Corporate Relations Lead – Corporate

tml Partners; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Elite Global Law Firm is seeking a Corporate Relations Lead to design and execute a global communications strategy for its Corporate division. You will partner with partners and stakeholders to craft messages for internal and external audiences and act as a trusted advisor to leadership.

You will oversee content, manage media relationships, and drive employee communications across markets, delivering high autonomy and strategic impact within a growing communications team.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in setting and delivering communications strategies within global professional services or legal environments.
• Proven ability to translate technical language into compelling, accessible messages for a global audience.
• Strong stakeholder management and the ability to influence across practice groups and leadership.
• Experience guiding media relations and employee communications across multiple markets.

Responsibilities

• Developing and delivering a global integrated communications strategy for the Corporate division.
• Overseeing division-specific communications and content to highlight achievements.
• Managing relationships with media outlets and journalists across legal and industry press.
• Acting as a strategic advisor to senior partners and stakeholders on communications programs.

Skills

Strategy development

Stakeholder management

Media relations

Clear communication

Job description

We are delighted to once again be partnered with an elite global law firm in search of a Corporate Relations Lead position for their flagship Corporate division, a newly created role which is part of an exciting team build out for this firms Corporate Communications team. This person will be crucial in being a specialist for this firms Corporate division, collaborating with practice partners and stakeholders across the firm to devise an internal and external communications strategy, and be a key strategic advisor for the partner group.

The firm has been through a fantastic period of growth, with recent changes at leadership level, and this is a crucial hire for the leadership team.

Reporting into the Director of Corporate Relations, responsibilities will include:

• Developing and delivering a global integrated communications strategy that positions the Corporate function in an effective way across their global external and internal network.
• Overseeing division-specific communication and content collateral that is topical and relevant to the current Corporate market - as well as shining a spotlight on the teams recent achievements.
• Manage relationships with relevant media outlets and journalists, both within the legal industry, as well as wider industry press that regularly cover activities that will be relevant to the division.

If you are interested in an opportunity where you will have high autonomy, and be a key advisor for the team, then this role will be great for someone who is:

• Highly experienced in setting and delivering communications strategies within a global professional services or legal environment.
• Confident in delivering messages and content in an effective manner, across a global audience and can take technical language to make it more compelling.
• A strong stakeholder manager that can stay on top of relevant activities within the Corporate market, and be agile in making relevant content in a timely manner.
• Able to work across integrated communications strategies, including managing media relations, and be an expert in employee communications.

This is a unique opportunity to join an elite firm, and lead one of its flagship areas as it undergoes an exciting growth journey.