Media Relations Lead, Retail & Wealth (8 months)

NatWest Group; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Media Relations Lead for a dynamic role in Birmingham. The position involves promoting the bank's reputation and delivering innovative media campaigns. Candidates should possess excellent communication skills, leadership experience, and a background in media relations. This is a hybrid opportunity, open to applicants across the UK, with occasional travel to London. The role is offered for eight months, with potential for job share.

Qualifications

• Experience dealing with media and PR, from campaign origination to delivery.
• Strong ability to influence at senior levels.

Responsibilities

• Provide media advice and creative ideas to senior stakeholders.
• Deliver multi-channel media campaigns and manage high-profile news stories.
• Prepare press releases and align media materials with the bank's narrative.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Strong leadership and people management skills

Proven experience in creating innovative campaigns

Experience with press releases and media coverage

Knowledge of social media and digital engagement

Strong grasp of political and economic issues

Job description

Join us as a Media Relations Lead, Retail & Wealth.

• Working in a busy, high profile media relations team, you'll play a key role in promoting the reputation of the bank
• We'll look to you to lead the delivery of innovative, proactive media campaigns, while maintaining excellent contact with banking and business journalists from across the key national outlets
• As a spokesperson for the bank across a range of matters, you'll gain valuable exposure as you make sure the bank’s strategy is effectively and accurately communicated
• Our Media Relations team operates within a hybrid working model, which is why we're open to applicants across the UK, with occasional travel to our London office
• We're offering this role for a period of eight months, and this role could also be available as a job share opportunity

What you'll do

In this creative role, you’ll provide excellent media advice and creative ideas to support to senior stakeholders. By acting as a lead of retail and wealth, you’ll not only deliver multi-channel media campaigns, but will also decide which media stories to run and when, using your judgment of the wider public news agenda.

Additionally, you’ll be:

• Establishing strong internal networks and relationships with key external stakeholders, particularly consumer journalists
• Managing multiple high profile news stories
• Preparing press releases and media materials which align to the bank’s narrative and core messaging
• Securing positive media coverage for the bank across a range of media outlets

The skills you'll need

We’ll be looking for you to have excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence at senior level. You’ll have experience of dealing with the media and PR, from origination of PR campaigns through to delivery and will have good knowledge of IT programmes and media databases.

You’ll also need:

• Strong leadership and people management skills
• Proven experience in creating and delivering creative and innovative campaigns
• Experience of gaining press coverage through a range of means, such as press releases, social media and managing events
• Knowledge of social media and digital engagement
• A strong grasp of political and economic issues