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Senior PR Manager

Senior PR Manager

  • Location

    London

  • Sector:

    Communications, Permanent

  • Job Type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    Circa £80,000

  • Contact:

    Sophie Collins

  • Contact Email:

    scollins@vmagroup.com

  • Job Ref:

    ND914760

  • Published:

    about 4 years ago

  • Expiry Date:

    2020-03-30

Exciting opportunity for a Senior PR Manager to join a market leading Investment Management business.  You will report to the Director of Communications and be responsible for the PR/Comms plan for the wholesale investment management part of the business in the UK.

Key skills/role responsibilities:

  • Create, develop and deliver the PR strategy for the wholesale investment management business in the UK. 
  • Excellent media relations skills, regularly working with top tier and broadsheet media both on a proactive and reactive basis.
  • Proven ability in issues/crisis communications specifically with B2C issues.  Prior experience working in a fact paced press office would be beneficial.
  • Responsible for managing the UK retail mutual fund portfolio, approx. 70 funds.
  • You must have experience in retail fund management.
  • Point of contact for all media enquiries relating to the wholesale investment management part of the business.  Proactively managing and developing media contacts across trade and national press.
  • Proactive PR, including promotion of fund managers, investment strategies, investment views and their investment brand in the UK via online, print and broadcast media.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills are mandatory, you will work with the wider Investment team including building relationships with fund managers.
  • Prior asset management experience is required, specifically retail fund management – this can come from either agency or in-house side.

If you have the experience and are interested in discussing further, please apply with your current CV ASAP.

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