Responsibilities

• This is a hands-on media relations role for someone who can hit the ground running: developing media strategies, finding stories, building journalist relationships, securing coverage and helping clients cut through busy news agendas.
• Your day-to-day work will include reading reports and policy documents to identify newsworthy insights, developing media angles, drafting press materials, leading sell-ins, briefing spokespeople and staying close to journalists to understand what they need.
• With support and oversight from Account Directors and senior leaders, you will contribute to and deliver the strategic direction of accounts, taking ownership of campaign delivery, timelines, client management and ensuring we meet and beat client expectations.
• You’ll also manage and support junior colleagues, helping them sharpen their writing, pitching and news judgement.
• On integrated campaigns you’ll work closely with our digital, policy, creative and web teams, with opportunities to learn and expand your skills in different disciplines.

Requirements

• 3+ years experience in media relations with a strong agency background and proven track record of building strong journalist relationships and landing top-tier UK and/or international coverage.
• Exceptional media handling skills, with a detailed knowledge of the news cycle across print, broadcast and online outlets. You can identify which outlets will reach our target audiences, turn any topic into a compelling pitch that makes journalists bite and package stories for print, broadcast or online news.
• Quality writing and editorial instincts to create high-quality copy, from crisp headlines to polished opinion articles and detailed press notes, with the ability to swiftly tailor messaging for different media markets.
• Confidence in tackling complex topics, spotting the media hook in a dense research report and turning it into a compelling story that journalists want to cover.
• Global perspective and political instincts, with hands-on experience navigating politically and culturally sensitive campaigns and issues. You understand how narratives land differently in international markets and can adapt accordingly.
• Ability to think ‘outside the box’, bringing original suggestions to tricky briefs, whether by reframing a narrative, finding a fresh hook, or pushing for a bolder approach.
• Excellent stakeholder management with a natural ability to build strong relationships with clients and external partners, and experience in managing diverse stakeholders.
• Strong account handling to drive progress on projects. You’re organised, calm under pressure and able to juggle multiple priorities while keeping quality high. You lead calls confidently, present ideas with clarity, and can offer smart counsel in the moment.
• A team player who can get the best out of working collaboratively with team members and use their skillsets, managing both up and down. You bring out the best in junior colleagues, helping shape strong outputs and sharing your knowledge generously.
• Commercial understanding of the need for projects to be not only well executed but also delivered within budget.

Benefits

• Hybrid working with 3 office days (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday as core days. You may need to come into the office on Mondays and Fridays for important meetings)
• 24 days holiday (a max of 4 days are taken for closure over Christmas (plus an additional day off on your birthday))
• A competitive base salary with performance-linked discretionary bonuses twice yearly
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
• Pension company contributions
• Gold-plated sickness benefits and life insurance
• Online GP, private counselling, eyecare vouchers, wellbeing service
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• A commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
• Clear career progression pathways and opportunities to develop in a fast-growth agency
• Formal mentoring and training schemes to support your success
• A dynamic work environment where your contributions are heard and counted, not lost in the noise and tangle of a large corporate business