Consultant, Strategy & Communications

About the role

Teneo, a global CEO advisory firm, is expanding its Asia-Pacific operations and is hiring a Consultant for its Strategy and Communications team in Singapore. The Consultant provides research and insight to support the firm's advisory offering to a diverse set of clients, covering communications strategy, media relations, crisis management, transaction communications, investor relations, ESG advisory, market and industry research and government relations.

Key responsibilities

• Research and analysis: conduct desktop research on market, geopolitical and business trends and their impact on clients, including industry benchmarking and reports for senior leadership and the Board.
• Horizon scanning: monitor current trends, news and developments, including proactive media monitoring, and assess their impact on clients.
• Stakeholder management: build lists of stakeholder targets such as journalists, influencers, analysts and investors to support client account work.
• Content development: create content for traditional media, digital and social media, and help develop client-ready documents for executive materials and campaigns.
• Account support: support the account team in client meetings, prepare communication materials, take notes, update project trackers and meet client needs promptly.
• New business support: help senior team members build proposals through research and insights.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree, ideally in business, journalism, communications, public policy, finance or economics; a postgraduate degree is an advantage.
• 1-2 years' experience in corporate or financial communications, journalism, banking/financial services, management consulting or public policy is preferable.
• Excellent verbal and written English; advanced Microsoft Office skills, including PowerPoint and Excel.
• Confident, mature and outgoing, with an entrepreneurial spirit, strong work ethic and commitment to the role.
• Preferred: Chinese, Indonesian or Malay, experience with AI tools and social media platforms, international experience, and an interest in geopolitics, macroeconomics and financial markets.