Communications Director

The Opportunity Hub UK Ltd; Liverpool; Hybrid; AUD 87,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Equity in the business

Flexible hours

Learning & development budget

Remote-friendly culture

Job summary

The Opportunity Hub UK Ltd in Liverpool is hiring a Communications Director to shape and lead the company’s PR and communications strategy from the ground up. You’ll write and approve press releases, build media relationships across the North West, manage crisis communications, brief senior leadership, and ensure consistent messaging across all channels.

This role requires bold storytelling, agility in a startup context, and a readiness to contribute beyond the job description.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in PR & Communications, ideally with agency or in-house leadership.
• Strong writing ability for press releases and board updates.
• Comfort with ambiguity and startup environment.
• Ability to build a media contact list quickly.
• Calm judgement under pressure.
• Willingness to contribute beyond the role.

Responsibilities

• Shape and deliver the company's overall communications strategy.
• Write and approve press releases, statements, and thought leadership pieces.
• Build relationships with journalists, industry commentators, and partners across the North West and beyond.
• Manage crisis communications when they arise, and put plans in place so fewer of them do.
• Brief senior leadership ahead of interviews, panels, and public appearances.
• Track coverage and sentiment, then adjust the approach based on what's actually landing.

Skills

PR & Communications

Job description

Join a startup PR & Communications company as a Communications Director in Liverpool.

PR & Communications teams inside fast-moving startups don't get the luxury of a settled playbook. Budgets shift, priorities shift, and the story you're telling investors this quarter might need rewriting by the next. This growing Liverpool business is looking for a Communications Director who can build that story from the ground up, and hold it together while everything else around it moves.

Here's what you'll be doing:

Shape and deliver the company's overall communications strategy, from media relations to internal messaging

Write and approve press releases, statements, and thought leadership pieces that actually sound like something a person wrote

Build relationships with journalists, industry commentators, and key partners across the North West and beyond

Manage crisis communications when they arise, and put plans in place so fewer of them do

Brief senior leadership ahead of interviews, panels, and public appearances

Track coverage and sentiment, then adjust the approach based on what's actually landing

Here are the skills you'll need:

Solid experience in PR & Communications, ideally with some agency or in-house leadership under your belt

Sharp, persuasive writing that holds up whether it's a press release or a board update

Comfort with ambiguity. Startups rewrite the brief halfway through, and that needs to feel normal, not stressful

A working media contact book, or at least the confidence to build one quickly

Calm judgement under pressure, particularly when a story isn't going the way you planned

Willingness to get involved outside the job description. This is a flat structure, and everyone pitches in

Key perks and benefits:

£45,500 to £65,500, depending on experience

Hybrid working, based in Liverpool

Equity in the business, so the upside is genuinely yours too

Flexible hours built around how you actually work best

A proper learning and development budget, plus a remote-friendly culture when you need it

Why pursue a career in PR & Communications?

Good communicators are in short supply and every business, startup or otherwise, needs someone who can tell its story straight. Liverpool has become a genuinely strong base for PR & Communications talent, with a growing cluster of agencies and in-house teams that rival anything in London. Get good at this work and the ceiling is high: agency leadership, in-house director roles, or building out your own consultancy further down the line.