Press, PR and Internal Communications Manager

Merrifield Consultants are proud to partner with a health membership body to find their new Press, PR and Internal Communications Manager. This role is a fantastic opportunity for a candidate looking to play a key role creating and delivering effective press campaigns and identifying new opportunities to develop the organisation and increase engagement.

Job Title: Press, PR and Internal Communications Manager
Contract: Part time (28 hours), permanent
Organisation: Membership body
Salary: 39,520 (49,400 FTE)
Location: London (1 day in office, Wednesday)
Closing date: 24th of September 2024

Role responsibilities:

• To plan and deliver successful PR and Media campaigns.
• Generating news, features and other written content for key internal and external publications, digital, and wider communications channels.
• Overseeing all media communications.
• Respond to all media enquiries.
• Writing and distributing timely and accurate media releases.
• Identifying and create stories that drive awareness and positive coverage of organisation.
• Grow, nurture and manage relationships with key journalists, including key media contacts, trade press and bloggers.
• Identify external speaking opportunities for College spokespeople, for example, external conferences.
• To work with Director of HR and Director of Marketing and Communications to develop a staff communications strategy and framework to aid effective internal communications.
• To support on internal communication delivery when needed.

Skills and experience:

• Educated to degree level or with an equivalent level of experience.
• Proven experience of working at a senior level in a Press and PR role.
• Proven experience of managing PR, media and social media campaigns.
• Proven experience of developing and implementing successful Press, PR and online campaigns and understanding how PR feeds into the marketing plan.
• Experience of developing corporate publications.
• Experience of working within a membership body or health related organisation.
• Able to build and maintain productive and effective relationships with internal and senior level external contacts.

The ideal person for this role will have a proven track record of developing marketing campaigns for health professional and consumer audiences, collaborating with creative specialists and identifying new exciting Press and Media opportunities for an organisation.

To find out more and apply for the role, please contact Isabel Britten at Merrifield Consultants

We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout.