Strategic Communications Jobs
You will find some of our current strategic communications jobs listed below. However, due to the confidential nature of certain briefs, we have many live roles that we are unable to list here.
Please get in touch directly with your CV and we will be able to discuss further roles in detail.
Senior/Research Manager
London
A top international media consultancy is looking for a Senior/Research Manager l to join their in-house Research & Strategy team. The role is to work holistically across all sectors of the business.
The role involves international research and collaborating with the agencies counterparts. The agency works with a blue-chip client list as well as governments and charities. This is an opportunity to elevate traditional Market Research to a strategically consultative level. Helping inform your clients long-term commercial strategy and objectives using data-driven market insights.
The successful candidate will:
- 360 management of research lifecycle
- Desire to be a client-handler and support commercial objectives
- Project management from interrogating briefs, writing proposals to budgeting and presentations
- Experience providing strategic insights & recommendations
This is a unique opportunity for an ambitious and driven individual to join a prestigious consultancy with a highly respected team and take on innovative research using ground-breaking methods.
Flexible working and amazing benefits included.
Please apply with your full CV to saherkhalid@melburywood.com
Public Relations Lead
London OR Midlands
My client, a well-known Fortune 500 business, is looking for a Public Relations lead. This role involves managing consumer PR for this highly respected business and their brands. This position would suit a PR professional with experience leading campaigns centred around creativity, and an interest in doing B2C and B2B work. This role will further give the individual the chance to work directly with specialist teams across UK and Europe, including marketing, social media, and other PR professionals across corporate and public affairs.
Responsibilities
- Develop integrated PR plans for the business and its brands
- Sit within the Marketing team and work across truly integrated campaigns and efforts
- Work closely with external PR agencies and oversee the consumer press office
- Draft press materials and comments when necessary, and prepare reports for stakeholders
- Support in social media efforts, e.g. using Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
Requirements
- Consumer PR experience, with an interest or experience in healthcare or consumer health
- Media liaison knowledge and experience
- Awareness on how to communicate with varying audiences
- Experience reporting to senior team members and key stakeholders
- Desire to work and exceed in a fast-moving and busy organisation
This position would suit an in-house PR professional at a junior level or an agency PR professional at SAE-SAM level.
Salary: circa. £35k with flex for the perfect candidate
Please apply with your full CV to tasminkhin@melburywood.com for more details. Successful candidates will be contacted within 3 working days.
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Director (Public Affairs, Generalist)
New York
Due to recent successes, a global communications agency is looking to add a senior hire to their team. Their clients include household names and blue-chip companies covering a broad range of sectors some of which include FMCG, Food & Drink, Retail, Sports & Leisure.
Minimum requirements:
- A proven track record of working within a consultancy environment, demonstrated by working within another communications agency.
- A strong track record of working on UK and/or international public affairs campaigns and issues.
What they are looking for:
- Excellent client account management skills and ability to lead on accounts independently day to day.
- Ability to provide credible senior counsel on sensitive and key policy issues and initiatives.
- Good people skills and track record of management, evidenced through successfully building and leading teams.
- A good track record of cultivating and converting new business opportunities.
- Excellent communicator, both verbally and in writing.
Please apply with your full CV to amandeepgill@melburywood.com
Successful candidates will be contacted within 3 working days and interviews are ongoing.
Digital Lead, Corporate
Salary: £50,000-£70,000; Location: London
As a result of an incredibly strong year, this up-and-coming agency is looking to build out its digital offering. This is a chance to join the business at a time fuelled by organic growth, and work alongside the C-suite and business founders to build the agency’s digital capability from scratch. This company is well known for its high energy and culture, having won numerous awards for its outstanding benefits and atmosphere. This is a unique opportunity for a digital specialist with an understanding of the communications landscape and a drive to build and grow.
Requirements:
- A strong track record in a digital role in a PR or communications agency
- A strong track record of overseeing digital strategy and new business in an agency setting
- Experience working on b2b and/or corporate clients
- Desire to take direction and have influence at a senior level
What they are looking for:
- A leader and advisor at all levels, including advising senior members of the business on digital strategy and capabilities
- A commercially-focused individual excited by the prospect of growth and delivery
- Someone confident and comfortable working with a wide range of clients and teams
- Understanding of social media management, assets, and strategy
Please email TasminKhin@melburywood.com for more information or a confidential chat.
Vice President (Corporate)
Salary: $130-160k; Location: New York
A mid-sized corporate communications agency based in NY is looking to add a Director to their high performing team. You will need to be a good self starter with a proactive approach and good track record in agency. In return you will be able to work across a range of top tier clients and accounts in this rapidly growing and ambitious firm.
Please email grantsomerville@melburywood.com for more information.
Account Director, Financial Services/FinTech
Salary: £45,000+; Location: London
This position is for a growing integrated agency that puts digital at the heart of campaigning, and agility and innovation into everything that they do. You would be leading across some really exciting up-and-coming businesses in the financial and fintech space. Their current team is made up of ex-consultants from the banking and financial services world, and individuals who have run communications for media and tech start-ups internationally. The senior leadership are extremely hands-on, and you will get exposure to some of the most talented communications players in this sector. This business is also incredibly passionate about sustainability and positive change, and have clients in the cleantech, renewable energy, professional services and property sectors.
