Head of Corporate Communications

The Opportunity Hub UK Ltd; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary 33,500–50,000 GBP per year

Hybrid work in Cardiff

Equity in the business

Flexible hours

Learning budget

Job summary

The Opportunity Hub UK Ltd in Cardiff is seeking a Head of Corporate Communications to lead our PR and communications strategy as we scale. You will shape messaging across press, internal comms and stakeholder relations, and work closely with leadership.

In a fast-growing startup, you'll write for journalists, build press relationships in and around Cardiff, manage communications during funding rounds and product launches, and mentor senior leaders ahead of media engagements.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in PR & Communications, ideally with some exposure to a startup or fast-growing business
• Strong writing skills. You need to make a technical or complex story readable
• Confidence dealing with journalists, investors and internal teams in the same week
• Comfortable working without a big team behind you. You'll wear more than one hat here
• Good judgement under pressure, particularly when a story moves faster than planned
• Some grounding in media relations tools and basic analytics to measure what's working

Responsibilities

• Shape and deliver the corporate communications strategy across press, internal messaging and stakeholder relations
• Write and place stories with journalists and trade media covering the sector
• Build relationships with key press contacts and industry commentators in and around Cardiff
• Manage messaging during periods of change, from funding announcements to product launches
• Brief senior leaders ahead of interviews, panels and public appearances
• Track coverage and sentiment, then adjust the approach when something isn't landing

Job description

Step into this Head of Corporate Communications role and build something that matters in PR & Communications.

Cardiff's tech and startup scene has grown fast, and the businesses inside it need people who can tell their story properly, not just push out press releases. This is a startup with a flat structure and an entrepreneurial streak, the kind of place where PR & Communications isn't a support function bolted on at the end. It sits at the centre of how the company grows.

Here's what you'll be doing:

Shape and deliver the corporate communications strategy across press, internal messaging and stakeholder relations

Write and place stories with journalists and trade media covering the sector

Build relationships with key press contacts and industry commentators in and around Cardiff

Manage messaging during periods of change, from funding announcements to product launches

Brief senior leaders ahead of interviews, panels and public appearances

Track coverage and sentiment, then adjust the approach when something isn't landing

Here are the skills you'll need:

Solid experience in PR & Communications, ideally with some exposure to a startup or fast-growing business

Strong writing skills. You need to make a technical or complex story readable

Confidence dealing with journalists, investors and internal teams in the same week

Comfortable working without a big team behind you. You'll wear more than one hat here

Good judgement under pressure, particularly when a story moves faster than planned

Some grounding in media relations tools and basic analytics to measure what's working

Key perks and benefits:

Salary of £33,500 to £50,000, depending on experience

Hybrid working, based in Cardiff with flexibility on where you work day to day

Equity in the business, not just a salary

Flexible hours built around how you actually work best

A genuine learning and development budget to keep building your skills

Why pursue a career in PR & Communications?

Good communicators are harder to find than most companies expect, which means the ones who can do it well move quickly through their careers. Cardiff has quietly become a decent base for this kind of work, with enough startups and scale-ups nearby to keep things interesting. Do the job well here and you're not just writing press releases. You're shaping how a company is understood, which is a different kind of skill entirely.

This Head of Corporate Communications opportunity is brought to you by The Opportunity Hub UK.