Communications and Public Relations apprenticeship

For candidates looking for a master’s degree apprenticeship (contrat en alternance) in 2024-2025, preferably available as of July or August 2024. Background in political science, financial communication and public relations appreciated.

Department

You would be working within the Group's Press Office with the Communications Manager for Euronext Paris and with the Chief Communications and Investor Relations Officer (CCIO) of Euronext who oversees every aspect of communications: Investor Relations, branding, traditional and social media relations, events and internal communications. You would be primarily involved in media relations with the French and UK press, working alongside an international team located in the company's respective countries.

This apprenticeship represents a fantastic opportunity for students looking to gain experience in corporate and financial communication within a Global Communications Direction, and looking to work on various projects that revolve around the financing of businesses. The apprenticeship offers the opportunity to gain valuable experience working alongside C-level representatives at an international company.

Media Relations

• Organise interviews, press conferences and support the preparation of dedicated key messages and briefing notes for the CEO

• Expected to contribute to the media strategy with the aim of promoting IPOs and Euronext markets (Euronext, Euronext Growth, Euronext Access)

• Expected to help with the preparation of key messages regarding the launch of new initiatives.

• Responsible for drafting communication material including Press releases in French and English

• Responsible for providing background research on journalists

Digital Communication

• Community Management: responsible for creating and editing content, helping with the drafting a social media posts for the CEOs’ accounts and reporting on conferences organized by the press office

• Creating content for company's websites (Intranet, Corporate website, Wikipedia,…)

Communications Strategy & Coordination in support of the Corporate Communications department

• Managing various international projects with events and marketing teams

• Creating monitoring tools to keep track on the KPIs of Euronext's results in terms of communications

• Highlighting and reporting these results regularly to the comms manager and the CCIO

• Developing the visibility of our spokespersons: CEO, Heads of Businesses, etc.

• Writing corporate terms of reference and briefing papers for our spokespeople on technical and strategic topics

• Supporting in the management of the relationship with the PR agency in France in the UK

• Assistance for the daily overview of Euronext related news and current affairs concerning the competitive environment, as well as the production of news summaries and frequent internal monthly and quarterly analysis.

Profile

• Bac +4/5 or gap year - CELSA, Sciences Po, IEP, Business Schools, Top-level Universities,…

• Should have experience of working in Communication at an agency or company

• Great knowledge in media and finance is a plus

• Familiar with web and social media - able to innovate in digital communication

• Dynamic, rigorous, curious and quick to react

• Good writing and communication skills

• Ability to analyze and synthetize

• Autonomous and able to take the initiative

• High standard of written and spoken English and French

• Familiar with Microsoft Office and Excel

Euronext Values

Unity

•        We respect and value the people we work with

•        We are unified through a common purpose

•        We embrace diversity and strive for inclusion

Integrity

•        We value transparency, communicate honestly and share information openly

•        We act with integrity in everything we do

•        We don’t hide our mistakes, and we learn from them

Agility

•        We act with a sense of urgency and decisiveness

•        We are adaptable, responsive and embrace change

•        We take smart risks

Energy

•        We are positively driven to make a difference and challenge the status quo

•        We focus on and encourage personal leadership

•        We motivate each other with our ambition

Accountability

•           We deliver maximum value to our customers and stakeholders

•           We take ownership and are accountable for the outcome

•           We reward and celebrate performance

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, gender, age, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or any other legally protected factor. We value the unique talents of all our people, who come from diverse backgrounds with different personal experiences and points of view and we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect.

Additional Information

This job description is only describing the main activities within a certain role and is not exhaustive. It does not prevent to add more tasks, projects.