We are working with a FTSE 100 Tech business to find a Head of External Communications to lead the PR for their Consumer division.  You will lead a team of 9 to promote and protect the reputations of the Consumer division and its brands with external stakeholders and audiences.

Key responsibilities/skills:

• Development and execution of high quality external communications campaign activity across the business and relevant brands
• Planning and execution of proactive consumer-facing media relations and stakeholder engagement
• Ensure alignment of External Communications with broader corporate, business and regional external communications activity
• Responsibility for reputational issues management
• Act as a spokesperson and brand representative
• Development of brilliant external communications programmes (including corporate and consumer CEO program, social, speaker program, media and analysts engagement) to activate consumer and corporate campaigns in support of the strategy.
• Management of day-to-day proactive and reactive corporate and consumer media relations, analyst relations and organic social media
• Strong understanding of consumer influencers and audiences
• A background in Telecoms/Consumer Tech is required
• Strong knowledge of Consumer, Technology, Corporate, Telecoms media landscape, and stakeholders is required
• Excellent team management skills, with experience of building and creating high performing communications teams is required