Senior Corporate Communications Executive

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Corporate Communications Executive to enhance its brand profile and reputation. This pivotal role involves strategic communications and media engagement for a major global investor. The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of the UK pensions landscape and have experience in PR strategies within financial services. Join a forward-thinking company that values creativity and agility, and contribute to meaningful communications that resonate with diverse audiences. This role offers a collaborative environment and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Annual performance-related bonus

Generous pension contribution

Life assurance

Private medical insurance

25+ days holiday

Competitive family leave

Electric car scheme

Discounts for products and stores

Collaborative office spaces

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of UK pensions and financial services.
• Experience in developing PR strategies for high-profile organizations.

Responsibilities

• Manage the firm's profile through strategic communications and media engagement.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to create engaging content and identify news stories.
• Monitor media coverage and provide insightful evaluations.

Skills

External and employee communication

Media relations practices

PR strategies and campaigns

Stakeholder engagement

Organizational skills

Education

Experience in communications consultancy

Knowledge of UK pensions landscape

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Posted:

05.05.2025

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19.06.2025

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Job Description:

We’re recruiting for a Senior Corporate Communications Executive to join us. This role in L&G’s Corporate Affairs focuses on external communications for Asset Management, a major global investor with £1.122 trillion in assets. You will support communications for public and private markets, engaging with various external audiences and international agencies. This role is key in maintaining our brand profile and reputation as a leading responsible investor. Creativity, agility, and understanding of regulatory contexts are beneficial.

What you'll be doing:

1. Protecting and promoting the firm's profile and reputation through strategic communications, media engagement, and aligning the PR approach with marketing initiatives. This includes managing risks, fostering journalist relationships, supporting business line and corporate communications.
2. Working proactively with stakeholders across the Group including marketing, content, public affairs, and employee communications to help identify opportunities and create engaging content for dissemination; this may involve researching topics and gathering information from a wide range of internal and external sources to identify news stories and news angles.
3. Managing the business's external profile, image, and reputation through strategic communications, whether this is news, campaigns, connecting what we do with social media and employee communications for a more cohesive story, whilst also drawing on the resources available, which will include working with external agencies on their planning and delivery.
4. Within a planned and evaluated approach, monitoring daily media coverage as well as managing weekly, quarterly, and semi-annual reports distributed to stakeholders across the business. Important media coverage will need to be shared in a timely manner with relevant stakeholders, incorporated into insightful and robust evaluation and measurement.
5. Ensuring adherence to timely communications processes that have been processed through compliance, governance, risk policies, and frameworks, aligning decisions with business ethics, values, and stakeholder requirements.
6. Collaborating with the wider Corporate Affairs community and the marketing team, proactively working closely with channel marketing, events, and content managers.
7. Ensuring compliance with all Consumer Duty accountabilities, including the responsibility to produce and maintain clear, fair, and non-misleading marketing collateral and client-facing material.

Qualifications

Who we're looking for:

1. Knowledge of external and employee communication, campaigns, PR approaches, and media relations practices and tactics.
2. Strong understanding of UK pensions landscape, financial adviser and/or investments industry. Knowledge of any of the following sectors would also be beneficial: Real estate (specialist commercial and residential), Private Credit, Venture Capital, and Infrastructure.
3. Preference for demonstration of experience in a communications consultancy or media relations role within financial services, a global asset management company, or an agency serving this sector.
4. Experience in developing and executing PR strategies and campaigns for high-profile organisations in UK markets.
5. Strong relationships with key media contacts in the UK (and ideally further afield).
6. Global mindset and exposure to other geographic markets is an advantage.
7. Team player, with a strong work ethic, who takes a collaborative and joined-up approach to tasks but is also comfortable working independently.
8. Organised and detail-oriented, with the ability to prioritise effectively, multi-task quickly and efficiently, and adapt to new situations in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes.
• Generous pension contribution.
• Life assurance.
• Private medical insurance (permanent employees only).
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday.
• Competitive family leave.
• Participation in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax-efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only).
• Various discounts for our products and high street stores.
• Modern, collaborative office spaces designed for wellbeing.

Additional information about our inclusive culture, flexible working options, and our commitment to positive outcomes and sustainability is also provided.