PR Manager

Carnival; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading travel company in Southampton is seeking a PR Manager to join their award-winning team. You will manage media relations and drive brand awareness through engaging PR campaigns. The ideal candidate has strong written communication and relationship management skills. This full-time role offers hybrid work with competitive benefits including employee discounts and medical insurance.

Benefits

Employee Discounted Cruising

Annual bonus

Extensive learning and development opportunities

Private medical and dental insurance

Qualifications

• Experience in planning, developing, and delivering media engagement plans supporting global newsrooms.
• Excellent written communication skills for various audiences.
• Proven relationship management skills with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage media relations by delivering proactive stories.
• Develop relationships with key media and support events.
• Drive brand awareness through PR and communication activities.

Skills

Written communication skills

Relationship management

Media engagement planning

Job description

Overview

Cunard is looking for a talented PR Manager to join our award-winning PR team.

When people think of iconic travel brands, Cunard is always one of the first names that comes to mind. For more than 185 years, we’ve set the standard for luxury ocean travel. As Walpole’s Luxury Brand of the Year, we’re proud to be recognised for the exceptional experiences that we offer and our storytelling that captures the imagination of guests around the world.

Role Overview

In this role, you will help share the Cunard story through UK and global media relations, exciting partnerships, and world-class PR campaigns that showcase our unique blend of heritage and innovation.

You will be developing, managing, and delivering a range of communication, PR and event activities and strategies that drive brand awareness of Cunard through great press coverage and interesting and engaging content. This role is designed to keep us focused on activity that really makes a difference to our guests, turning insight into great communication strategies and PR activations that deliver results.

Key accountabilities

• Manage media relations by delivering proactive stories and responding to media enquiries.
• Develop relationships with key media and collaborate with partners and talent to support events and campaigns.
• Assist the Global Director of PR & Events with internal communication requirements and support building a successful network with international PR teams.
• Drive brand awareness through communication, PR, and event activities that result in great press coverage and engaging content.

Positioned within our internal structure from CUK15 (entry level) to CUK1 (Brand President), this role is classified as a CUK08, offered as a full-time position, on a permanent basis, we offer hybrid work including up to two days from home.

Requirements: Your Expertise and Leadership

To thrive as a PR Manager within the Cunard team, we're looking for:

• Experience in planning, developing, and delivering media engagement plans that support global newsrooms.
• Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to write in various styles for different audiences.
• Proven relationship management skills for building multi-faceted relationships with stakeholders and third parties.
• Understanding of luxury brand media activity and how it supports long-term strategy and commercial success.

About You: A Catalyst for Change

We believe that diversity enriches our team. We're interested in candidates who:

• Insightful and resourceful in proactively building and maintaining relationships with media, stakeholders, and partners.
• Collaborative, working effectively with internal teams and external partners.
• Timely and effective communicator, ensuring information is shared promptly and accurately.
• Results-driven, focusing on activities that make a difference to guests and deliver measurable outcomes.

Why Join Us?

Working with us is about more than a job. It's about creating unforgettable holiday happiness for our guests and a fulfilling career for you.

Read our employee experience guide to learn more about life as a Carnival UK colleague.

CUK-employee-experience-guide-July-2025.pdf

Benefits

• Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
• Annual bonus
• A friendly welcome with help settling in
• Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers
• Extensive learning and development opportunities
• Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
• Employee-led networks
• Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
• Recognition scheme with prizes and awards
• Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme
• Company paid private medical and dental insurance and health assessment
• In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP
• Life Assurance
• Parental and adoption leave
• Employee Shares Plan
• Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
• Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab and go meals
• Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal

Ready to Lead?

If guiding a guest experience team to new heights excites you, we're eager to hear from you. Apply now to start your journey with us, where your performance-led leadership will make a difference in our shared success.

Recruitment Journey

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