Corporate Communications Specialist

Exciting opportunity for a Corporate Communications Specialist – Manager equivalent - to join a well-known consumer brand.  You will work on developing and executing the Group’s communications strategy, working closely with senior internal stakeholders. This role offers the opportunity for someone to experience the full range of communications disciplines, internal to external.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing and executing the communications strategy, delivering both a proactive and reactive campaigns (internal and external).
• Provide insights and counsel to senior stakeholders within the business.
• Support in the delivery of financial results and senior management media programmes.
• Play a key role in the Group’s reputation management approach and support in the development of the business’ new Sustainability strategy.
• Media relations – seek proactive positive media coverage for the business and develop/build relationships with key journalists.
• Issues/Crisis communications – be point of contact for reactive incoming media enquiries, including issues/crisis communications.
• Participate in an out of hours on call rota as required, managing incoming media enquiries and drafting responses.
• Support in day to day running of PR agencies.
• Build solid relationships internally with stakeholders.

Key skills:

• Have strong corporate communications experience and ideally, but not essential, some prior financial PR and internal communications experience
• Results orientated and work well under pressure
• Excellent communicator, both written and verbally
• Strong stakeholder management skills, ability to influence and negotiate

This role will suit a proactive, ambitious, results-orientated professional who is passionate about communications. The team is friendly, collaborative, high performing and energetic.

If you have the experience and are interested in hearing more, please get in touch with your CV ASAP.

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VMAGROUP is a leading international interim and permanent recruitment and executive search specialist for communications, digital and marketing. Specialist practices cover internal and change communications, external communications, investor relations, public affairs, marketing, digital and agency services.

VMAGROUP has an international presence with offices across Europe. We have a reputation for providing leading consultancy services and advice supported by in-depth knowledge of the professions we recruit for. Our thought leadership and benchmarking studies have become go-to resources for the communications and marketing industries supporting planning and decision-making.

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