Responsibilities

• Manage the press office in its entirety – including drafting responses for Punch employees, responding to queries, and ensuring the press register is up to date.
• Communicate Publican and Management Partners success stories on internal and external channels. Activity will include arranging photography; VIP invites and targeting regional and trade press outlets. This includes sharing all PR to social media.
• Communicate industry news, pub investments and acquisitions via Punch’s internal and external channels – SharePoint, Thirst, Punch Website and via local/national press.
• Full editorial duty of The Round magazine, including proofreading, writing the feature article and the Marketing & Communication Director’s introduction.
• Responsible for maintaining, writing and distributing key stories and news articles across all platforms, including Punch Buying Club, In the Moment and office screens.
• Leading on the Huddle – taking full responsibility for the Huddle agenda, organising content, editing videos, and writing and distributing the comms associated with it
• Report periodically on Punch’s performance in the press – using analytic tools via our distribution platform (Vuelio) to update on the sentiment of our brand, in addition to reporting on engagement and tracking new followers via LinkedIn.
• Proofread internal comms and edit where necessary before distributing via internal channels – this includes all ad hoc requests.
• Creating a weekly and monthly social media plan for Punch – incorporating all areas of the business – as well as drafting/sharing the posts, including monitoring commentary & engagement.
• Responsible for the distribution, monitoring of responses and summary of analytics for the quarterly Partnering with Punch Survey – giving top-line analysis to the Senior Leadership Team

• Provide analytical data on performance as needed for Senior team for review
• Supporting with strategic partner media requests – for example, Licensed Trade Charity, Only A Pavement Away, Long Live the Local and BII campaigns
• Where necessary, to assist with Punch event planning, primarily responsible for writing and distributing comms for both Punch employees and Publicans/MPs.

Requirements

• A true passion for storytelling and hospitality
• Proven experience managing a busy press office or communications function
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working with media, PR platforms and analytics tools
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while meeting tight deadlines
• Confident stakeholder management and relationship‑building skills
• Strong editorial skills with excellent attention to detail

Preferred

Benefits

• 🍍Retail and leisure discount schemes
• 🍍Single cover private healthcare
• 🍍Health and wellbeing suite via Perkbox
• 🍍Employee assistance programme via Perkbox
• 🍍Free pay day drinks
• 🍍Progression and development opportunities
• 🍍Pub discount scheme
• 🍍Company pension
• 🍍Life insurance
• 🍍25 holiday days + bank holidays