**About APCO Worldwide**
Founded in 1984, APCO Worldwide is an award-winning, independently owned global communication and business strategy firm with offices in major cities throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
APCO combines a global perspective with local expertise to help clients around the world manage challenges, opportunities, perceptions and reputations.
APCO clients include corporations and governments; industry associations and nonprofit organizations; and many of the top companies on the Fortune 500.
The firm is a majority women-owned business.
**About the role**
The Associate Consultant/Consultant should thrive in a fast-moving and intellectually challenging environment where a commitment to delivering consistent excellence in client service is a strong motivating force.
She/he/they should demonstrate strong organizational capabilities, tactical ability and have strong written and oral communication skills.
**Key responsibilities would include**:
- day-to-day support of client assignments, preparing client-ready materials for delivery and carefully reviewing the accuracy of information in deliverables provided by more junior team members.
- supporting the implementation of a wide range of Corporate Communications campaigns, Media Relations & Pr projects, on different markets and for the agency clients' portfolio
- conducting and analyzing research on a variety of client-related issues
- fostering APCO's network with media actors and communications' KOLs
- Produce accurate written materials, such as press releases, summaries, presentations, reports and other client materials
- Mentoring and driving the work of interns and more junior staff
- Monitoring issues through the public, social and political scenario
- Attending and actively participating in client and internal meetings
- Degree in a related field
- Ideally, between 3 to 5 years of experience in Corporate Communications & Pr projects
- Agency experience is required
- Proficiency in both written and spoken English is required
**About APCO in Italy**
APCO's multilingual team helps clients navigate the complex policy, regulatory and media landscape in Italy, one of the largest European markets, which is currently developing a number of ambitious economic and institutional reforms to re-launch the local economy.
Our Italy team, with offices in Rome and Milan, is fully integrated with APCO's global operations and offers clients cross-sector services, empowered by an in-depth knowledge of the national landscape and a strong network of media and institutional contacts.