PR Manager

EasyPark; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate PR Manager to enhance urban mobility through impactful communication strategies. In this hybrid role, you will be at the forefront of shaping the company's narrative, crafting compelling content, and managing relationships with key stakeholders. Collaborating closely with global teams, you will drive PR initiatives that elevate the brand's reputation across multiple markets. This dynamic position offers the opportunity to influence communication strategies in a fast-paced environment, where your creativity and strategic mindset will be key to the company's growth. If you're ready to make a significant impact, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of PR experience, including corporate and crisis PR.
• Exceptional communication skills in English; French is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage external communications and press contacts in key markets.
• Create content for press releases, media briefings, and presentations.
• Develop and implement local PR plans to support growth targets.

Skills

PR experience

Communication skills

Content creation

Project management

Stakeholder management

Education

Relevant university degree

Job description

About EasyPark Group

Are you passionate about shaping urban mobility and driving impactful communication? EasyPark Group is looking for a PR Manager to join our dynamic Communications & Sustainability Team. As a leading, rapidly expanding global mobility platform currently covering over 90 countries, we leverage innovation to enhance the urban experience and make cities more livable. As our Regional PR Manager, you'll be instrumental in shaping our narrative across key markets, while elevating EasyPark Group’s brands and reputation.

The role

As Regional PR Manager, you'll be a key architect in elevating EasyPark Group's brands and reputation on a global scale. You'll be instrumental in crafting compelling narratives, support and advise our local teams in communication related topics and drive impactful PR initiatives. You'll be their strategic partner on a day to day basis, as well as contributing to global initiatives like M&A announcements and crisis communications.

Reporting to the Global Head of Communications & Sustainability, you'll be part of a collaborative team of PR Managers, Internal Communications Managers and a Sustainability Manager, ensuring consistent, efficient, and clear communication across the organization. The small yet powerful team plays a crucial role in ensuring EasyPark Group’s continued growth through providing excellent communications. You'll also collaborate closely with our global Marketing, Public Affairs and Executive Leadership teams, to ensure communication strategies are aligned and impactful.

This is a hybrid role based near our office outside London, UK, with close collaboration with Stockholm HQ in Sweden, and colleagues worldwide.

Key responsibilities

• Responsible for external communications and press contact for a selected number of prioritized markets, including UK and France

• Creating content for various communication channels including press releases, media briefings, pitches, presentations and Group website content.

• Monitoring and analyzing media coverage to identify opportunities and follow up on success

• Developing and implementing local PR plans, supporting EasyPark Group’s growth targets such as customer acquisition and brand awareness

• Managing local PR agencies and leading initiatives by running briefings and processes

• Collaborate broadly across the organization and connect PR agencies across markets to share best practices

• Supporting spokespersons with external communications such as messaging, Q&A’s, presentations etc.

• Building relationships with targeted relevant stakeholders such as journalists, agencies, investors, key influencers and decision makers

Who are you?

You are a passionate and highly engaged person who manages to influence and create strong relationships with your colleagues. You love to be creative and to develop compelling messages and stories, and have an exceptional ability to package and present information. On top of that you are a well-organized doer who is proactive, result oriented and not afraid to test and learn from mistakes. You take a lot of pride in delivering high qualitative output with strong attention to details and you understand the value of establishing KPIs.

The fact that this is a global role in a growth company intrigues you as you embrace change and excel in fast-paced environments. It suits you to be a part of a smaller team where you will get to be involved in both hands-on work, as well as putting together the long term plan and strategy.

Key qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of proven PR experience including corporate, crisis and market PR

• Proven track record in international matrix and cross-functional organizations, managing agencies and budgets, and working with diverse stakeholders.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English. French is also a strong plus

• Excellent content producing skills – able to write in an engaging way adapted to target groups and channels

• Strong project management skills and experience in a digital environment.

• Relevant university degree or equivalent.