Press Officer

InPost UK; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

InPost UK is seeking a Press Officer to join their Marketing team. This role involves developing communication strategies for B2B and consumer areas, managing press releases, and crisis communications while building strong journalist relationships. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Communications or a related field and over four years of experience in a similar role.

Benefits

Enhanced Annual Leave - 26 Days Plus the Option to Buy Additional Days

Vitality Health Care

Work from Anywhere - 4 Weeks per year

Enhanced Parental Leave

Rail Loan

Volunteering Days

Hybrid Working

Bring Your Dog to Work Day

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a communications manager role - 4 years minimum
• Extensive network of journalist contacts
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a comprehensive communication strategy
• Manage external PR agencies
• Serve as the primary point of contact for media inquiries

Skills

Exceptional writing

Editing skills

Verbal communication skills

Organisational skills

Creative thinking

Proactive attitude

Education

Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing

Job description

At InPost we hire awesome people who aren't afraid to bring ideas to the table, to make mistakes, and challenge the norm!

We usually respond within a week

Want to be part of a UK hub, in a global business that is scaling rapidly, evolving fast and radically changing the decades-old delivery universe? If so, read on, as we're looking for a Press Officer to join our Marketing team!

Our mission? To switch up the status quo and become the UK's leading out-of-home business. With a fast-growing network of thousands of smart lockers, hundreds of leading retail partners and the launch of our transformative Send service, we're bringing freedom to anyone with a parcel.

At InPost UK, we're building an unparalleled group of talent that's committed to help us power our mission to reshape the way parcels move, and redefine eCommerce logistics. Our team is packed full of top-notch experts in e-commerce, technology, scale-up growth, sustainability, logistics and supply chain. We're a passionate bunch with high ambition - we collaborate, innovate, support each other, and leave egos at the door.

About The Role

You'll be at the heart of our day-to-day communications, handling both B2B and consumer areas, managing agencies, writing press releases, and connecting with stakeholders. Your role will involve putting your strategic thinking into action, dealing with low-level crisis communications, and making sure everything runs smoothly. You'd be part of a team that thrives on collaboration, creativity, and making a meaningful impact and now is an exciting time to join InPost's Marketing team as the business is rapidly growing.

What You'll Be Doing

• Develop and implement a comprehensive communication strategy across consumer and business, that aligns with the company's objectives and broader InPost Group communications strategy.
• Deliver consumer and business comms activations and press campaigns
• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with journalists and editors across consumer and business publications, to secure media coverage and thought leadership opportunities.
• Manage external PR agencies to ensure consistent messaging and successful execution of communication campaigns.
• Create compelling and high-quality written content, including press releases, articles, interview responses etc that effectively convey the company's message.
• Monitor and analyse media coverage and industry trends to identify opportunities for proactive communication.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and consistency in communication efforts across all channels.
• Liaise with InPost Group Communications team and across markets, when needed, to ensure alignment.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for media inquiries and manage crisis communication efforts as needed.
• Develop metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of communication strategies and adjust plans accordingly to optimise results.
• Own reporting on coverage and communication of that coverage with Marketing leadership and SLT.
  
  

What We Need From You

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, or a related field is preferred.
• Proven experience in a communications manager role - 4 years minimum
• Extensive network of journalist contacts in trade and business publications, consumer publications or both.
• Demonstrated experience in agency management or ideally, experience working within an agency setting.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Creative thinker with the ability to develop innovative communication strategies.
• Proactive and results-oriented with a keen attention to detail
  
  

We're looking for people who are ready for a fast paced environment, get their kicks out of problem solving and can balance getting today's stuff done, whilst building for the future. We're looking for people with drive and natural curiosity - who want to do things differently. And do them brilliantly.

Perks of the job!:

We love to reward our people for the great work they do:

Enhanced Annual Leave - 26 Days Plus the Option to Buy Additional Days per year

More time for you to relax, explore, and enjoy life.

Vitality Health Care

Stay healthy and happy with our top-notch health coverage.

Work from Anywhere - 4 Weeks per year

Embrace the freedom to work remotely abroad for up to 4 weeks per year, allowing you to explore new horizons while staying connected.

Enhanced Parental Leave

We support you during those precious family moments.

Rail Loan Commute with ease! Purchase an annual season ticket, expense it through our InPost expenses procedure, and enjoy a more affordable interest free repayment over the year.

Volunteering Days

Take a paid day to make a difference in your community

Hybrid Working (Role suitability dependent)

We innovate, collaborate and optimise by coming together 3 days per week in the office

Bring Your Dog to Work Day (Every Friday)

Make every Friday pawsitively amazing!

The InPost Process

We pride ourselves on our candidate experience. We want to make this as straightforward as possible, for you and for us! We will try our best to get back to you within a few days to let you know if we'd like to take you to the first stage. This normally involves a 20 minute chat with our Talent Team. If we both feel the connection, you'll then go through another one or two stages, depending on the level of the role.

At InPost, we love uniqueness. Our strength is our people.

We strive to create an open, equal, inclusive environment in which everyone has the opportunity to flourish and be themselves.

Division

InPost Head Office

Department

Marketing

Locations

InPost London Office Great Titchfield St

Remote status

Hybrid

Employment type

Full-time

InPost Head Office Marketing InPost London Office Great Titchfield St Hybrid

Press Officer

At InPost we hire awesome people who aren't afraid to bring ideas to the table, to make mistakes, and challenge the norm!