Corporate Communications Manager

Sainsbury’s Group; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount: 10%

Performance-related bonus up to 20%

Annual holiday allowance

Private healthcare

Cycle to work scheme

Health cash plans

Salary advance

Job summary

Argos is seeking a Senior Corporate Communications Manager to shape and protect its corporate reputation, guiding communications around priorities, announcements, and moments of change. You will partner with senior stakeholders, lead issues-led media relations, and ensure a clear corporate narrative across external audiences, collaborating with cross-functional teams.

This role offers exposure to a leading UK retail brand within Sainsbury's Group, focusing on strategic counsel and delivering

Qualifications

• Proven corporate communications experience within consumer-facing businesses.
• Experience in reputation management and identifying reputational risks and opportunities.
• Proven media relations experience, including proactive and reactive handling of issues.
• Experience leading communications for major business priorities and corporate announcements.
• Ability to provide strategic communications counsel to senior stakeholders.
• Experience translating business objectives into effective communications strategies.

Responsibilities

• Shape and protect Argos' corporate reputation by leading communications on priorities and key announcements.
• Identify reputational risks and opportunities and develop coherent communication strategies.
• Lead issues-led media relations and manage high-profile or sensitive developments across external audiences.

Skills

Corporate communications

Reputation management

Media relations

Strategic counsel

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Job description

About Argos

At Argos, we're a digital-led UK retailer that keeps pushing boundaries to meet every generation with what they want, how and when they want it. As a market leader in general merchandise, serving millions of customers through our website, app, same-day delivery and Click & Collect services, we offer real opportunities to learn, grow and shape your career. With roles spanning Commercial, Buying, Merchandising, Design and Supply Chain, through to Digital, Operations, Customer Experience, Marketing, and People and Transformation, you will work with brilliant colleagues and directly shape how we serve our customers every day. From enabling inspiring choice across our owned brands, including Habitat, Chad Valley and Bush, alongside the world's biggest brands like Apple, Lego, Xbox and Samsung, to making shopping effortlessly convenient, championing trusted value and accelerating our strategy - Argos is an exciting place to build your future.

Senior Corporate Communications Manager – Job Summary

As the Senior Corporate Communications Manager at Argos, you will be responsible for shaping and protecting the corporate reputation of the company by leading communications around key business priorities, corporate announcements, reputational issues and moments of change. Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will provide strategic communications counsel, identify reputational risks and opportunities, and develop communication strategies that align with the broader business objectives. Additionally, you will play a crucial role in leading issues-led media relations, managing significant issues reactively and proactively, and ensuring a clear and consistent corporate narrative across external audiences. Your role will involve collaborating with various teams to ensure a unified approach to reputation and key corporate issues, as well as identifying proactive storytelling opportunities that showcase Argos' strategy, progress and position in the retail landscape.

As a Senior Corporate Communications Manager at Argos, you are an accomplished professional with a proven track record in corporate communications, reputation management and media relations within consumer-facing businesses. Your ability to provide strategic counsel, lead communications around key business priorities and manage high-profile issues demonstrates your strong commercial judgement and exceptional communication skills. With a focus on building relationships, embracing change and driving creative solutions, you play a crucial role in shaping and protecting Argos' corporate reputation while ensuring a clear and consistent corporate narrative across external audiences.

Essential Criteria

• Proven corporate communications experience within a consumer-facing business.
• Experience in reputation management, with the ability to identify and manage reputational risks and opportunities.
• Proven media relations experience, including proactively and reactively managing high-profile or sensitive issues.
• Experience leading communications for major business priorities, corporate announcements and periods of change.
• Demonstrable experience providing strategic communications counsel to senior stakeholders.
• Experience in translating business objectives into effective communications strategies.
• Experience working at a senior level across multiple teams to deliver a joined-up communications approach.

Company Culture and Benefits

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you'll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work.

Joining our team at Sainsbury's as the Senior Corporate Communications Manager for Argos means being at the forefront of shaping and safeguarding the corporate reputation of a leading retail brand. You will have the opportunity to lead strategic communications initiatives, provide counsel to senior stakeholders, and play a pivotal role in managing issues and key corporate moments. With a focus on collaboration, innovation, and continuous personal development, this role offers the chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, where creativity, boldness, and effective communication are valued.

When you join our team, we'll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

• Colleague discount: 10% on online and in-store shopping at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, which may increase to 15% at points during the year.
• Performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform.
• Annual holiday allowance, with the option to buy up to an additional week of holiday.
• Private healthcare.
• Season ticket loans.
• Interest free car loan of up to £10k.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Health cash plans.
• Salary advance (access to a portion of pay before payday).
• Access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Up to 26 weeks' pay for maternity or adoption leave.
• Up to 4 weeks' pay for paternity leave.