Requirements:
- Confident Senior Account Manager or Account Director level
- Passion for and understanding of the financial services/fintech markets
- Understanding of integrated campaign work
What they are looking for
- Someone who wants real responsibility from day one
- An individual who wants to work with cutting-edge businesses in the financial services and fintech space
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Consistent track record of delivering and exceeding client programmes and expectations
- Brilliant leadership skills with experience managing teams and developing more junior team members
Please email TasminKhin@melburywood.com for more information.
Consumer tech candidates
Salary: £20,000-40,000+; London
I am working with a well-established and rapidly growing team who are looking to bolster their PR function. They focus on only one client, giving their team the chance to really get stuck into one client. The agency is award-winning and well-known, and is made up of PR professionals, creatives, and digital natives.
This team travels regularly to tech conferences, across Europe and APAC.
Requirements:
- Candidate between AE-SAM level
- Passion for and understanding of the consumer tech sector
What they are looking for:
- Confident at building relationships
- Clear communicator
- Experience in integrated campaigning, including digital and social
Please email TasminKhin@melburywood.com for more information.
Senior Account Manager (Public Affairs)
Salary: £35,000 - £46,000; Location: London
A market leading integrated communications agency is looking to add an Account Manager or Senior Account Manager to their well established public affairs team. The role will involve working on some household names and brands across a range of sectors including tech, infrastructure, transport, health, housing, property, energy, sport & leisure, etc.
Minimum requirements:
- A proven track record of working within a consultancy envrionment, demonstrated by working within another communications agency.
- A good knowledge of and passion for UK politics and Whitehall.
What they are looking for:
- A track record of working on other public affairs campaigns in the UK.
- A good understanding of the frameworks and processes within Whitehall and Westminster.
- The ability to give senior counsel to clients in a credible and persuasive manner.
- Well organised and work in a timely manner.
- Good working under pressure to tight deadlines.
- You are high energy, driven and engaging
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Excellent communicator, both verbally and in writing.
Please apply with your full CV to amandeepgill@melburywood.com successful candidates will be contacted within 3 working days and interviews are ongoing.
Head of Strategy & Insights
Salary: £65,000-£90,000; Location: London
Due to recent successes, a top rated strategic communications consultancy is looking to add a senior level hire to help build out a specialist function within their business and award winning team. Their clients include household names and not for profits covering a broad range of sectors.
Minimum requirements:
- A proven track record of working within a consultancy envrionment, demonstrated by working within another communications/research & insights agency.
- A strong track record of working on UK corporate communications campaigns and issues.
- Evidence of working with, applying and interpreting large data sets, research material and insights to find creative solutions for clients.
What they are looking for:
- Excellent client account management skills and ability to provide support on accounts independently day to day.
- Find and apply the right research methodologies in response to a client challenge
- Analysing and interpreting research (qual and quant).
- A leading role in workshops / presentations, presenting back insights and helping to facilitate client discussions
- Excellent communicator, both verbally and in writing.
Please apply with your full CV to GrantSomerville@melburywood.com successful candidates will be contacted within 3 working days and interviews are ongoing.
Account Manager, Corporate
Salary: £30,000+; Location: London
An award-winning privately owned communications agency is looking for an Account Manager to join their team. This business operates across a range of sectors and has a reputation for providing excellent strategic advice and for executing high-impact campaigns. Their clients consist of a range of FTSE-listed businesses, trade bodies, entrepreneurial SMEs, and more, and they cover a mix of sectors including energy, sustainability, law and technology. The agency is dynamic and supportive, and have been a leader in the industry for 30 years. This role will be primarily focused on delivering campaigns for national brands and sector-leading businesses. This business is especially looking for someone bright, ambitious, flexible and adaptable, and they offer a lot of support to help you take your career to the next level.
Requirements
- At least 3 years in a communications role (agency or in-house), having gained a solid understanding of corporate or B2B communications
- Comfortable running and overseeing a range of accounts
What they are looking for
- Excellent client and personal skills
- Commercially savvy, with a proven track record for delivery
- Someone excited about new business generation, with a strong track record of winning clients
Please apply by way of full CV to TasminKhin@melburywood.com for more information.
Account Director, Public Affairs (Health)
Salary: £48,000-£70,000; Location: London
Melbury Wood are searching for an Account Director to join a well-reputed and award winning consultancy to bolster their healthcare team after recent successful new business wins. A good track record of working in another consultancy is highly desirable in addition to a good knowledge of healthcare policy process from local to national frameworks including NICE, Care Quality Commission and Dept. of Health. In addition to a competitive salary, you will have good opportunities for career progression within the team and an excellent bonus scheme.
Minimum requirements:
- A proven track record of working within a consultancy environment, demonstrated by working within another communications agency is highly desirable but not essential.
- Good knowledge of and passion for the health policy space in the UK.
What they are looking for:
- A good understanding of the frameworks and processes within healthcare from a local to national and supra-national level within NICE, CQC and Dept. of Health.
- Well organised and work in a timely manner.
