Senior Associate, Communications, Ocean Action Agenda

The Senior Associate, Communications will coordinate and deliver internal and external communications activities aligned with the Ocean Action Agenda's strategies. The role promotes ocean health initiatives and supports communications for key events and campaigns within the World Economic Forum's Ocean Agenda team.

Responsibilities

• Implement agreed communications plans and activities in collaboration with Ocean Agenda leadership, particularly on the strategy related to the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2027.
• Support ocean project and initiative leads with the design of communications and messaging that increases the impact of their work, and ensure that all ocean project content (key messages, factsheets, websites, etc) is accurate, coherent with ACT Ocean and regularly updated.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external contributors to deliver agreed communications products and announcements, ensure accurate and consistent reference to ocean priorities and stories, and leverage digital and outreach opportunities.
• Plan, coordinate and deliver communications activities for key events, milestones and report launches.
• Develop and edit communications materials, including key messages, talking points, presentations and digital content for ACT Ocean.
• Draft blogs, articles, media releases for ACT Ocean priority news and developments.
• Create simple design collateral such as social media tiles.
• Work with external communications agencies for some project deliverables.
• Track communications outputs and coverage, contributing to performance reporting and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Contribute to effective and active internal communications to ensure visibility of the ocean work within the Forum.

Requirements

• University degree or equivalent professional experience in communications, journalism, marketing, international relations, environmental studies or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing strategic communications initiatives.
• Proven ability to translate complex technical or policy topics into engaging communications for diverse audiences.
• Experience producing a wide range of communications products including articles, blogs, presentations, executive briefing materials and digital content.
• Knowledge of ocean issues is highly desirable, with experience in sustainability, nature, environmental or international policy considered a strong advantage.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; proficiency in an additional language is an asset.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, Canva, social media platforms and digital communications tools.
• Experience with Salesforce is advantageous.
• Exceptional writing, editing and storytelling skills.
• Strong strategic communications and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
• Excellent project coordination and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to communicate complex information clearly and succinctly.
• High attention to detail and commitment to producing high-quality outputs.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across multicultural and multidisciplinary teams.
• Proactive, adaptable and solutions-oriented, with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

• Strategic Communications
• Content Development
• Technical Writing
• Digital Communications
• Social Media Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Project Coordination
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Canva
• Salesforce
• Environmental Communication
• Ocean Policy Knowledge
• Storytelling
• Editing
• Analytical Skills
• Bilingual Communication

Languages

English