Media and PR Lead
- Employer
- Energy Saving Trust
- Location
- Cardiff, Edinburgh or London
- Salary
- Up to £52,000 per year (depending on experience)
- Closing date
- 17 Oct 2021
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Discipline
- Press / Media Relations, Marketing Communications
- Seniority
- Senior Management
- Sector
- Environmental
- Business Type
- In-house
Closing Date: 17 October 2021
Location: Cardiff, Edinburgh or London
Salary: up to £52,000 per year (depending on experience)
Energy Saving Trust is a leading and trusted organisation, dedicated to promoting energy efficiency, low carbon transport and sustainable energy use. We aim to address the climate emergency and deliver the wider benefits of clean energy as we transition to net zero.
Our Media and PR team helps shape and protect our corporate reputation whilst promoting our business, values and mission. The goal for this role is to maintain positive public awareness of Energy Saving Trust and our brand through proactive media and public relations activities.
What you’ll do
You will be responsible for devising and leading our media and PR strategy and plans and contribute to our corporate marketing communications planning. You will proactively manage our external PR agency and internal Media and PR team. You will proactively pitch our spokespeople for media interviews, working with our senior team and policy specialists, and write key messaging, press releases, media statements, speeches and other PR copy including for social media. You will also plan and oversee the delivery of a programme of speaking opportunities and events.
What you’ll bring
You will have demonstratable experience as a media and PR specialist including previous crisis management experience. You will have managed and executed PR campaigns and initiatives. You will have expert copywriting and editing skills and be able to produce clear and concise written copy, statements, speeches. To ensure you can work with all the relevant stakeholders in this role, you will have excellent stakeholder and interpersonal skills with the ability to work with senior leadership including the CEO and board and be able to build a network of contacts to enhance and protect our corporate image.
Energy Saving Trust offers a range of benefits to all employees such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, company pension and a wellbeing allowance.
This is a full-time, permanent position. Applications close 5pm, 17 October 2021.
For more information, and to apply please visit our website.
If you think you may need some additional support or reasonable adjustments made to any part of the application/recruitment process, please get in touch with [email protected].
Only people living in the UK with the right to work in the UK may apply for this position.
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