Head of PR

1 month ago

London, United Kingdom Checkatrade Full time

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About The Role

Head of PR
Up to 12 months from mid-Feb 2025

We have an exciting fixed-term maternity cover available for an experienced Head of PR. You'll join our Corporate Affairs team and lead the Public Relations strategy and execution. You'll play a key role in maintaining and enhancing the company's reputation, overseeing external communications, and ensuring a cohesive public narrative across all media channels. You'll join a business with exceptional talent and exciting growth plan. We move at pace connecting people with trades and tools to make home improvements easy whilst building communities. Why? Because safe and happy homes matter Could this be for you?

Location: London-based, hybrid working applies with minimum of 3 days in the office required. Option to work 4 or 5 days per week.

Where do you fit in?

You'll report to the VP of Corporate Affairs and manage and execute our PR Strategy and agenda. You'll be laser-focused in discovering PR opportunities which contribute ideas for creative campaigns within PR and other marketing channels. You'll manage media and influencer relations and act as the primary point of contact for press inquiries and media opportunities across digital and print. This includes creating compelling press releases, media kits, and other PR materials to effectively communicate key messages. You'll use your meticulous eye for detail to lead teams when responding to high-profile customer and media issues, while also working closely with the Leadership Team to provide external comms solutions that support business change and align with business needs. Additionally, you'll produce weekly PR updates, manage our PR Agency and brief senior spokespeople on communicating with the media.

We are an equal opportunities employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

What's in it for you?
  • A high impact opportunity - you'll join a household name during an exciting period of growth.
  • You'll be part of a business with momentum and work with passionate and talented team around you. To find out more about leadership team, check out: Leadership Team | Checkatrade Careers.
  • A compelling salary and benefits package that includes private medical and much-more.
What do you need to succeed?
  • You'll be a charismatic Head of PR with experience across proactive and reactive communication strategies and crisis communication scenarios.
  • Your background could be either in-house or an agency.
  • Experience handling high profile media queries, working cross-functionally and with a superlative attention to detail.
  • Excellent inter-personal skills for developing relationships with media representatives, handling challenging situations and advising senior leaders.
  • Experience of handling social media communities, including dealing with online crisis situations.
  • You'll be calm headed, resilient, with the gravitas and experience to rise to the occasion.
About Us

We believe in the power of homes to improve lives, support livelihoods, and build communities. That's why our mission is to be the trusted foundation of every home by connecting people with the trades and tools to make home improvements easy.

Established in 1998, we've built a UK leading brand, expanded our trade base, and seen record levels of consumer demand - but this is just a start We are excited about the unique opportunity ahead of us to deliver unparalleled growth while strengthening our position as a UK leading marketplace for home improvements and repairs.

Our values are who we are and what we do. As a collective we are all in and moving at pace. We have a bias for action and are always customer obsessed. We are innately ambitious and think big and bold. And we always do the right thing by our customers and our team.

So, if you want to be part of a forward-thinking, values driven business that is truly going places - then maybe this is the place for you?

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