Communications Manager - 12-month contract

TCL SunPower Global, a proud member of the TCL Group, stands at the forefront of pioneering solar energy solutions. As a brand trusted by millions of homeowners, businesses, and energy producers around the globe, we are committed to empowering a sustainable connected future and transforming the way our world is powered. Leveraging our 40 years of experience in solar, we are fast-tracking the transition to clean, renewable energy, ensuring a brighter tomorrow for all.

We have a brilliant, passionate and driven team of more than 5,000 people globally. We hold ourselves to a higher standard, striving for the highest integrity, safety, and quality. We thrive together as a global team, embracing our diverse backgrounds to make a positive impact on the world.

COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

The TCL SunPower Global Communications team is looking for a result-driven Communication Manager to plan and execute our communication, PR and editorial strategy globally across TCL SunPower Global European markets, with a special focus on French and Benelux markets. This is a maternity leave cover for 12 months. Reporting to the Senior Corporate Communication Manager, the Communications Manager will work closely with the regional marketing teams, our creative and website team, our product marketing team and our distributors and installers to steer the brand narrative across channels. Your objective will be to reinforce our market leadership, support our distributors’ success, and align regional messaging with global objectives. You will be responsible for the planning, creation, localisation and strategic distribution of engaging, high-impact content.

In order to inform the strategy you will create and set the right priorities, you will use customer insights and data coming from different sources. Exceptional stakeholder management and project management skills are a must for this role as there will be many competing priorities and deadlines that will require strong organisational and priority setting skills. This is a highly collaborative, fast-paced team looking for a creative and data-driven professional who wants to do great work that generate results!

Key responsibilities

• Promote the company and its products and services through the press, social media, digital content, newsletter and any other relevant channels.
• Develop and execute the regional content strategy in alignment with global brand guidelines.
• Manage press releases, journalist relations, and earned media coverage, with the support of a media agency for France.
• Create compelling digital written and visual content such as case studies, videos or customer stories tailored for France and Benelux market, cooperating with copywriters and our brand team.
• Distribute content through our social media, newsletters and our websites.
• Ensure consistency in the company tone-of-voice and visual identity across all collaterals and support localisation of marketing assets.
• Guide our distributors to distribute our messages widely, ensuring our brand is strongly represented.
• Engage with some key installers to disseminate success stories and best practices.
• Monitor content performance metrics and recommend optimisation strategies.

Basic Qualifications

• BA in Communications or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 5-7 years content experience at a PR and communications agency or in a PR and communication role department.
• Proven expertise in managing press relations.
• Great storytelling skills in French and English. An additional language is a plus.
• Understanding for social media, SEO and digital channels.
• Strong ability to interpret insights and data to build a truly customer-focused content strategy.
• Excellent project management and cross-cultural communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Native French speaker.
• Crisp communication skills and ability to collaborate with a variety of teams and stakeholders, including field marketing, sales team, designers, social media, product marketing, research, consumer marketing, legal,...
• Ability to frugally manage external agency partners and freelancers, insisting on the highest standards while consistently delivering on deadline.
• Hands-on approach.
• Experience executing a multifaceted communication strategy and supporting localization.

Location

Hybrid: 2 days from home/3 days in our Milan office (Milano Bicocca).

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer and makes employment decisions, including but not limited to, hiring, firing, promotion, demotion, training, and/or compensation, on the basis of merit. Employment decisions are based on an individual’s qualifications as they relate to the job under consideration. The Company’s policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions, the actual sex of the individual, or the gender identity or gender expression), race, color, religion, including religious dress practices and religious grooming practices, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, familial status, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected veteran or military status, or any other consideration made unlawful by national, federal, state or local laws, ordinances, or regulations. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the Company and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company, including supervisors and co-workers.