Media Relations Manager

Gowling WLG; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

25 days annual leave (+1 week)

Private medical insurance

Pension allowance

Life assurance

Sabbatical every 5 years

Parental leave schemes

Health & wellbeing programmes

Onsite restaurant & modern offices

Training & personal development

Job summary

Gowling WLG in Birmingham seeks a Media Relations Manager to join the Corporate Communications team. You will drive proactive and reactive media opportunities, shaping narratives and securing coverage across national, broadcast, sector and trade media to enhance the firm’s external profile.

Working with partners, fee earners and colleagues in Marketing, you will translate complex legal topics into engaging content, build lasting media relationships and support Gowling WLG’s strategic priorities

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of UK media landscape across national, broadcast, legal, business and trade media.
• Proven experience securing national and broadcast coverage and placing features.
• Ability to translate complex topics into engaging content.

Responsibilities

• Enhance Gowling WLG’s external profile through high-quality media coverage.
• Identify, shape and deliver proactive and reactive media opportunities.
• Collaborate with partners, fee earners and Marketing to support strategic priorities.

Skills

Media relations

UK media landscape

Press writing & placement

Stakeholder management

Story shaping & pitching

Job description

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual who is experienced in media relations to join our Corporate Communications team as a Media Relations Manager in Birmingham.

Job Description

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual who is experienced in media relations to join our Corporate Communications team as a Media Relations Manager in Birmingham.

As Media Relations Manager, you will play a central role in enhancing Gowling WLG’s external profile through high-quality national, broadcast, sector and trade media coverage.

Working closely with partners, fee earners and colleagues across Marketing and Corporate Communications, you will identify, shape and deliver proactive and reactive media opportunities that support the firm’s strategic priorities, strengthen its market reputation and showcase its expertise to key audiences.

About you

We're looking for someone with a strong understanding of the UK media landscape, including national, broadcast, legal, business and trade media. You'll know what makes a story, when to approach journalists and how to build lasting media relationships.

You’ll have proven experience securing national and broadcast coverage, writing and placing features, and delivering media relations activity as part of wider communications campaigns. Strong writing skills, excellent attention to detail and the ability to turn complex topics into engaging content are essential.

You’ll be comfortable working with a range of stakeholders, including partners and fee earners, and thrive in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities. Experience within a professional services environment is desirable, but not essential.

A keen interest in current affairs, a collaborative approach and a commitment to continuous improvement will help you succeed in this role, whilst demonstrating the confidence in sharing best practice, supporting colleagues and identifying ways to improve how things are done.

What We Can Offer You

The opportunity to work for a firm that has been recognised as one of best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work for 26 consecutive years.

Excellent benefits, including:

• A hybrid approach to office and remote working.
• 25 days annual leave, with the option to buy up to a week's extra annual leave
• Private medical insurance, and the option to add family members
• A generous pension allowance
• Life assurance covering four times your annual salary
• The chance of a three-month sabbatical every five years
• Maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes
• A range of health and wellbeing programmes
• State of the art offices, with an onsite restaurant
• Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development

Equal Opportunities

Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re-assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.

At Gowling WLG we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.