Senior Communications Executive

Slater Gordon; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days' holiday

Private healthcare

Employee assistance

Pension

Benefits hub

Job summary

Slater Gordon seeks a Senior Communications Executive to join its Marketing team in Manchester. You will lead internal communications and support media relations, thought leadership and PR campaigns to protect and enhance the firm's reputation.

You will identify opportunities, manage multiple projects, build strong stakeholder relationships and deliver high-quality content with minimal supervision. Excellent writing and commercial awareness are essential.

Qualifications

• Excellent writing skills and commercial awareness.
• Strong understanding of reputation management.
• Proactive with ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders.
• Ability to deliver high-quality content with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of PR and media relations strategy.
• Develop and execute PR plans supporting campaigns and thought leadership.
• Draft and distribute press releases, media statements and briefing documents.
• Manage media enquiries and coordinate interviews, case studies and spokesperson opportunities.
• Build and maintain relationships with journalists and industry contacts.
• Monitor news agenda and identify opportunities for proactive engagement.
• Oversee relationships with external broadcast PR agencies and report outcomes.
• Ensure all media activity aligns with brand and strategic objectives.

Skills

Internal communications

Media relations

PR campaigns

Stakeholder management

Content writing

Job description

We are excited to be recruiting for a Senior Communications Executive to join our amazing Marketing team in Manchester.

An essential role within the business, the Senior Communications Executive is responsible for delivering internal communications, along with working across media relations, thought leadership and PR campaigns to deliver accurate and consistent messages. This position requires someone who can be proactive, identify opportunities, manage multiple projects, build strong stakeholder relationships, and deliver high-quality content and communications with minimal supervision.

We are looking for a dedicated and talented individual with excellent writing skills, commercial awareness, and a great understanding of reputation management.

Responsibilities and duties include

• Supporting the delivery of the firm's PR and media relations strategy.

• Developing and executing PR plans supporting campaigns, business priorities and thought leadership activity.

• Drafting and distributing press releases, media statements, opinion pieces, award submissions and briefing documents.

• Managing media enquiries and coordinating interviews, case studies and spokesperson opportunities.

• Building and maintaining positive relationships with journalists, producers and key industry contacts.

• Monitoring the news agenda to identify opportunities for proactive media engagement and expert commentary.

• Managing the relationship with external broadcast PR agencies, reviewing opportunities, assessing performance and reporting on outcomes.

• Ensuring all media activity supports the firm's brand, reputation and strategic objectives.

We are looking for someone who is comfortable juggling multiple campaigns, projects and stakeholder priorities simultaneously. We also require compelling and high-quality content to promote the firm, with a focus on maximising reach to ensure engagement and targets the correct audience. The ability to build strong relationships with both external and internal parties, such as journalists, partners and stakeholders.

A keen eye for detail is required to analyse performance data, maintain accurate records, produce reports, but also ensure that our content is aligned with our brand guidelines and regulatory requirements.

There will also be other duties as required by the business.

What we offer in return:

We have a wide range of core and voluntary benefits:

• 25 days' holiday + bank holidays
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 extra days of leave
• Employee referral bonus scheme
• Annual bonus scheme (discretionary)

Health & Wellbeing

• Access to Aviva Digicare+ (health checks, Digital GP, mental health support, second medical opinions, and more)
• BUPA private healthcare
• Employee Assistance Programme (free counselling and wellbeing webinars)
• Health & wellbeing perks including gym discounts, cycle to work scheme, meditation sessions, and more
• Dental insurance

Financial & Protection

• Life assurance cover
• Income protection if you're unable to work long-term due to illness or injury
• Workplace pension (5% employer contribution after probation)

Extras

• Access to a Benefits Hub with discounts on shopping, travel, food, and entertainment
• Free legal support and discounted legal services

Important to know

Some benefits are dependent on passing probation or length of service, and may change over time.

Your Professional Development

We will support and encourage you with developing your career with an award- winning law firm. We run courses across our offices and are continuously monitoring and updating the learning and development offering based on what you tell us. We can support you with your continuous professional development by providing funding for professional qualifications, attending external training courses and providing you with a range of internal learning resources.

Our Values

Like all great businesses, we strive to recruit the best people and uphold the highest legal standards. Our people bring something a little different. We hire people who can challenge, remove roadblocks and deliver outstanding customer service. That's why at Slater + Gordon we go further with our values.

How we work is guided by the S+G Way. This means:

• We do what we say we will
• We don't wait we create
• We own it, we sort it
• We respect and encourage each other
• We make time to live

The S+G Way defines the specific behaviours and actions that our colleagues and our customers care about the most. We know this, because our colleagues helped to create the way, through a series of interactive workshops and interviews.