Senior Press Officer

2 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Movember Full time
Your public relations prowess could help change the face of men's health

  • Fun and collaborative culture
  • 10 months fixed term contract role
  • Hybrid working with 23 days per week in our London office


Movember is the leading charity changing the face of men's health globally, tackling mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer, testicular cancer.


About the role


To support the Head of PR & Communications in the execution of the 2024 Movember PR and comms plan, until the end of April 2025.


With offices in Australia, the UK, Canada, and the US, clear communication and collaboration across our markets is key to success.

As such, and owing to time differences across markets, some out of hours work is required.

There may also be a requirement to attend events as part of the role's duties and this could require some evening/weekend work on occasion.

Role to start ASAP.

You'll have the opportunity to

  • Manage the daytoday handling of incoming media inquiries across a range of press including broadcast, digital and print, including booking and planning radio and TV interviews
  • Prepare draft press releases and organise reactive comments from Movember spokespeople for the media
  • Work with the Head of PR and Comms to create engaging content across owned and earned media
  • Support with social media management, scheduling and community management to help grow our presence
  • Support in managing Movember's PR agency partners
  • Handle the logging and analysis of Movember's media coverage and track KPIs
  • Work with other teams internally to source engaging stories for the media
  • Conduct short interviews with local community members
  • Support with ambassador relations outreach
  • Event coordination & support

For this role, you'll need

  • 2+ years' experience working in a busy agency environment or clientside
  • A strong understanding of the earned media landscape print, digital, broadcast and social media (particularly Instagram and TikTok)
  • Experience pitching to media on the phone and inperson
  • Strong understanding of the UK media landscape, with good contacts in national and regional press, as well as men's lifestyle titles
  • Strong communications skills, specifically the ability to synthesise complexity into easily understood communications
  • Confidence to conduct interviews with case studies on the phone or in person
  • To be a creative thinker who understands how to create integrated PR campaigns
  • Excellent visual, oral and written communication skills
  • Selfstarter, highly organized, and detailoriented
  • Ability to pull and manage large data base lists and do analytical recapping

Bonus points for

  • A degree in Public Relations, Journalism, English, or similar

Why Movember?

Our employee benefits include:

  • Hybrid/Flexible working we offer our team a split of home and office working
  • 13 weeks paid Parental Leave and 6 weeks annual leave
  • Health Cash Plan to support the costs of everyday healthcare needs (dental, optical, wellbeing)
  • An Employee Assistance Programme offering face to face counselling, plus legal and financial support
  • A fun stimulating and collaborating culture, with company events
  • Service awards after 3, 5 and 10 years


Committees to join
  • Culture team, Diversity Equity & Inclusion
  • Bike to work scheme
  • Half day Fridays for 9 months of the year (December-August)
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