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Public Relations Manager

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Property Finder is the leading property portal in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, dedicated to shaping an inclusive future for real estate while spearheading the region’s growing tech ecosystem. At its core is a clear and powerful purpose: To change living for good in the region. 

Founded on the value of great ambitions, Property Finder connects millions of property seekers with thousands of real estate professionals every day. The platform offers a seamless and enriching experience, empowering both buyers and renters to make informed decisions. Since its inception in 2007, Property Finder has evolved into a trusted partner for developers, brokers, and home seekers. As a lighthouse tech company, it continues to create an environment where people can thrive and contribute meaningfully to the transformation of real estate in MENA.

 

Public Relations Manager 

 

 

 

Year Founded

2007

Headquarters

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Website

www.propertyfinder.ae

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Focus

Property Finder was created with a vision to provide a seamless experience to people in their real estate journey. Over the last decade the platform has evolved as a go-to marketplace for real estate brokerages, developers and house hunters to make informed decisions on all things real estate. 

Company Profile

Property Finder is the leading digital real estate platform in the Middle East and North Africa region. 

A UAE-born startup, Property Finder expanded its operations to Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt over the years. Recently, it acquired a significant stake in Zingat in Turkey.

The company is one of the largest technology start-ups in the region and on a journey to becoming a Unicorn. We are aspiring to create a lighthouse technology company which will have a lasting impact in the entire tech ecosystem in our geography.

We encourage our people to move fast, be bold and offer them countless ways to make an impact in a fast-growing organization. Our goal is to ensure that our people find their time at Property Finder a rewarding investment where the company’s growth also means personal growth.

Property Finder generates most of its revenues through B2B sales of subscriptions, building on a resilient model of recurrent revenues. 

Core Solutions

Property Finder offers a host of solutions for the customers and end users:

At our core, we offer the most comprehensive real estate listing database to people in the region and aspire to improve everyone’s property journey with technology.

We then match the property seekers with real estate professionals (our clients) effectively operating a marketplace adding value to both sides of the journey. We also offer value added products to our clients like a real estate CRM platform among others.

Thanks to our wide market coverage and leading position, Property Finder has the best real estate data in the region. This data is opening new avenues for the company now, for example we are publishing the official Real Estate index (Mo’Asher) for Dubai, in partnership with the government.

We have many exciting growth avenues ahead of us. The next few years will definitely be an exciting rocketship journey for us at Property Finder.

The Position

Position Title

Public Relations Manager

Reports To

Director of PR & Corporate Communications 

Position Summary

Join the dynamic team at Property Finder as the key player in our PR Team. With your proactive creative mindset, we'll collaborate with partners, host impactful and memorable events, and share our brand story like never before. Reporting directly to the Director of PR & Corporate Communications, we're looking for someone eager to build connections and make a lasting impact on the Property Finder brand and story. 

Key Responsibilities

  • Collaborate directly with the Director of PR and Corporate Communication to craft and execute a targeted PR strategy that aligns with Property Finder's mission and goals in the industry.
  • Identify and seize opportunities to boost Property Finder's image and visibility across diverse media outlets and formats emphasizing our unique position in the markets we operate in.
  • Actively engage with various media outlets to amplify Property Finder's narrative, ensuring consistent and favorable media coverage that highlights our market leadership from different aspects. 
  • Monitor and analyze PR outcomes, refining strategies as needed to enhance impact and reach within the sector.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with key media figures, influencers, and industry experts who are pivotal in our industry.
  • Lead the development and distribution of impactful press opportunities and materials, including press releases, articles, and speeches, that clearly communicate Property Finder's messages and market insights.
  • Manage PR crisis effectively, safeguarding Property Finder's reputation.
  • Work closely with internal teams, including marketing, Data and product development, to ensure a unified,compelling and aligned brand message..
  • Regularly report to senior management with detailed insights and analysis of PR results, offering data-driven recommendations to continually refine our PR approach.
  • Stay ahead of the latest trends, competitive moves, and market shifts, ensuring we remain at the forefront of the industry communication.
  • On occasion manage relevant sponsorship efforts with large scale events that cement the brand's visibility to a consumer audience, for example the current Once Upon A Time In Dubai partnership.
  • Manage internal media newsletters outlining brand coverage to the wider organisation. 
  • Regional hub role: Manage press/PR activity queries from marketing teams in the wider region to ensure alignment with the brand messaging and activities of the head office.
  • Maintain/drive relationships with the communications agency and media monitoring agency to ensure timely delivery of all assets, clear tracking of press coverage, and alignment on all media efforts.
  •  Own/Lead the Property Finder CSR initiative SheForShe, liaising with partner on mentor and mentee experiences, content, event management and programme syllabus.

 

The Person

Desired Qualifications

  • A Bachelor degree in PR, Communications, Marketing, or Media field
  • 4-6 years in the PR realm.
  • Adaptable to a high-growth and fast-paced vibrant working environment
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills and a passion for great creative and editorial writing.
  • Driven by passion and consistently aim for the best results
  • Highly organized and efficient
  • Works well with teams outside of the communications and marketing space 

Property Finder Principles

  • Move fast and make things
  • Data beats opinion, speed over perfection
  • Don’t confuse motion with progress
  • Failure is success if we learn from it
  • People over pixels

 

Our promise to talent

At Property Finder, we believe talent thrives in an environment where you can be your best self. Where you are empowered to create, elevate, grow, and care. Our team is made up of the best and brightest, united by a shared ambition to change living for good in the region. We attract top talent who want to make an impact. We firmly believe that when our people grow, we all succeed.

Property Finder Guiding Principles

  1. Think Future First
  2. Data Beats Opinions, Speed Beats Perfection
  3. Optimise for Impact
  4. No Ostriches Allowed
  5. Our People, Our Power
  6. The Biggest Risk is Taking no Risk at All
 

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