Digital Communications Lead – Middle East & Africa (MEA)

Location:

Paranaque City, National Capital Region (Manila), Philippines

Job ID:

R0100581

Date Posted:

2025-08-11

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY PHILIPPINES, INC.

Profession (Job Category):

Communications & Corporate Affairs

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

The opportunity:

How you’ll make an impact:

• You will develop and implement a regional digital communications strategy aligned with global objectives to increase brand visibility and engagement across MEA, identify opportunities for platform growth on existing and emerging digital platforms, bringing in regional market insights.

• You will oversee and maintain local websites, ensuring country websites are aligned with communication goals, SEO best practices, and user experience standards, collaborate with global teams to localize content and integrate tools and enhancements, provide training and support local teams for complex tasks and ensure quality control.

• You will manage and enhance regional intranet content and structure to improve internal communication and employee engagement, guide and support local teams in maintaining their intranet platforms and implementing updates. You will develop and execute social media strategies to grow regional presence, increase engagement, and support business campaigns, coordinate with local and global teams to ensure consistent messaging and branding.

• You will collaborate with internal stakeholders and external partners to gather high-quality multimedia assets and upload onto the right platforms, monitor and analyze digital performance metrics across platforms, provide regular reports and actionable insights to optimize strategies and demonstrate impact.

• You will be responsible for digital tools in MEA, identifying needs and liaising with global teams for implementation. You will provide training and support to local teams on digital tools and platforms.

• You will be navigating a complex matrix organization and influencing across functions and geographies, adapting to a fast-evolving digital landscape and regional market dynamics, balancing global alignment with local relevance and execution and managing multiple stakeholders across time zones and cultural contexts.

• You will be responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

• Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background:

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, Marketing, Digital Media, or related field.

• 3 to 5 years of experience in digital communications, preferably in a B2B or multinational environment.

• Experience with intranet platforms (e.g., SharePoint), video production, and digital tools.

• Strong knowledge of web content management systems, SEO, analytics (Google/Adobe) and social media strategy.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and strong organizational skills and a commitment to quality and timeliness.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Fluent in English; Arabic or French is a plus.

More about us:

We pride ourselves on offering a holistic range of competitive benefit programs to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing and personal development. We want you to truly thrive with us – in work and out. For this role, depending on grade and experience, we offer the following employee benefits:

• Employer-sponsored medical plan (inc. dental care and optical).

• Group Term Life insurance, Group Personal Accident insurance, Group Business Travel insurance.

• Hospitalization Insurance.

• Leave programs (Annual leave, medical leave, Hospitalization leave, Exam leave etc.).

• Annual rice allowance.

• SSS, HDMF, and Philhealth Coverage.

Benefits are subject to the respective plan rules.

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