Senior Public Affairs & Media Relations Executive

Buxlow Advisory; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Buxlow Advisory, a small focused communications consultancy in London, is seeking a junior to mid-level role focused on press and media relationships. You will draft releases, op-eds and briefing notes, pitch stories to journalists, and prepare clients for interviews while tracking developments in Westminster and Whitehall.

The role requires strong writing, political awareness, and willingness to grow with the firm.

Qualifications

• At least 1 year experience in an agency or in-house.
• An excellent writer, able to produce clear, accurate copy quickly for a journalist, a minister or a chief executive.
• Follows politics and the news closely, understands how government works, and knows when a story matters to a client.
• Keen to get out and meet contacts, and to build lasting relationships across the media and political landscape.
• Curious about new tools and confident using AI to work faster and smarter.
• Confident around senior people and comfortable taking ownership without the structure of a larger firm.
• Organised, discreet, good humoured and calm under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Drafting press releases, op-eds and briefing notes.
• Pitching stories to national, trade and broadcast journalists.
• Preparing clients for interviews and meetings.
• Tracking developments in Westminster and Whitehall, from select committee hearings to government consultations.
• Deliver the response when an issue breaks, which occasionally means working outside normal hours and weekends.
• The essential, but sometimes unglamorous, groundwork that keeps a growing consultancy running: media monitoring, press lists, stakeholder mapping and account admin like client call actions and agendas.

Skills

Excellent writer

Media monitoring

Pitching to journalists

Client contact

AI tools

Relationship building

Organised under pressure

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Buxlow Advisory, a small focused communications consultancy in London, is seeking a junior to mid-level role focused on press and media relationships. You will draft releases, op-eds and briefing notes, pitch stories to journalists, and prepare clients for interviews while tracking developments in Westminster and Whitehall.

The role requires strong writing, political awareness, and willingness to grow with the firm.