Media Relations Manager (12 months) Liverpool, England
Job description
Our people work differently depending on their jobs and needs. From hybrid working to flexible hours, we have plenty of options that help our people to thrive.
This role is based in the United Kingdom and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United Kingdom.
Join us as a Media Relations Manager in the north of England or midlands
- This is an opportunity to utilise your communications experience and advance your career in an exciting, fast paced role
- As Media Relations Manager, you’ll be responsible for promoting and protecting the reputation of our bank as part of NatWest Group’s Regional Communications Team
- Joining a collaborative and influential team, you can expect lots of variety and great visibility for you and your work
- This position is available for a period of 12 months
What you'll do
In this key role, you’ll work closely with stakeholders and colleagues to create, deliver and execute innovative and well-rounded media and communications activity for a range of topics across the bank. And by developing an excellent network of journalist contacts outside of the traditional finance media landscape, you’ll help to ensure that our strategy is communicated in a creative way.
Day to day, you’ll be:
- Preparing and managing communication strategies and activities that are suitable for multi-channel platforms
- Producing high quality content to support plans, including video, graphics, audio and written material
- Working closely with your team to track and maintain a report of the bank’s coverage
- Making sure that communication activities have both long and short-term goals in mind, supporting our strategy of building a stronger, simpler and fairer bank
The skills you'll need
To join us in this role, you’ll need experience of dealing with the media and gaining positive coverage through a range of means, such as press releases, social media, managing events, research and more innovative content platforms like film and podcast. You’ll have a strong grasp of political and economic issues and demonstrate first class news sense and judgement. Experience of working in a busy media office or agency and a great regional journalist contacts book would be an advantage as would experience in internal communications or marketing.
You’ll also need:
- To be a confident communicator, acting with discretion and sensitivity when required
- The ability to influence at a senior level
- Excellent interpersonal and team-working skills
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise effectively and work under pressure to meet deadlines
- The ability to work using your own initiative and as part of a wider team
If you need any adjustments to support your application, such as information in alternative formats or special requirements to access our buildings, or if you’re eligible under the Disability Confident Scheme please contact us and we’ll do everything we can to help.
