Senior External Communications Lead – 6-Month Contract

Craft; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Ad hoc travel

Job summary

Craft in the United Kingdom is seeking a seasoned external communications professional for a six-month contract to oversee the external comms function for a regulated infrastructure business delivering gas across the UK. You’ll own the press office, handle reactive media inquiries and crisis comms, and lead campaign planning across press, digital, social, customer and stakeholder channels.

The immediate priority is delivering the winter campaign, with materials for MPs and regulators developed

Qualifications

• Seasoned external comms professional with in-house energy/utilities or regulated infrastructure experience.
• Ability to run a press office, manage crisis communications and provide leadership in reputational risk.

Responsibilities

• Own the press office; handle reactive media enquiries and proactive crisis comms.
• Lead campaign planning across press, digital, social, customer and stakeholder channels.
• Prepare MP-ready messaging and regulator materials with corporate affairs and regulatory teams.

Skills

Press office management

Crisis communications

Campaign planning

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Craft in the United Kingdom is seeking a seasoned external communications professional for a six-month contract to oversee the external comms function for a regulated infrastructure business delivering gas across the UK. You’ll own the press office, handle reactive media inquiries and crisis comms, and lead campaign planning across press, digital, social, customer and stakeholder channels.

The immediate priority is delivering the winter campaign, with materials for MPs and regulators developed