Public Relations Manager

Starr Underwriting; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK pension and retirement firm is seeking a Public Relations Manager to develop and implement media strategies. This role involves managing PR campaigns, engaging with media, and enhancing the company's reputation. Ideal candidates will have strong organizational and communication skills, and experience in public relations is preferred. Flexible working options available.

Benefits

16% bonus up to 32%

Private medical cover

38 days annual leave

Excellent pension

Career breaks

3x volunteering days

Qualifications

• Experience in public relations is desirable.
• Ability to manage competing priorities.
• Excellent writing skills, especially for press releases.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the ongoing PR strategy.
• Contribute to the PR team's wider campaigns.
• Identify proactive media opportunities.
• Develop relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Draft and issue various written outputs.

Skills

Excellent organizational skills

Communication skills

Writing skills

Understanding of media landscape

Job description

Job Description

We have an incredible opportunity to join us here at Standard Life, part of the Phoenix Group, as a Public Relations Manager to join our Public Relations team.

Job Type: Full Time

Location: This role could be based in either our Edinburgh or London offices with time spent working in the office and at home.

Flexible working: All of our roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about Phoenix Flex here.

Closing Date: 06/08/2025

Salary and benefits: £42,700 - £50,000 DOE plus 16% bonus up to 32%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more

Who are we?

We want to be the best place that any of our 6,600 colleagues have ever worked.

We’re Phoenix Group, we’re a long-term savings and retirement business. We offer a range of products across our market-leading brands, Standard Life, SunLife, Phoenix Life and ReAssure. Around 1 in 5 people in the UK has a pension with us. We’re a FTSE 100 organisation that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we’re not done yet.

The role

Our growing Corporate Communications team works closely with our senior leaders and is part of a dynamic department that spans media relations, public affairs, investor relations, sustainability, brand, and our retirement think tank the Standard Life Centre for the Future of Retirement.

As a Public Relations Manager focused on our Standard Life brand you will contribute to the development and implementation of a media programme to protect, grow and enhance our reputation of one of the UK’s leading retirement savings businesses. You will be part of a team who will manage our newsroom and run well organised PR campaigns. You will be working closely with PR colleagues, our proposition and policy teams, investment specialists and our agencies.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing and delivering the ongoing PR strategy for our Pensions and Savings and Retirement Solutions businesses with a focus on the Workplace pensions, Retail Intermediary and Retail Direct channels and B2B audiences
• Contributing to wider campaign and newsroom activity of the PR team to establish Standard Life as a business committed to providing good outcomes for retirement savers. PR experience and journalist relationships across trade and personal finance titles desirable
• Identifying proactive opportunities to build our brand and reputation with media and industry audiences, working with colleagues in Public Affairs, Brand and Proposition to develop and evolve our story
• Identifying key internal stakeholders and developing strong relationships to support your activity. You will be experienced in providing counsel at all levels of an organisation
• Drafting, writing and issuing of a range of written outputs including press releases, commentary, content packages and briefing notes
  
  

What are we looking for?

• Excellent organisational skills, being able to manage competing priorities, and plan out activity on a forward-looking basis, whilst also managing immediate requests driven by external news agenda and business priorities.
• Keen interest in the 24/7 news cycle and media landscape, with an understanding of how retirement savings activity within Standard Life can play into the news agenda.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to develop effective relationships across our organisation and with external stakeholders. Work with our wider team to provide good communications counsel to colleagues on important issues.
• Excellent writing skills, and ability to turn complex information into something easily understandable and compelling. Experience may have been gained from prior experience writing reports, research papers, briefing notes, press releases etc.
• Experience working on B2B public relations activity is desirable but not essential
  
  

We Want To Hire The Whole Version Of You.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

Please note that we reserve the right to remove adverts earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity.

Find out more about

• Guide for Candidates: thephoenixgroup.pagetiger.com/guideforcandidates
• Find or get answers from our colleagues: www.thephoenixgroup.com/careers/talk-to-us