Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver proactive media campaigns that secure high-quality coverage and support business priorities.
• Handle media enquiries in a fast-paced news environment, providing clear and timely responses.
• Develop solid connections with journalists from national, broadcast, regional, and trade media.
• Collaborate closely with PR agencies, Group Corporate Affairs colleagues, and business teams to provide coordinated communications activity.
• Identify emerging issues and provide media advice that helps manage reputation and risk.
• Identify chances to create favourable coverage and introduce new concepts to the news agenda.

Requirements

• Strong media relations experience and an understanding of how newsrooms operate, ideally within a regulated environment.
• Established relationships across relevant media and confidence working with journalists.
• Strong news judgment and the capability to recognize stories that will connect with various audiences.
• Strong communication abilities, capable of conveying complex subjects clearly and engagingly.
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities, responding quickly to changing demands and working at pace in a dynamic environment.
• A collaborative approach and the confidence to build relationships with a wide range of collaborators.
• Someone who can rapidly become proficient, assume responsibility, and deliver results from the very first day.
• AI literacy: a curious outlook and proven experience of responsibly using AI to drive efficiency and enhance creativity.

Benefits

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies