Communications Manager

Publicis Groupe; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000

Job description

BRAND: Publicis Groupe
Job Function: Marketing Communications
Location: London, United Kingdom
Experience Level: Intermediate
Workplace Type: Hybrid

Company description

About Publicis Groupe

Publicis Groupe is a global transformation partner to the world's largest organisations with more than 107,000 employees across more than 100 countries. The EMEA region was established in September 2022 and is a fast growing part of the business. The Publicis Groupe Power of One model means we can draw on expertise from across our agencies and specialist divisions to deliver for our clients. This model encourages collaboration, and opportunities for our people to grow and develop.

Overview

About the comms team

We are an in-house team of 13, whose job it is to build the reputation of Publicis Groupe UK and our agencies (and capabilities). We have close ties to the global communications team and specialist teams from other areas of the business so there is a good network of communications professionals, and there are plenty of opportunities to learn and grow within the team.

About the role

We're looking for a communications manager to join the team to lead communications for 2-3 of our agencies and capabilities across Publicis Media. These agencies could include Zenith, Starcom, Spark or Publicis Commerce - we'll shape the right mix of agencies around the right candidate. You'll build strong relationships of trust with the agency leaders and experts, and work with them to build reputation among the right audiences, to attract the right clients and talent.

Responsibilities

1. Develop and deliver communications to build reputation among target audiences.
2. Lead initiatives and campaigns with support from the Head of Communications.
3. Develop plans and evolve key messages for different agencies.
4. Write materials including Q&As, press releases, briefing notes, thought leadership articles and comments, as well as other assets.
5. Identify new ways of working and share best practice, striving for excellence and efficiency.
6. Build and nurture relationships with journalists from trade, business and national titles.
7. Hands on media relations, pitching interviews, opinion pieces and news stories.
8. Build relationships with stakeholders from across the business to build trust and demonstrate the value of communications.
9. Support the Head of Comms on issues management.
10. Briefing and advising key spokespeople, identifying opportunities for them.
11. Reporting and evaluation activity.

Qualifications

About the candidate

You'll be a comms professional with lots of energy and ideas, natural gravitas and experience liaising with journalists on both proactive stories and sensitive issues. You'll need to be a strong communicator with excellent writing skills, someone who enjoys media relations and is good at managing stakeholders and providing counsel. We're looking for someone who is action-oriented, organised and with great attention to detail, with a good news instinct, able to identify opportunities and come up with new ideas. You'll need to be able to work at pace when it's required and be comfortable working with senior leaders, having earned your stripes as a trusted adviser in a similar role. You'll have experience working in-house in complex organisations, or working in an agency environment, managing several clients, with an interest in the advertising and marketing industry.

Personal qualities and skills

1. Enthusiastic self-starter who can work independently, proactive and resilient.
2. Digitally savvy and passionate about communications.
3. Corporate and b2b media relations experience.
4. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to make the complex sound simple and synthesise different source materials into a clear and concise narrative.
5. Natural gravitas, a strong team player, comfortable working with multiple stakeholders, ability to drive progress.
6. At home in a fast-paced environment with the ability to think on your feet and prioritise workload, adapting to evolving priorities.
7. Engaging, positive and good at building relationships.
8. Extensive knowledge and understanding of the media and experience of managing issues.
9. A proven team player, with the ability to remain flexible.

Additional information

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office-based three days during the working week.