion accessory, sprinkled colour across the audio world and set a new standard for portable and home speakers. In 2023, we announced the creation of the Marshall Group, bringing together Marshall, the iconic British brand, and Zound, one of Sweden’s most successful profitable growth companies, to build the most exciting audio tech powerhouse.

• Get a taste backstage behind the scenes at Zound Instagram and Linkedin
• Read more about us at our website
  

Zound is the team behind the most exciting brands in audio electronics: Urbanears, Marshall and adidas. We design and develop headphones and speakers and we champion the human perspective in tech. Armed with a genuine passion for the things that resonate we challenge the status quo in our industry with a little bit of Zound magic.

We are a global company with offices in Stockholm (HQ), New York, London, Paris, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Behind the scenes, we’re a team of hard-working, fun-loving, problem-solving, easy-going, creative people. And we’re here to bring life to sound.