PR Manager

The Talent Set are delighted to be working with War Child to find their PR Manager.

The charity offers both remote and hybrid working options from their office in North London.

The PR Manager will be responsible for engaging with traditional, new, and niche media, across campaign areas including music, art, gaming and sport, and devising PR plans that support these and other fundraising and advocacy goals.

You will play a leading role in planning and executing the PR communications activities for War Child UK, as well as overseeing superb content development that supports PR activities.

You will also play an important part in executing our brand narrative around children affected by conflict and how War Child are supporting them with power and impact.

Key Responsibilities:

•        Develop, manage and lead proactive media strategies that promote War Child’s PR campaigns ensuring that these PR elements are effectively integrated into wider marketing and communications plans.

•        Secure media coverage that helps mobilise the public to raise money or take action to support us. This includes developing and leading media partnerships that enhance our profile and coverage in pursuit of advocacy and fundraising goals.

•        Manage the press office to ensure that journalists are engaged with promptly and professionally in a way that enhances our reputation as an effective and trusted media operation.

•        Provide expert strategic advice across the organisation on the best routes and angles to secure impactful media coverage and to identify and respond to media opportunities.

•                    To write, edit, commission and disseminate press-releases, op-eds, statements and other content to secure coverage of War Child across print, broadcast, and online media.

•        Build, lead and maintain strong relationships with journalists across a range of priority target media outlets and publications that help secure coverage for our goals - including through managing and overseeing press trips.

Person Specification:

•        An experienced media professional, with a track record of developing, leading and managing creative PR campaigns.

•        A demonstrable record of strategically identifying target journalists and outlets and successfully placing coverage – both mainstream and niche – that reach priority audiences.

•        Experience of developing media partnerships with online outlets, magazines newspapers, broadcast media and able to navigate these relationships to ensure the best possible outcomes for War Child.

•        Experienced in developing and commissioning content.

•        Experienced in developing press angles and hooks that achieve cut-through in a competitive media landscape.

•        Already has or would welcome quickly developing an understanding of the sensitivities involved in media work when it comes to vulnerable children and young people, and how to balance objectives with safeguarding obligations.

•        Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a high degree of emotional intelligence to deal with a variety of internal and external stakeholders and the ability to build effective working relationships at all levels.

•        Excellent writer with experience writing and editing press releases, op-eds, blogs, statements and media plans.

To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.