Senior Communications Manager

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Wizz Air is a leading European low-cost airline. Our mission is to provide affordable and reliable air travel to everyone, everywhere, while minimizing our environmental impact. We are proud to foster a diverse and inclusive team of over 8,000 employees from more than 100 nationalities, who share our values of inclusivity, positivity, dedication, integrity, and sustainability.

 

As a rapidly expanding airline, we offer exciting career opportunities across a range of functions, from flight operations to engineering, customer experience, finance, and more. We provide extensive training and development opportunities to help our employees grow and succeed in their roles. Joining Wizz Air means joining a team that is passionate about aviation, dedicated to excellence, and committed to making air travel accessible and sustainable for all. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career in the aviation industry, we welcome you to explore our job opportunities and become a part of our success story.

 

Senior Communications Manager 

Based in Budapest 

 

 

Purpose of the position:

Plays a key role within the Communications Team to manage external communications, build the reputation of the company, and proactively develop and promote the group’s public profile, in line with the group’s brand values. The senior manager will have single ownership of strategic communication matters that affect the overall perception of the company network wide.

 

 

What we offer:

• Base salary and employee bonus scheme
• Unlimited number of significantly discounted and confirmed seating tickets, giving access to a continuously growing network of destinations
• Relocation package (if applicable)
• Life insurance
• AYCM sport pass contracting possibility
• Instant impact, from any level of the organisation, exposure to C-suite management
• Fast career progression, internal mobility and talent management supported by training opportunities (Wizz Academy and bespoke trainings)
• True international and multi-cultural work environment, passionate, driven and diverse teams

 

 

Responsibilities:

Overall network level responsibilities:

• Manage development of corporate communications strategy of emerging network level business and organisation matters (such as labor related topics, government aids, public affairs topics, network wide commercial news, slot waiver, etc).
• Proactively develops compelling story angles.
• Oversight of operating market communications in connection to network level topics and priorities to ensure key messages cascade down to the core markets.
• Ensures raising the group’s overall profile with the public and investment communities.
• Advocate corporate positions on issues important to the business.
• Manage the team of 3 Comunications Managers.

 

Market level responsibilities on respective markets:

• Create by market communication strategy and action plan, building on network level directions.
• Arrange press conferences and press releases to promote the group and its services on respective markets.
• Assist production of events’ pre & post p