Senior Consultant (corporate communications)

The role:

• Acting as a day-to-day point of contact for clients and playing a key role in account teams, with a particular focus on media relations and corporate communications.

• Writing of client-facing documents, including press releases, pitch notes, messaging, briefing documents, and owned channel communications collateral.

• Contributing to the delivery of cross-channel strategy and ensuring standards of quality across all work.

• Leading on media relations activity for clients.

• Supporting across new business activity, from research through to proposal development.

• Bringing new ideas and insight into the team, and to clients – stretching our broader thinking and capabilities.

• Supporting on crisis communications, including media and social media monitoring.

We’re looking for candidates with:

• Candidates with minimum 18 months experience in a communications role at a consultancy or relevant in-house role are preferred.

• A keen interest in the media landscape and different media formats, news and current affairs, creative storytelling, digital campaigning and business.

• Excellent writing skills, with a keen eye for detail.

• A passion for a fast-paced and varied working environment, such as in a busy press office, in-house communications team or PR agency.

• Some experience in agency or equivalent in-house role with experience of delivering high-quality communications work.

• A good understanding of the media (at a national, regional, trade and specialist level) and how the landscape is changing.

• A proactive approach to client accounts, anticipating upcoming moments and client needs, and bringing forward ideas and recommendations.

• Ability to manage multiple clients and workstreams, prioritising effectively across different pieces of work.)

The successful candidate will:

• Work with well-known companies and brands in different sectors making an important, tangible contribution to the UK.

• Help these clients, and our team, to develop and execute campaigns, with specific focus on corporate comms and media relations.

• Be part of an exciting consultancy focused on delivering high-quality work that helps our clients act to earn reputation and advocacy.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing research support across accounts, demonstrating strong attention to detail

• Providing media and political monitoring

• Preparing agendas, booking meeting rooms, and supporting preparation for client meetings

• Drafting client documents such as briefings, bios, letters, op-eds, blogs, press releases, and social media content

• Supporting on delivering parliamentary events

• Flagging relevant political and media updates to clients

• Contributing to new business activity

Benefits:

• Bonus: Discretionary bonus of up to 15% of salary if the company performs and you individually perform

• Contract: Full-time

• Wellbeing / TOIL Day: working 29 in 30 days for all employees - i.e. equivalent of one day additional leave per month.

• Health Insurance: Entitled to participate in our Health Insurance scheme on completion of your probationary period.

• Pension: We will comply with the pension duties concerning auto-enrolment from the date that we are legally required to do so.

• Leave: 25 days holiday per year (Jan-Dec) prorated, plus bank holidays

• Office working: 60/40 Hybrid working:

• Work from abroad: 2 weeks 'work from abroad/away' allowance per year.

• Season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme available.

• £30 per month mobile allowance (subject to tax & NI) and one-off £100 spend on home working equipment (to be supported by receipts).

For more information or to apply, please email recruitment@5654.co.uk with your CV and a cover letter. The closing date for applications is Monday 12th October, with interviews due to take place in mid-October.