Responsibilities

• Build and manage the US media database: data center and cloud specialist media, national business press, energy and construction press, and regional press in southern New Jersey.
• Produce corporate content: press releases, press kits, talking points, project fact sheets, client messaging, web and LinkedIn content.
• Prepare and support spokespersons (US General Management, Technical Management) before every public appearance, with briefs, difficult questions and red lines.
• Lead DataOne's presence at industry trade shows and conferences, and secure speaking opportunities on panels.
• Map local stakeholders and keep the stakeholder map up to date: City of Vineland, City Council, planning departments, Vineland Municipal Electric Utility (VMEU), Cumberland County, Chamber of Commerce, residents' associations, environmental organizations and educational institutions.
• Design the local engagement program: public meetings, open-house days, construction-site information points and a mechanism for responding to residents' questions.
• Prepare DataOne's interventions at public meetings and council sessions, with materials, talking points and anticipation of objections.
• Translate technical topics (electrical connection, cooling, noise, water and construction traffic) into understandable, verifiable and non-promotional messages.
• Monitor the local environment: press review, social media and community groups, and alert management to early warning signals.
• Support relationships with state and county institutional stakeholders, in coordination with US General Management and Legal.

Requirements

• Higher education in communications, journalism, political science, public affairs or equivalent.
• Seven to ten years of experience in corporate communications, media relations or public affairs, including at least three years in a heavy infrastructure sector: data centers, energy, industry, logistics real estate, construction or utilities.
• Demonstrated experience communicating projects to US local communities and elected officials, ideally in a permitting or opposition context.
• Experience in crisis communications in an industrial or construction-site environment.
• Experience working with a non-US headquarters and teams across multiple time zones is a plus
• Excellent written English, native or equivalent level. Ability to write quickly, clearly and without jargon.
• French is a plus: headquarters and part of the teams work in French. This is not a disqualifying criterion.
• Strong public-speaking skills and ability to command a room in a public meeting.
• Ability to quickly understand technical subjects and explain them to non-technical audiences.
• Proficiency with content-production and media-monitoring tools, agency management and budget management.