PR & Brand Manager

Pizza Pilgrims; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A popular pizza restaurant chain in Greater London is seeking a PR & Brand Manager for a 12-month maternity cover. This role will manage brand communications and lead campaigns to inspire brand loyalty and drive sales. You will be the brand's gatekeeper, ensuring consistency across all platforms, while creatively promoting new openings. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills, a proactive mindset, and experience in the hospitality sector. Join us to shape our beloved brand story and engage with our community.

Benefits

Ability to work from home one day a week

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of the hospitality/restaurant market to drive footfall.
• Experience in managing relationships with external agencies and partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead copywriting for brand communications across various channels.
• Own campaigns from strategy through to delivery.
• Drive excitement around new openings with marketing plans and launches.

Skills

Great communication

Organisational skills

Proactive mindset

Creative judgement

Job description

Role overview

We're on a hunt for a brilliant PR & Brand Manager to help tell our story far and wide. This role is a 12-month maternity cover, sitting at the heart of our Marketing team, where you'll lead our brand communications, shape campaigns, and make sure everything we put out into the world sounds, looks and feels like Pizza Pilgrims. You'll be our brand gatekeeper – championing our tone of voice, driving excitement around new openings, and helping increase footfall and profit across our pizzerias, all while keeping our independent spirit strong.

What the role is all about

This role brings together Brand, PR, Comms and Campaigns, working closely with the wider Sales & Marketing team to deliver work that sparks brand love, drives sales and builds loyalty. From shaping big campaigns to getting stuck into the detail, you'll make sure our story is told consistently, creatively and confidently at every touchpoint.

PR & Brand Comms

• Lead copywriting for brand comms across website, newsletters, PR and wider channels
• Act as the voice of Pizza Pilgrims, ensuring everything sounds like us
• Work closely with PR agencies to protect and grow our brand reputation

Campaigns & Project Management

• Own campaigns from strategy through to delivery
• Communicate our values, purpose and personality at every opportunity
• Balance creativity with commercial thinking to drive footfall and sales

New Pizzeria Openings

• Drive excitement around new openings, from pre-opening buzz to creative stunts and launch
• Lead pre-opening marketing plans, announcement comms and launch activities
• Manage agencies and get hands-on supporting Slice Days and opening parties

Brand Gatekeeper

• Be the sounding board for what looks and feels like Pizza Pilgrims
• Oversee brand consistency across photography, menus, emails, posters, decks and internal comms
• You won't be expected to design everything yourself, but strong creative judgement is essential

Eye for Detail & Partnerships

• Ensure our brand is represented brilliantly across all external touchpoints
• Manage relationships with external agencies, influencers, photographers, videographers and partners
• You have a great understanding of the hospitality/restaurant market and understand what drives footfall and brand love
• You have a great eye for design, detail and brand consistency
• You love having the freedom to innovate, while staying true to the brand

How you show up

• You're a great communicator and relationship builder
• You're organised, proactive and calm under pressure
• You enjoy working cross-functionally with teams across the business
• You're happy getting stuck in, whether that's strategy planning or opening parties
• A chance to play a key role in shaping a much-loved hospitality brand

Hybrid working

Ability to work from home one day a week.

Why apply

If you love brand, comms, creativity and pizza – we'd love to hear from you.