Senior Media Officer

London, UK (Hybrid)

£37K/yr – £41K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own media relations and storytelling to reach a mass audience, lead celebrity outreach, and land clear messages that raise awareness of lung conditions.

  • Media relations and mass audience reach: coordinate press activity, pitches, and statements to maximize exposure.
  • Celebrity outreach and patient storytelling: drive high-impact storytelling with people living with lung conditions to build emotional connections.
  • Stakeholder management and plan execution: draft materials and implement communications plans that move the needle.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • planning and delivering media activity to support the charity to reach a mass audience
  • helping to land our messages, promote our services, and enhance our visibility
  • lead the charity’s celebrity outreach work
  • work with people living with lung conditions to tell their story and support the charity to build emotional connections with its audiences
  • use excellent communication and stakeholder management skills to raise awareness of the seriousness of lung conditions and stamp out misconceptions
  • drafting a range of media materials, such as press releases, pitches and statements
  • implementing communications plans that drive impact

Requirements

  • experience in a busy press office, communications agency or as a journalist
  • contacts with national and regional journalists
  • experience drafting a range of media materials such as press releases, pitches and statements
  • experience implementing communications plans that drive impact
  • excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Preferred

  • Experience with celebrity outreach (preferred)

Benefits

  • 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
  • membership of a health cash plan
  • employee assistance programme
  • cycle-to-work scheme
  • interest-free annual season Travelcard loan
  • pension scheme
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Asthma + Lung UK

We're the UK’s leading lung charity. We fund research to prevent, treat and cure lung conditions, campaign for lasting change, and provide advice and support for your lung health.Follow our LinkedIn page to connect with supporters, healthcare professionals, researchers, campaigners and volunteers today. Together we can help create a world where everyone has healthy lungs.

Founded in 2020
London, England, GBR
174 employees (38 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
412.4K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$56.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
63.9%
Direct
21.9%
Referral
9%
Social
1.3%
Paid
0.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~174

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
32 (18% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1