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External Communication Manager - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Culture Recruitment Ltd

Culture Recruitment Ltd

Verified Company

Birmingham, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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Tom O´Connor

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External Communication Manager

West Midlands

£35,000 PA

Hybrid working Fantastic Benefits

The External Communication Manager will work strategically and tactically to plan, deliver, and manage proactive and reactive, value-added communications support working closely with the BD team for the Corporate Platform and ensuring key communicationsobjectives for the Corporate, banking, commercial, restructuring advisory and tax are delivered.

In addition, they will develop and manage the PR for all consulting group businesses that sit within our Company.

Working with Legal Partners and consulting group Directors across the Company to agree communications activity that aligns with the relevant business plans and subsequently ensure the successful execution of all PR and communications within those plans aswell as the measurement of results.

You will produce high quality and engaging communications content across multiple channels in the corporate space and for a variety of audiences including internal stakeholders.

They will build and maintain excellent contacts across the relevant media, within the legal and professional services sectors and with the relevant external and internal stakeholders, including third party suppliers.

The PR Account Manager will be tasked with coordinating activities to develop the profile of the businesses; raise awareness through key titles and media platforms through positioning our spokespeople to comment on key issues in the corporate sector relatingto the work we always do and safeguard the reputation.

Roles and Responsibilities

Develop and manage the media relations strategy and plan and lead the press office work across the Group's Corporate Platform
Manage reactive media requests and work with the company's reputation/issue's scenarios relating to the Platform
Proactively seek out news agenda driven opportunities, respond to planned media forward features and commentary opportunities and tap into Response Source opportunities linked to the target print and online media on a regional, national and trade sectorbasis.

PR, media relations and press office work will specifically include:

Developing and managing written content and commentary for the Corporate Platform by creating press releases, articles and thought leadership pieces;
Developing a bank of case studies for the Corporate Platform, particularly showcasing our legal and professional services crossselling capabilities so these can be used as collateral for PR, internal communications, and investor relations activity.
Creating engaging social media content to sit alongside the media relations work being undertaken and build up relevant key journalist and external stakeholder relationships via our existing social media channels.
Awards research, plan and manage all media award activity for the Corporate Platform across all key titles. Work with the relevant teams to draft submissions and get these placed to deadline.
Developing photography and video content assets work with the Corporate Communications team to develop a range of press photography and video content that is needed to support our PR and media relations work as well as investor relations and internalcommunications activity.

This job description is not an exhaustive list due to the requirements of the role.

Therefore, the job holder may be required from time to time to carry out other ad hoc tasks as requested.