Senior Communications Specialist

Introduction

ASML is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of chip-making equipment and the technology and market leader in the semiconductor lithography field. By helping to make chips cheaper and more powerful, we help to make semiconductor technology more attractive for a larger range of products and services.

ASML is a global public-listed company with more than 44,000 employees worldwide. Attracting and retaining talent while keeping our employees engaged is crucial to maintain our fast pace of innovation and essential to our long-term success as a company.

With continued investment in Korea for over 30 years, Korea is one of ASML’s largest markets. Currently, we have four customer support offices, one factory, a global training center, and a Reuse & Repair center, with 2,700 employees in Korea.

We are looking for a communications professional who is capable of turning technology and business into compelling stories to keep our internal and external audiences informed and engaged in a fast-paced setting.

Job Mission

Because highly skilled people with technical backgrounds are scarce in the labor market and competition to recruit top talent is growing, it is important for ASML to maintain a strong reputation and enhance employee engagement.

As a Senior Communications Specialist, you own the end-to-end process of designing and planning effective employee communications and creating compelling stories to keep audiences engaged through our channels.

You will be responsible for building local narratives that are based on corporate narratives with highlighting regional success stories as proof points for the internal and external audience.

This is an ideal position for a seasoned communications specialist who seeks a broad spectrum of challenges and enjoys hands-on communications work to make a positive impact on employees and potential employees. Fluency in written and spoken English and Korean is essential. High affinity for technology is a definite plus.

Job Description

You will be part of the Asia Communications team and report to the Korea Communications Line Manager to deliver effective internal communications to all ASML Korea employees, helping them achieve business objectives, and to increase external audiences’ understanding of ASML and its businesses.

Working closely with Communications colleagues in Korea, and with teams across Asia and the global organization, you will bring local knowledge, contacts, and expertise to global projects and help implement global communications initiatives in ASML Korea.

Your role will be responsible for, but not limited to:

• Reinforcing strategic alignment and stakeholder trust by enabling leadership communication: Collaborate with business leaders, as well as employee groups, to create engaging messages and drive participation. Anticipate potential issues and involve leadership early for issue management and communications.
• Strengthening employee belonging and promote ASML’s technology and People stories on social media: Working with Brand colleagues, deliver consistent brand experience to existing and potential employees on our social media channels. Reinforce our vision and culture stories in support of our People Strategy both internally and externally.
• Planning and execution: Initiate internal communications strategy and an annual plan and implement activities to enhance employee and leadership engagement. Plan and organize leadership engagement meetings, as well as company-wide all-employee meetings. Focus on value-adding activities.
• Content creation: Use clear language and messages that resonate to help stakeholders communicate effectively. Produce and edit internal news, announcements, copy, and social media posts. Lead video projects by creating briefs, storyboarding and refining core messages, organizing shoots, and guiding editing for successful contents and other corporate initiatives.
• Channel management: Collaborating with Internal Communications Specialist, maintain and optimize a portfolio of internal communication channels (ASML TV, Intranet, Corporate Email, SharePoint, etc.) aimed at providing timely and relevant internal news to our employees in Korea.
• Change management: Provide communication support to help stakeholders drive internal engagement and changes with desired positive impact. On major projects, design and execute effective change management communications.
• Support local/global projects: Customize and implement local/global communications initiatives and events for all ASML sites in Korea. Work collaboratively with Communications business partners in Korea, Asia and the headquarters.

Personal skills

You won’t work in a silo. Instead, you’ll be part of a creative, dynamic work environment where you’ll collaborate with supportive colleagues. There is always space for creative and unique points of view. You’ll have the flexibility and trust to choose how best to tackle tasks and solve problems. Being able to see the big picture while understanding how it applies to daily business is a valuable asset to have. 

To thrive in this job, you’ll need the following skills:

• Strategy and business understanding: Ability to articulate an understanding of business performance in the context of strategic objectives and your role. Understand the markets in which we operate, business trends, sales, etc.
• Consultation capabilities: Ability to ask the right questions to define stakeholders’ communication challenges, provide feedback and solutions.
• Exceptional writing & presentation skills: Excellent command of writing and communication skills in English and Korean is essential; clear, concise and professional in style. Adjusts communication content and style to the audience and a diverse set of stakeholders.
• Project management: Proven ability to create communication plans that can adapt to changes in business priorities, timelines, scope, or resources; build measurement into plans; and monitor, track, and report progress.
• Channel management: Hands-on multi-channel experience (SharePoint, Teams, TV…), activated for optimum reach to targeted audiences.
• Alignment and agility: Aligns communication plans with business priorities. Translates measurement data into clearly contextualized conclusions and reports.
• Creative problem-solving: Able to build strong relationships and networks and effectively engage and manage stakeholders including the ability to drive, convince and influence others.
• Results-driven: Demonstrates ownership and accountability and delivers on commitments with a sense of urgency and attention to detail.
• Interpersonal influence: builds trust and rapport with communications colleagues and stakeholders; pursues goals in constructive and assertive way; explores potential solutions during disagreements and searches for the win-win.

Education

Bachelor’s degree or above in Journalism, Communications, Business or other relevant fields.

Experience

• 11–15 years of relevant experience in corporate communications, journalism, equivalent experience at a PR agency. Experience as an international journalist preferred.
• Demonstrated proficiency of English writing and speaking in a business environment.
• Knowledge of internal communication channels and appreciation of their effectiveness are a plus.

Please be noted

- Applications cannot be resubmitted after withdrawal, so please review carefully before submitting.

This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the United States Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. § 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work. Business demands may require ASML to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.

Inclusion and diversity

ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that inclusion and diversity is a driving force in the success of our company.

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