[HCM][Agency] MSLGROUP (Viet Nam): PR Director

We are looking for: PR Director

You Should Be Best At

  • Public Relation Media & Digital PR & Advertising

What You Will Do

- On Press Relations
o Successfully pitch interesting PR stories to the members of the press
o Cultivate healthy relationships with members of the press in print media, television media & radio on behalf of the agency - Junior level to senior level journalists, Editors-In-Chief
o Ability to identify opportunities and co-operation with media to raise appropriate PR campaigns to meet the set objectives of client’s business.
o Making follow-ups with the members of the press for approved campaigns
o Key Result/s:
ensure strong relationships with various members of the press in various industries – health, general news, women-related, fashion related, etc.

- On Press Write-Ups
o Supervise Press Releases development and delivery
o Develop interesting story angles that are relevant to the client’s PR Plan & objectives
o Develop Feature Articles and supervise implementation
o Develop features for television and supervise implementation
o Supervise and ensure quality of translation of write-ups from English to Vietnamese in a professional manner

- On Publicity Planning
o Develop straight-forward PR Plans following approved PR strategy
o Work closely with Account team to ensure most effective PR Plans before submission to client
o Look for media opportunities for PR Plans before submission to client

- On Client Relationships
o To be present in key meetings and present press relations views in a professional manner at all times
o Provide necessary inputs to client as needed
o Key Results:
ensure the media pick-up of press stories developed by the agency
ensure television coverage (news, feature, segments) of press news developed by agency
ensure that the angles of the stories published by the press is in line with the angles of stories of approved PR Plan

• Crisis Handling
In coordination with the PR Account Execs. Account Directors & MD/GM
• Managing Press Relations Department
• Assisting the MD/GM in servicing current clients of the Company as required
• Assisting the MD/GM in new business development.
• Provide leadership in Press Relations Management of all accounts and on-going projects

What You Are Good At

Minimum Years of experience: +4 year(s)
Minimum career level: Manager

More than +2 years of experience as Sr. Journalist, Press Relations Director/Manager or PR Manager

All applicants should have the following basic skills and qualifications:
1. University Graduate
2. Fluently spoken and written English
3. High literacy of computer and office software.
4. Solid working experience in PR agency
5. Good team leader & team player
6. Good attention to detail
7. Strategic thinking and innovative approach
8. Good sense of business and be presentable

Work Location: Ho Chi Minh

Salary: Negotiable

What We Can Offer

  • Taxi/Car or Motorcycle allowance
  • Monthly lunch & mobile allowance fee
  • Net paid for Social, Health Insurance & Bao Viet Premium

We are looking forward to receiving your application via email to: [email protected]

About Our Company

MSLGROUP Vietnam River Garden, 170 Nguyen Van Huong Street, Thao Dien Ward, District 2, HCM City

Mr. Tran Binh Minh

Purchasing Manager

[email protected]


Company size: 25-99

MSLGROUP Vietnam - Vietnam’s Leading Brand Communications Consultancy joint-ventured with Saatchi & Saatchi, is a global advertising agency network with 140 offices in 76 countries and over 6,500 staff. It was founded in London in 1970 but now headquartered in New York. The parent company of the agency group was known as Saatchi & Saatchi PLC from 1976 to 1994, was listed on the London Stock Exchange until 2000 and for a time, was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. In 2000, the group was acquired by the Publicis Groupe. We are a top PR agency in Vietnam handling public relations & below-the-line (BTL) marketing programs for multinational & international companies like Vinhomes - VinGroup, PROCTER & GAMBLE (P&G VN), Dentsu Japan, VIVO SmartPhone, Central Group, ZARA, Acecook VN, Masteri Millennium, Kingston, CORÈLE, MasterCard, VAS School, BIM Group, Dong A Pharma, Louis Vuitton, Pharma Group, Sanofi, Dong Nai Hospital, MSD, SC VivoCity Saigon etc. We are sought after by these companies due to the level of our PR, Event & BTL sophistication comparable to international agencies in other parts of the world. Our services include: Corporate & Brand Communications, Brand Activation, Corporate Image Management, Product Launchings, Event Marketing & Management, Tours & Road shows, Conference Management, Crisis Preparedness & Handling, Issue Management, Media Relations, Government Relations, Nationwide & Tri-Media Publicity, Product Placements, Community Projects, Sponsorship Amplification, Media Monitoring & Evaluation, Sales Promotions.