Senior Manager, PR and Comms
Build influence. Drive growth.
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What you will do
- Ownership of our international PR and communications strategy – working closely with the wider growth team to collaborate on stories that align to both business and marketing objectives
- Responsible for bringing our brand proposition to life through PR, ensuring our brand message cuts through in both UK and US markets
- Collaborate with our Head of Marketing and wider product specialists on go-to-market messaging to strengthen our position in the market
- Responsible for building and maintaining relationships with key journalists across UK and US marketing publications – leveraging our existing relationships, building on them to ensure we are a reliable source of information
- Own the Journey Further press office, pitching and securing high quality coverage for business news, thought leadership and expert comment
- Manage media lists, media audits and media relations strategy with both marketing industry and vertical press within the UK and US
- Ideation and delivery of unique PR campaigns that effectively communicate the agency’s brand message, leaving a lasting impact
- Own and develop personal brand strategies for key stakeholders across the US and UK, to raise greater awareness and authority of Journey Further
- Analyse data to identify trends, strengths, and opportunities for optimising and continuously improving our PR approach
Requirements
- You have 8+ years in a PR role
- You have proven experience of securing press coverage across both UK and US markets
- You have excellent practical experience of the performance marketing landscape
- You have a solid understanding of SEO and how PR can drive organic performance
- You have built and maintained strong relationships with MarTech and advertising media outlets and journalists that you still leverage now
- You have exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills, with a keen eye for detail
- You have a strong track record of nurturing and managing senior stakeholder relationships
- You have previously successfully worked with cross-functional teams
- You have experience of mentoring and supporting junior team members, helping them grow and develop
Diversity & Inclusion
Journey Further takes pride in creating an environment where everyone can be themselves. This starts with recruitment.
We pledge to make our roles as open as possible and to provide equal opportunities to everyone that is kind enough to give us their time. All recruitment decisions we take will be based solely on the positive skills and behaviours that applicants display and absolutely nothing else.
We do not discriminate based on any personal characteristic, we are a people first agency and we care about and celebrate individuals.
If something is important to you, it's important to us. If you have a particular need during the application process or during your time at Journey Further, please let us know.
- Department
- Growth
- Locations
- Manchester, London, Leeds
- Yearly salary
- £50,000 - £58,000
- Employment type
- Full-time
Perks & Benefits
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Flexibility
We understand that everyone works differently, so we provide them the freedom to work how they want, when they want and where they want. No role is ever fully remote as we want people to be spending time with one another in person – however, we will support you in making sure you are supported in what ways of working suit you best.
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Experience
Work alongside one of the most experienced digital teams in the industry, and collaborate directly with clients at some of the world’s largest brands and high-growth startups, including Virgin, Sky and Oddbox.
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Trust
We believe in giving ambitious people incredible autonomy in their work. You’ll have the freedom to tackle complex problems and the support of some of the talented people in the industry to do so.
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Wellbeing
We actively care for our team’s physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
We run various company initiatives to help promote physical wellbeing – yoga, running club, 5-a-side football to name a few.
We believe in taking a proactive approach when it comes to all our people’s mental wellbeing. As such we have partnered with experts (Vitality and Chakra Corporate) that our people can turn to.
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Learning
Through our Learn Together sessions, Book Club and Podcast, we learn from the best minds in the world and apply the most valuable insight to the work we do and how we run the business.
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CSR
CSR is a key priority for the business. We’re currently working on how we can make a lasting, positive impact on the world around us. Recent initiatives we are proud of include our cycling challenge for Breast Cancer Now, our donation to PhysCap and Jon’s campaign to support local food banks.
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Benefits
Our benefits package is constantly evolving. In the UK it currently includes:
- Pension matched up to 4%
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Private medical insurance
- Personal health fund
- Home working allowance
- 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and Christmas shutdown
- Unlimited unpaid holiday
In the US it currently includes:
- 401k matching
- Subsidized Medical, Dental & Vision
Company Life Insurance - Enhanced Maternity & Paternity cover
- Flexible and Remote working
- 25 days paid time off plus all federal holidays & office closure between Christmas and New Year
- Unlimited unpaid time off
About Journey Further
Journey Further is a performance marketing agency working with the world's leading brands and fast-growth start-ups. We blend strategic thinking, creativity, digital channels and experimentation to create the performance brands of tomorrow.
Senior Manager, PR and Comms
Build influence. Drive growth.
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