Brand & PR Lead

Pizza Pilgrims; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A popular hospitality brand in the UK seeks a Brand & PR Lead to manage communications, oversee PR activities, and drive marketing strategies for new openings. This role involves leading campaigns, managing partnerships, and ensuring brand consistency across all channels. The ideal candidate should have strong storytelling abilities, PR management experience, and a great eye for design. This is a 12-month maternity cover position offering hybrid working arrangements and a competitive salary of up to £55,000.

Benefits

Hybrid working: One day from home weekly

Support for new openings across the UK

Opportunity to work with a popular brand

Qualifications

• Confident storyteller with strong copywriting skills.
• Experience in building and delivering marketing strategies.
• Comfortable managing multiple projects and senior stakeholders.
• Great understanding of the hospitality/restaurant market.
• Excellent eye for design detail and brand consistency.

Responsibilities

• Lead copywriting for brand communications across various channels.
• Own campaigns from strategy through to delivery.
• Drive excitement around new openings through effective marketing.
• Ensure brand representation across all external touchpoints.
• Manage relationships with external agencies and partners.

Skills

Storytelling

Strong copywriting

PR management

Project management

Creative judgment

Relationship building

Understanding of hospitality

Job description

We’re on a hunt for a brilliant Brand & PR Lead to help tell our story far and wide.

This role is a 12-month maternity cover sitting at the heart of our Marketing team where you’ll lead our brand communications shape campaigns and make sure everything we put out into the world sounds looks and feels like Pizza Pilgrims.

You’ll be our brand gatekeeper championing our tone of voice driving excitement around new openings and helping increase footfall and profit across our pizzerias all while keeping our independent spirit strong.

What the role is all about

This role brings together Brand PR Comms and Campaigns working closely with the wider Sales & Marketing team to deliver work that sparks brand love drives sales and builds loyalty.

From shaping big campaigns to getting stuck into the detail you’ll make sure our story is told consistently creatively and confidently at every touchpoint.

What you’ll be doing

PR & Brand Comms

• Lead copywriting for brand comms across website newsletters PR and wider channels
• Act as the voice of Pizza Pilgrims ensuring everything sounds like us
• Work closely with PR agencies to protect and grow our brand reputation

Campaigns & Project Management

• Own campaigns from strategy through to delivery
• Communicate our values purpose and personality at every opportunity
• Balance creativity with commercial thinking to drive footfall and sales

New Pizzeria Openings

• Drive excitement around new openings from pre-opening buzz to creative stunts and launch
• Lead pre-opening marketing plans announcement comms and launch activities
• Manage agencies and get hands‑on supporting Slice Days and opening parties

Brand Gatekeeper

• Be the sounding board for what looks and feels like Pizza Pilgrims
• Oversee brand consistency across photography menus emails posters decks and internal comms
• You won’t be expected to design everything yourself but strong creative judgement is essential

Eye for Detail & Partnerships

• Ensure our brand is represented brilliantly across all external touchpoints
• Manage relationships with external agencies influencers photographers videographers and partners

A bit about you

• You’re a confident storyteller and strong copywriter
• You understand PR and know how to manage agencies effectively
• You have experience building and delivering marketing strategies
• You’re comfortable managing multiple projects and senior stakeholders
• You have a great understanding of the hospitality/ restaurant market and understand what drives footfall and brand love
• You have a great eye for design detail and brand consistency
• You love having the freedom to innovate while staying true to the brand

How you show up

• You’re a great communicator and relationship builder
• You’re organised proactive and calm under pressure
• You enjoy working cross-functionally with teams across the business
• You’re happy getting stuck in whether that’s strategy planning or opening parties
• One team one dream

Whats in it for you

• Salary: up to 55000
• Contract: 12-month fixed-term (maternity cover)
• Based at: PizzaBase (Head Office)
• Travel: Time spent across the UK supporting new openings
• Hybrid working: Ability to work from home one day a week

A chance to play a key role in shaping a much-loved hospitality brand

If you love brand comms creativity and pizza wed love to hear from you