PR Manager

We’re looking for an outstanding PR Manager to join our wider Communications team. Reporting to the Head of External Communications, the successful candidate will be highly skilled in media relations, with current and demonstrable experience of delivering profile-raising coverage for a large and complex organisation.

You’ll be joining the company at a very exciting time, as we launch a brand-new business unit that will be transformative for our clients across the public and private sectors. The role provides a fantastic opportunity to help ensure the launch is successful, and to shape and lead our in-house PR activity across all sectors, to increase our share of voice and amplify our purpose: to drive positive change in business and society, creating services that make life better.

This is a new and exciting role that will suit an ambitious and motivated PR professional: an expert copywriter who has a deep understanding of the media landscape and extensive experience of working with journalists.

Whilst you will focus most of your time on PR related activity, the role also requires flexibility and a willingness to support the wider award-winning communications team.

What you will be doing:

• Increasing our earned media footprint via engaging content that amplifies our purpose: to drive positive change in business and society, creating services that make life better.
• Ensuring the successful launch of our brand-new business unit by providing expert PR support that showcases our tech services and capabilities.
• Building the profile of our key people via an ambitious thought leadership strategy.
• Driving awareness of our innovative services and exceptional culture through a best-in-class industry awards programme.
• Managing and mitigating any issues with the potential to impact our reputation.

On a day-to-day basis this will include:

• PR Strategy: Delivering the earned media strategy across Sopra Steria and its UK family of brands; including drafting press releases, bylined articles, and media pitches; liaising with journalists; identifying and developing story ideas; and providing expert PR advice to colleagues from across the business.
• Press Office: Helping to manage a best-in-class press office, which responds timely and appropriately to incoming media queries and requests.
• Reputation Management: Supporting the Communications Director and Head of External Communications with crisis communications and corporate reputational issues, working closely with colleagues across the business and external stakeholders.
• Content Creation: Creating quality content that supports our corporate messaging, and is suitable for multiple different channels, will be an important part of your day-to-day activity.
• Measurement & Reporting: Taking a data-led approach to all activity and showcasing the added value earned media brings to the business.

What you’ll bring:

• Personal track record of driving impactful media relations and increasing brand awareness.
• Ability to work cross-functionally in a complex, global, matrixed organisation.
• A passion for storytelling and the ability to create high-quality, engaging content that increases our media profile in the UK.
• Highly collaborative and able to influence senior stakeholders, as well as willing to roll up your sleeves to make things happen.
• Must be a team player who is willing to support the wider communications team as necessary and play a leading part in its success.
• Commercially minded with the ability to translate how PR delivers business results and contributes to achieving corporate objectives.

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply; we’d love to hear from you!

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Level of Clearance:

SC

Salary offered will be in line with experience and development needs.

We are a purpose-driven digital transformation provider, creating innovative digital solutions to help clients drive their digital transformation projects and secure tangible and sustainable benefits. We harness the power of innovation to drive positive change in both business and society, delivering sustainable growth and services which make life better, from effective frontline citizen services to digitising financial services, utilities, and delivering smarter roads.

We place people at the heart of everything we do and are committed to working with our customers, partners, and suppliers to shape a better world and add real and lasting social value to the communities in which we work.

Together we are building a better future by delivering real and lasting value. We are just at the start of what we can achieve together. Come and join us!