In 2024 the National Gallery will be celebrating NG200 - 200 years of bringing people and paintings together with a year-long festival of art, creativity and imagination which sets the tone for our third century. The Bicentenary Press & PR Manager is a fixed term role that will generate both proactive and reactive media engagement around this milestone.

This is a key role generating positive press coverage for the NG200 programme, maintaining and developing the global reputation of the National Gallery. Working as part of the Press & Public Affairs Department, you will develop PR campaigns and activities that maximize the Gallery’s use of earned media, seamlessly integrating with other NG200 communications activities, such as paid and social media.

You will work with the Press & Public Affairs department to conceptualise and develop NG200 PR campaigns that capture the imagination, enhance the brand and drive positive awareness of the National Gallery.

Key deliverables: 

• Be a key point of contact for Press & PR with our NG200 stakeholders
• Prepare press releases for multi channel distribution to appropriate media organisations.
• Organise and run NG200 press and PR events.
• Identify and implement opportunities to use all types of communications channels effectively to raise awareness of NG200 and the National Gallery.
• Prepare Q&A and other briefing documents.

To view essential role criteria and apply please follow the link below and download the job pack.