A leading energy provider is expanding their corporate comms team and seeking a senior corporate comms manager to help revitalise their external communications strategy, taking a proactive, news-hungry and delivery-focused approach to protecting, promoting and enhancing the company’s reputation. You will report into the Group Head of Corporate Communications and interact with multiple other divisions.

Key responsibilities:

• Proactively identify media opportunities and deliver coverage across broadcast, print and digital
• Develop and manage strong relationships with a broad range of key journalists and editors
• Key media point of contact for corporate news stories
• Shape and deliver media strategy for targeted, integrated campaigns, working closely with the brand and digital team.
• Write and place editorial content, such as speeches, op-eds, LinkedIn blogs, for senior executives.  Partner with colleagues in brand and digital, IR and public affairs to deliver first-class content across all platforms.
• Work with the Group Brand and Digital team on engaging with and tracking the views of media, non-political stakeholders including consumer groups and digital/social influencers.
• Proactively manage PR agency relationships
• Identify key spokespeople and ensure they are correctly briefed and media trained
• Provide communications counsel and crisis communications support, participating in CART (Corporate Affairs Response Team) as required.
• Act as a deputy to the Group Head of Corporate Communications as and when appropriate

To be considered for this role, key skills required:

• Excellent communicator with exceptional writing skills
• High energy and high impact individual with strong news judgement and keen political awareness
• Bright, articulate and strategic thinker with proven ability to identify media opportunities and land campaigns
• Strong networking and influencing skills with the ability to build relationships across the Group
• Understanding and experience of coordinated strategic communications
• Excellent team player and ability to work closely in a small team