- Good working under pressure to tight deadlines.
- Ability to communicate complex regulatory policy issues and commercial challenges in a simple and effective way.
- You are high energy, driven and engaging
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Excellent communicator, both verbally and in writing.
Please apply with your full CV to amandeepgill@melburywood.com successful candidates will be contacted within 3 working days and interviews are ongoing.
Associate Director (Public Affairs)
Salary: £60,000-£80,000; Location: flexible
A UK wide integrated communications agency is looking to add a senior hire to their team to focus on mainly public affairs issues for their clients. This is a great opportunity to join a successful and award winning team and undertake a strategic and senior role within the business with real autonomy.
Minimum requirements:
- A proven track record of working within a consultancy environment, demonstrated by working within another communications agency.
- A strong track record of working on UK public affairs campaigns and issues.
- Evidence of working on and good knowledge of wider communications and media relations (highly desirable).
What they are looking for:
- Excellent client account management skills and ability to lead on accounts independently day to day.
- Ability to provide credible advice on sensitive and key policy issues and initiatives.
- Good people skills and track record of management
- A good track record of cultivating and converting new business opportunities.
- Excellent communicator, both verbally and in writing.
Please apply with your full CV to amandeepgill@melburywood.com Successful candidates will be contacted within 3 working days and interviews are ongoing.
PR Account Director (beauty)
Salary: £45-50k; Location: London (hybrid)
An industry leader in the beauty space is looking for a strong Account Director or Senior Account Director to join their team. This individual must have a strong track-record in PR and also enjoy taking on the role of nurturing more junior talent.
This agency is known for driving PR, comms, and influencer work for the world's most recognisable brands and businesses. The business is a one-stop 360 shop for the biggest beauty and wellness brands globally, and has international offices. Clients for this role include one of the biggest and most recognised skincare brands, an innovative household-name haircare brand known for big and bold colours, and another niche brand which has recently gone viral on TikTok.
Responsibilities
- Service clients to the highest standard
- Be proactive in coaching and leading junior staff members
- Keep abreast of trends and updates in the beauty PR world
- Develop strategic, creative, and integrated campaigns across PR and digital
- Be in-the-know with the top influencers and journalists in the beauty industry
- Reporting into Head of Comms for UK business
Requirements
- Obsessed with all things beauty!
Package
- Hybrid working arrangement
- Regular socials by level as well as company-wide
- Allowance for monthly wellness benefit (to go towards anything you want - gym membership or just to treat yourself!)
- Private healthcare
- Amazing and recently revamped wellness strategy
Please email TasminKhin@melburywood.com for more information or a confidential chat
Salary - circa. £50k
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Campaign Manager
Salary: £40,000-£50,000; Location: London
Due to a recent increase in political engagement, this industry trade body is looking to hire a campaigns manager to deliver impactful campaigns to advocate and protect the reputation of the industry within the UK. This role would suit a public affairs professional with communications experience who can engage meaningfully with external stakeholders and can transform advocacy aims into high value campaigns.
Responsibilities:
· Leading the development of advocacy campaigns
· Managing the production of key publications and campaign content
· Creating content, including writing reports, short form content and content for use on social media
· Working with public affairs, external communications and research teams to align campaigns to core external affairs aims
· Working with the external comms team and with members to generate case studies to support campaigns
· Managing relationships with key external agencies
Requirements:
· Proven expertise in and knowledge of the UK political and media environment
· Sound political and communications judgment
· Ability to plan and deliver creative campaigns using multiple techniques and channels
· Experience in managing stakeholder relationships
· Sound knowledge of digital and social communications
· Excellent IT skills: MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), and the ability to learn and use other software packages
· Ability to form effective working relationships with internal and external clients
· Strong administrative and organisation skills and great attention to detail
· Demonstrable initiative and enthusiasm, and the ability to work autonomously and collaboratively as part of a team
Please apply with your full CV to kieraaslett@melburywood.com for more details. Successful candidates will be contacted within 3 working days.
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Account Manager/Senior Account Manager, Property & Planning
Location: London; Salary: £29,000-£45,000
A leading property and planning specialist agency is looking add mid-level hires to their team at the Account Manager and Senior Account Manager level. With a UK wide network, you will be working on large scale developments in a range of sectors across planning, consultation, engagement and post-construction PR. You will be able to work remotely whilst being willing to travel to projects and client sites as required. A good knowledge of the planning process and local government is essential, whilst an existing track record in consultancy is highly desirable.
Minimum requirements:
· A proven track record of working within a consultancy environment is highly desirable.
· A strong track record of working on property and planning issues evidenced through consultancy work or working in local government is essential.
What they are looking for:
· Excellent client account management skills and ability to support or lead on accounts independently day to day.
· Ability to provide credible advice on sensitive and key policy issues and initiatives
· Able to strategise and implement effective stakeholder engagement and public consultation programmes.
· Good people skills and track record of management, evidenced through successfully building and leading teams.
· A good track record of cultivating and converting new business opportunities.
· Excellent communicator, both verbally and in writing.
Please apply with your full CV to amandeepgill@melburywood.com successful candidates will be contacted within 3 working days and interviews are ongoing.