PR & Social Media Director

Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/Executive

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own PR and social leadership for a cycling/active lifestyle agency, steering client strategy, media relations, and AI-enabled storytelling across senior partners.

  • Lead end to end PR and social programs that deliver creative, culturally relevant and business-driven campaigns.
  • Expand influencer, media and AI-enabled communications opportunities to drive growth and visibility.
  • Advise clients and cross-functional teams to win larger campaigns and deepen partnerships.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead strategic PR and social programmes that are creative, culturally relevant, and commercially effective.
  • Identify opportunities in media, influencer marketing, and AI-enabled communications.
  • Support development and sell-in of larger, more ambitious campaign ideas.
  • Champion best practices across PR, social media and earned media.
  • Serve as trusted advisor to key clients, steering senior-level conversations and ensuring exceptional service.

Requirements

  • Significant senior PR leadership experience in an agency environment or a relevant in-house communications position.
  • A strong track record of developing and delivering successful PR and communications strategies.
  • Experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
  • Excellent client relationship and stakeholder management skills.
  • Commercial awareness and experience contributing to business growth.
  • Strong understanding of the evolving relationship between PR, social media, influencer marketing and AI.
  • Confidence presenting to senior clients and leading strategic conversations.
  • A collaborative, pragmatic and solutions-focused approach.

Preferred

  • Experience within cycling, outdoor, sports, lifestyle or enthusiast sectors.
  • A genuine passion for cycling, endurance sport or the active lifestyle market.

Benefits

    SHIFT Active Media logo

    SHIFT Active Media

    SHIFT Active Media, Data Driven Marketing Experts For Cycling And The Great Outdoors 🚴🏼♀️ 🏔️ 🌲 Data | Consultancy | MarketingOur multi-skilled, multi-talented team blends decades of cycling expertise and international media relationships, with blue chip agency experience and knowhow. Our work is powered by unique research, unrivalled market intelligence and genuine passion for all things bikes and the great outdoors. It’s this combination that made us the agency partner of choice for Rapha, Zwift, fizik, YT, Brompton, Kask and many other fantastic cycling and outdoor brands.

    Founded in 2010
    Bath, England, GBR
    36 employees (21 in marketing)