Global Communications Lead

H&M; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fashion retail company is seeking a Global Communications Lead to enhance brand awareness through effective PR strategies. This role requires extensive experience in PR and communications, particularly within the fashion industry. Responsibilities include managing global media relations, coordinating events, and ensuring aligned messaging across teams. The position offers a full-time, permanent contract based in London with comprehensive benefits including staff discounts and annual health checks.

Benefits

25% staff discount

Up to 25 days holiday

Annual health checks

Pension scheme

Discounted gym membership

Private health & dental care

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar role within the fashion retail industry.
• Excellent understanding of the global media and influencer landscape.
• Proven experience working closely with various teams.
• Previous experience with large brand events.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with contracts and basic legal terms is beneficial.
• Exceptional project and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to prioritize and manage your own time effectively.
• Proven organizational and decision-making abilities.
• Willingness to travel up to 20% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Drive the creation and execution of the global PR & Communications strategy.
• Plan and evaluate global brand events.
• Ensure stakeholders are informed for local PR & Communications activities.
• Lead preparation and evaluation of reports.
• Manage global media and influencer lists.
• Coordinate with regional and external partners.
• Oversee budget management.
• Support VIP and event planning.
• Assist with global paid media partnerships.

Skills

PR & Communications Experience

Global Media Savvy

Cross-Departmental Collaboration

Event Management

Communication Skills

Project & Stakeholder Management

Organizational Skills

Time Management

Contract Knowledge

Job description

Company Description

COS offers a wardrobe of ready-to-wear and accessories for a life well dressed. Rooted in luxury design and compelling fashion movements, the collection plays meticulous attention to sustainable craftsmanship, quality and a superior colour palette that transcends time. The creative soul of the brand is visualised through original storytelling, seasonal runway shows and contemporary culture to create an experience beyond the expected. Learn more about COS here.

Job Description

As Global Communications Lead at COS, you will support, and work in collaboration with the wider PR & Communications team, contributing to the reputation and awareness of COS through the alignment of global messaging and communications strategies. This role is part of the global Brand and Communications team, working closely with regional teams. You will work on global communications and experiences, ensuring strategies align with organisational objectives.

What you will do

• Global PR & Communications Strategy: Drive the creation, implementation, and execution of the global PR & Communications strategy.
• Event Planning and Coordination: Plan, organise, coordinate, and evaluate global brand events and supporting activations. Collaborate with the wider communications team, using data to refine and improve strategies.
• Internal Communication: Ensure all relevant stakeholders are informed and equipped with the necessary guidance to roll out global PR & Communications activities locally.
• Reporting and Evaluation: Lead the preparation and evaluation of weekly, monthly, quarterly, and project reports. Identify areas for improvement to enhance ways of working and increase ROI.
• Media and Influencer Management: Ensure global media and influencer lists are relevant, updated, and analysed regularly in collaboration with global and regional teams, considering brand alignment and ROI.
• Cross-Departmental Coordination: Coordinate with cross-departmental, regional, and external partners and collaborators.
• Budget Management: Oversee budget management, ensuring regular team updates and adherence to best practices.
• 360-Degree Project Approach: Ensure the team approaches projects with a 360-degree perspective, aligning cross-departmental efforts across PR, marketing, copy, advertising, and digital media to meet timelines.
• VIP and Event Planning: Support VIP and event planning for major seasonal brand moments.
• Paid Media Partnerships: Assist with planning and coordinating global paid media partnerships.

Qualifications

Alignment to our company values is the most important characteristic we look for in all new joiners. Our values are the behaviours that we appreciate above and beyond anything else. We are open-minded and curious, we dare to be different, we believe in constant improvement and we empower and trust you to take ownership. Our values are part of who we are, what we stand for and how we act.

What you need to succeed

• PR & Communications Experience: Previous experience in a similar role within the fashion retail industry.
• Global Media Savvy: Excellent understanding of the global media, influencer, and VIP landscape, preferably with experience across multiple regions.
• Cross-Departmental Collaboration: Proven experience working closely with various teams and understanding key stakeholders.
• Event Management: Previous experience with large brand events and runway shows.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present in both physical and digital team meetings.
• Contract Knowledge: Familiarity with contracts and basic legal terms is beneficial.
• Project & Stakeholder Management: Exceptional project and stakeholder management skills.
• Time Management: Ability to prioritize and manage your own time effectively.
• Organizational Skills: Proven organizational, analytical, and decision-making abilities.
• Travel: Willingness to travel up to 20% of the time, depending on the yearly calendar.

Additional Information

This is a Full time permanent Contract (On Site) based at our COS Head Office in London.

Benefits

We offer all our employees attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a 25% staff discount usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. In addition to our staff discount, all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program – HIP. You can read more about our H&M Incentive Program here.

• Up to 25 days holiday
• Annual health checks
• Pension scheme
• Discounts on various activities and financial/lifestyle products via our benefits hub
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted gym membership
• Employee assistance via retail trust
• Private health & dental care

Inclusion & Diversity

At COS we’re determined to create and maintain inclusive, diverse and equitable workplaces throughout our organisation. Our teams should consist of a variety of people who share and combine their knowledge, experience and ideas. Having a diverse workforce leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, what we perceive as possible and how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world, therefore all diversity dimensions are taken into consideration in our recruitment process.