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Salary: £60,000

Closing date: Sunday 25, May 2025

Contract type: Fixed-term Contract until Friday 7, July 2026

Wellcome Collection is a free museum and library exploring health and human experience, offering exhibitions, collections, public events, and a vibrant shop and café. We also publish books and online stories.

This is a great time to join Wellcome Collection as we recently introduced a new ten-year strategy. This role will play an important part in bringing our vision to life: "a world where everyone's experience of health matters."

Wellcome Collection is part of the Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation supporting science to build a healthier future. The Trust plans to spend £16bn over the next decade, funding discoveries in life, health, and wellbeing, and addressing health challenges like mental health, infectious disease, and climate change.

We are looking for a Media Manager to join our team on a Fixed Term Contract.

You will work in Wellcome Collection's Communications & Marketing team, reporting to the Communications Lead. This team is part of Wellcome's Corporate Affairs department, alongside colleagues delivering Communications and Engagement.

You will oversee media campaigns promoting our activities, building our brand and reputation, and managing risk.

• Deliver PR campaigns for Wellcome Collection.
• Manage breaking and reactive news stories involving Wellcome Collection or related to strategic or reputational interests.
• Protect and enhance Wellcome Collection and Wellcome's reputation; communicate our narrative to national and international media.
• Embed Wellcome's commitments to equity and inclusion in campaign development and delivery.

This is an exciting moment to join as Wellcome Collection reimagines its approach to audiences, aiming to be welcoming to everyone and build meaningful relationships with priority groups. This role will influence this new approach and help reshape our communication strategies over the next decade.

• Media relations in-house, at an agency, or as a journalist handling sensitive and high-profile issues.
• Excellent contacts in media and cultural sectors, with a good understanding of both.
• Strong written, editing, and oral communication skills, including writing and pitching articles in national and international media.
• Proactive and reactive media relations skills, media campaign strategy, crisis management, and budget management.
• Ability to advise on strategic and reputational issues.

• Experience supporting Wellcome's journey to becoming an anti-racist, anti-ableist organization, promoting Inclusive Communications Principles.

Submit an updated CV and answer 2 application questions demonstrating your fit for the role.

• Experience in media relations, handling sensitive issues, and delivering campaigns.
• Experience in organizing large press and PR events.
• Excellent communication skills, including writing and pitching articles.
• Strong media relations and crisis management skills.

Interview dates: Tuesday 10, June to Thursday 12, June 2025.

View the full job description and benefits on our website.

We support flexible working, with 3 days in our Euston Road offices (Tue-Wed-Thu) and 2 days remote or in-office.

Diversity and inclusion are core to our values. We are committed to a fair, inclusive environment and offer flexible working options. We make adjustments for disabilities. For more info, visit our website or contact us.

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