Senior Manager, PR and Comms

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.