Strategic Communications Manager (Public Affairs)
City of London, Lambeth, UK (On-site)
Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time
Posted 3 weeks ago
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Job Summary
Own the public affairs oriented marketing rollout from strategy to measurement, shaping messages for complex public affairs campaigns and ensuring cross-channel delivery with early evaluation.
- Campaign Strategy: Define scoping and planning across paid, owned and earned channels for public affairs and animal welfare campaigns.
- Messaging & Narrative: Distill complex information into clear evidence-based narratives for broad and political audiences.
- Delivery & Evaluation: Coordinate content delivery and embed evaluation frameworks from day one to measure impact.
Job Description
Responsibilities
- build strategic plans for key projects, scoping, and planning for communications across the marketing mix (paid, owned and earned channels), focusing on public affairs projects, as we strive to influence governments and engage the general public to improve animal welfare
- shape key messages for campaigns, often distilling complex information into clear narratives, using evidence-based messaging frameworks
- brief content delivery teams and channel leads on activity, closely monitoring to ensure assets and output are on time and to spec
- embed evaluation frameworks from the very beginning of every campaign, ensuring success can be measured effectively
Requirements
- experience leading strategic marketing and communications projects
- experience in the public affairs space
- ability to engage mass audiences and political audiences
- excellent stakeholder management experience
- strong evaluation skills with experience of using clear evaluation methodologies
- commitment to Dogs Trust
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London, England, GBR
1.4K employees (93 in marketing)
55% recommend to a friend
62% CEO approval
Traffic Signals
Monthly Visitors
3.8M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
56.2%
Direct
36.2%
Referral
4.7%
Social
2.3%
Paid
0.5%
Headcount Trend
Current headcount: ~1.4K
Marketing Team
Marketing Team Size
93 (7% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5
Funding
Total Funding
$50K
Last Raise
$50K
Grant, 2 years ago
Funding History
- Nov 2023Grant ⢠$50K













