Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£52,000 Per Annum

About the Role
We’re seeking a Senior Media and PR Manager – Fundraising and Brand to join our talented and ambitious media and PR team. This is an exciting time to join the charity as it launches its new five-year strategy this autumn to supercharge our efforts to transform the lives of anyone affected by breast cancer. You’ll lead media and PR activity around Breast Cancer Now’s fundraising and brand marketing activity, developing and leading delivery of ambitious annual media plans for these areas of work supporting delivery on the charity’s new overarching strategy. You’ll ensure all plans are tightly aligned to the charity’s strategic ambitions and ensure integration and consistent communications across channels for greatest impact. You’ll build profile within the media that positions us as the ‘charity of choice’, raising awareness, engagement and support among actual and potential supporters across our fundraising activity, from our wide range of fundraising challenge events and flagship campaigns, to driving excellent results for corporate partnerships around shared values and targets in a way that makes us an aspirational charity to partner with. As the lead media and PR contact for the brand marketing team, you’ll have a unique opportunity to work closely with our world/industry leading brand marketing agency to provide counsel and support the shaping of creative media and PR activity that best amplifies the charity’s brand across the year. Key to this role is ensuring relevant internal stakeholders are brought in where appropriate. You’ll also play a key part in supporting the day-to-day leadership of the wider media and PR team.

Experience
Strong experience of working in health communications and media/PR relations environments.

About you
Excellent at building and nurturing impactful relationships both internally and externally at all levels. You’ll be an effective negotiator with the ability to balance complex and sensitive needs across stakeholders (including corporate partners, agencies, fundraisers, and journalists) to secure media profile that cuts through and resonates with key audiences. You’ll also be a sensitive communicator in your interactions with people affected by breast cancer who support our work. A creative thinker, you’ll bring fresh ideas and bold thinking to help elevate the charity’s brand, cutting through the media noise with smart, stand-out storytelling. You’ll be agile in feeding into and delivering campaign ideas that make an impact. A natural planner with a strategic mindset, you’ll work closely with colleagues to forward plan and consider the bigger picture while ensuring tight alignment and consistency across all communications output. Your ability to prioritise multiple and complex projects and handle conflicting demands and tight deadlines will also be key to the success of your team.

Qualifications
Proven ability to digest and translate complex health information and create compelling copy at pace for media, with an instinctive news sense to identify proactive and reactive media opportunities.