Public Relations Manager

* Public Relations Manager.*

Rate: £180 - £200

Duration: 9 - 12Months

Sector: Life and Pensions

Location: Paddington

* Public Relations Manager.*

*As an internal PR consultant the PR manager is responsible for providing expert counsel across the company's business and channels, while helping to shape and implement external communications plans that are aligned to specific business requirements
*Evaluation of media campaigns
*Production of materials to support media campaigns, business issues and company spokespeople
*On-going responsibility to ensure alignment of plans with business strategy and execution against agreed objectives
*Develop and maintain face to face business relationships with relevant personal finance and trade journalists which result in positive and increasing levels of coverage for the company
*Primary point of contact for incoming media enquiries for national, regional, online and broadcast media
*Responsibility for handling and resolving customer complaints originated via the media and providing counsel that challenges the business to do what's right for both customer and business.
*Media 'call centre' contact 24/7, 365
*Acquire a broad knowledge of the company's operations, products and issues.
*Manage the corporate reputation of the Company with key external audiences including media, industry bodies/government, customers and opinion formers
*Briefing and coaching of senior spokespeople
*As appropriate, develop PR activity to support the customer contact strategy of the business through creative use of media relations tactics
*Managing, developing and integrating social media within the communication mix
*Acting as a broadcast and print media spokesperson for the company where necessary

Competence/Knowledge/Skills required of the Public Relations Manager:
*Working knowledge of personal finance media in the UK
*Exhibit a strong sense of news values and issues management
*Experience of the development, management and execution of proactive media campaigns,
*Experience of message development
*Knowledge of current issues and legislation facing the financial services industry, in particular the insurance sector
*Ideally some experience of acting as a media spokesperson on research/issues based topics
*Ability to assimilate information and communicate onwards in a clear and concise manner
*Ability to write materials for specific media audiences
*Excellent inter-personal skills including proven stakeholder management capability
*Knowledge of PR/Communication techniques and mechanisms (from brief to execution).

* Public Relations Manager.*

Hy-phen Limited is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.