Head of Media Relations & Corporate Comms-Alternative Investments recruitment

An excellent opportunity has arisen to join a highly successful and dynamic business within the Investments/Financial Services sector. This is a growing business, which will offer strong potential for long term career development

Reporting into the Director of Marketing Communications, the Head of PR Corporate Communications will be responsible for developing the Corporate Communications and Media relations strategy.

This is an excellent opportunity to shape the role and make it your own. The role will suit someone who is proactive, a self-starter and with an entrepreneurial mind-set

Role responsibilities:

-Manage the UK press office and all relevant aspects of media engagement.

-Working closely with the Head of Marketing Communications and other senior managers, develop, implement and manage an effective PR plan in support of the company, its people, products and services.

-Manage relationships with PR agencies across Europe

-Counsel company spokespeople to deal effectively with the media, professional bodies and other key publics.

-Contribute strategic input when required towards issues identification and management.

-Develop and manage strong media relationships in key areas of industry. Keep abreast of forward features with a view to identifying opportunities to promote thought leadership and other brand-enhancing activities.

-Encourage an integrated approach to marketing and communications throughout the company in order to ensure that all such activities are aligned.

Experience required

-Extensive media relations/public relations experience gained within the Financial Services industry. Experience needs to be investments related egresses management, hedge funds, private equity etc or experience of working with complex financial products

-Experience in PR gained across the UK and European markets

-A strategic thinker, you will be an effective scenario planner, helping senior management to anticipate how different audiences will react to different events, messages and change.

-Strong stakeholder management skills and comfortable working at Board level

-Ideally your Financial Services experience will have involved working with an BB/Institutional and/or Intermediary client base

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-Commercially savvy and with experience in Issues Management or Crisis Management

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-Strong writing skills

Please send your v in the first instance to Emma Jerome at evermore@McDermott-loyally