Communications Lead

Location: Brussels, Belgium; hybrid working in line with local policies. Occasional travel may be required.

Company

hirify.global provides employee benefits and engagement solutions focused on personalized and sustainable employee experiences, serving millions of people across 29 countries.

What you will do

• Translate global and country strategy into a local communications strategy, priorities, corporate narrative, and messaging framework.
• Lead local PR, media relations, thought leadership, stakeholder engagement, executive communications, and reputation management.
• Own corporate and internal communications, including leadership communication, change communication, employee-facing content, editorial calendars, and channel governance.
• Plan, coordinate, and deliver integrated local campaigns with Marketing and Digital Marketing across digital and non-digital channels.
• Own local content and brand expression, managing communication materials, editorial assets, event content, brand guidelines, tone of voice, and messaging consistency.
• Lead the Communications team, manage agencies and budgets, and ensure governance, approvals, regulatory compliance, stakeholder alignment, and timely delivery.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Journalism, Business, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of relevant experience in corporate communications, PR, internal communications, integrated communications, or a comparable role.
• Proven experience managing integrated campaigns, communication programmes, agencies, budgets, and senior stakeholders.
• Strong experience in PR and media relations, corporate narrative, messaging, and reputation management.
• Previous team leadership or people-management experience.
• Strong strategic communications capability with a hands-on approach to delivery; excellent writing, editing, storytelling, presentation, and briefing skills.
• Strong knowledge of PR, corporate communications, internal communications, content, and reputation management, plus integrated campaign planning and project management.
• Excellent stakeholder management, judgement, and ability to operate effectively in sensitive or high-pressure situations.
• Sound knowledge of brand governance, agency management, communication measurement, and budget management.
• Fluency in the relevant local language or languages and English.

Nice to have

• Experience in a B2B, B2B2C, B2C, and/or B2G environment.
• Experience working in a matrixed, international organisation.
• Additional languages.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive workplace alongside 5,000 experts across 29 countries, with a focus on diversity and individual strengths.
• Opportunities to develop digital experiences and moments of connection for millions of people.
• Work connected to diversity, sustainability, and support for local economies.
• Support for career development, work-life balance, and learning new skills.