Communications Manager

Publicis Groupe UK; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading marketing firm in London seeks a communications manager to enhance its reputation and manage media relations. The ideal candidate will develop strategies, build relationships with stakeholders and journalists, and create compelling communication content. The role operates in a hybrid work environment, requiring strong writing skills and experience in corporate communications. Applicants should be proactive, organized, and possess excellent attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in developing communications strategies.
• Experience with senior clients and stakeholders.
• Ability to identify news opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver strategies to enhance reputation.
• Lead media relations and community building.
• Write various types of communications content.

Skills

Communications strategies

Media relations

Relationship management

Writing skills

Attention to detail

Digital savviness

Job description

Company description

Publicis Groupe is a business and marketing transformation partner to the world's biggest brands with 107,000 employees in 100 countries around the world. Publicis Groupe is the world's most valuable agency group with a market capitalisation of €25bn, on a mission to become an intelligent system company over the next three years with an ambitious AI strategy. The UK is the company's second largest market with more than 5,000 employees across 25 agencies and capabilities including Saatchi & Saatchi, BBH, Leo Burnett, Zenith and Starcom with three main offices in Chancery Lane (Holborn), Television Centre (White City) and Turnmills (Farringdon).

About Publicis Groupe UK

Publicis Groupe is a business and marketing transformation partner to the world's biggest brands with 107,000 employees in 100 countries around the world. Publicis Groupe is the world's most valuable agency group with a market capitalisation of €25bn, on a mission to become an intelligent system company over the next three years with an ambitious AI strategy. The UK is the company's second largest market with more than 5,000 employees across 25 agencies and capabilities including Saatchi & Saatchi, BBH, Leo Burnett, Zenith and Starcom with three main offices in Chancery Lane (Holborn), Television Centre (White City) and Turnmills (Farringdon).

About the comms team

We are an in-house team of 14 whose job it is to build the reputation of Publicis Groupe UK and our agencies (and capabilities). We have close ties to the global communications team and specialist teams from other areas of the business so there is a good network of communications professionals, and there are plenty of opportunities to learn and grow within the team.

THE SPIRIT OF VIVA LA DIFFERENCE

Viva La Difference is deeply rooted in everything we do. It has always been in our DNA. From the birth of Publicis, 94 years ago, when Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, our founder, invented French advertising. Viva La Difference expresses how we value and respect each individual and recognize what makes us distinctive. This is the charge that inspires our teams to celebrate the differences in identity, background, culture, and experience of all of us. It is how we behave with each other and our clients, and it is deeply rooted throughout our work, to elevate and bring to life our differences throughout the platform world.

Overview

About the role

We're looking for a communications manager to sit within the Publicis Groupe UK comms team, to manage communications for Saatchi & Saatchi and one other agency, and support on other projects as required. You'll build strong relationships of trust with the agency leaders and experts, and work with them to build reputation among the right audiences, to attract the right clients and talent.

About the candidate

You'll be a comms professional with lots of energy and ideas, natural gravitas and a track record of developing and delivering communications strategies to achieve results. You'll be used to working with senior clients/stakeholders and earning your stripes as a trusted adviser. You're a thinker and a doer, a strong writer, highly organised with experience of working in-house in complex organisations, or working in an agency environment, managing several clients. You'll have a good news instinct, able to identify opportunities and come up with new ideas. You'll have a strong interest in tech, trends and marketing.

Your responsibilities will include

• Develop and deliver strategies to build reputation among target audiences.
• Hands on media relations, pitching features, profile and opinion pieces.
• Build and nurture relationships with target journalists.
• Build relationships with internal stakeholders from across the business to build trust and demonstrate the value of communications.
• Write press releases, opinion pieces, reactive statements and Q&A.
• You will lead initiatives and campaigns with support from the head of external comms and others in the team.
• You will proactively source comment and other opportunities for spokespeople.
• You will identify and secure speaker opportunities and panel opportunities.
• Identify better ways to do things, constantly striving for excellence and efficiency.
• Oversee reporting and evaluation for activity.
• Internal comms support around specific initiatives.

Personal qualities and skills

• Self-starter and proactive, you are happy working independently and taking the lead.
• Organised, meticulous about meeting deadlines with excellent attention to detail.
• Able to think on your feet, work in an agile manner and adapt to evolving needs.
• A great communicator and collaborator with people of all levels.
• Engaging, positive with an infectious enthusiasm, someone that people naturally gravitate to and want to work with.
• A team player, with the ability to remain flexible.
• Excellent written English.
• Digitally savvy and passionate about communications.
• Corporate and b2b media relations experience.

Additional information

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office-based three days during the working week.

We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process.

Please make sure you check out the Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG's (Employee Action Groups).

#LI-CR1

BRAND: Publicis Groupe
Job Function: Marketing Communications
Location: London, United Kingdom
Experience Level: Intermediate
Workplace Type: Hybrid