Media Relations Manager, Greene King

Company Description

As a Media Relations Manager your role will be based from Bury St Edmunds or Burton on Trent on a hybrid working basis. Your role will be within the Corporate Affairs and External Communications Team and will report into the Senior External Communications Manager.ÂÂThe External Communications team will support the business to have the highest profile in its sector, with a reputation as a successful and sustainable business, respected by external stakeholders. This will be achieved by promoting Greene King, primarily through business/strategy PR, employer brand, ESG, group consumer PR and protecting its reputation through its best-in-class press office function.Â

Join us at Greene King the country's leading pub company and brewer, where our mission is to pour happiness into lives and become the pride of great British hospitality. We have something special, deeply rooted in our 220-year brewing and pub history, creating the business we are proudly known for today. Still today our 39,000 strong team are the guardians of what wholly British, the pub experience.ÂÂ

Additional Information

In reward for your hard work, you will receive...Â

You will receive a competitive salary, pension contribution as well as:Â

33 days Annual Leave – With the opportunity to buy an additional 5 days!ÂLife AssuranceÂDiscounted Dental and Health InsuranceÂÂDiscount of 33% for you and 15% for your loved ones on all of our brands – so you enjoy your favourite food and drink at a discount.ÂFree employee assistance program – Mental Health, well-being, Financial, and Legal support because you matter!ÂÂDiscount of 50% for you and 25% for your loved ones at our Greene King Inns and hotels. – so, you can enjoy a weekend away without breaking the bankÂRefer a friend – Who do you know who could be interested in a new role? When they are placed, you could earn up to £1,500 for referring them!ÂWage Stream – Access your wage before payday for when life happens.ÂÂRetail discounts – Receive up to 30% of at Superdrug, exclusive discounts with three mobile along with many more…ÂThe chance to further your career across our well-known brands – As one of the industry's top apprenticeship providers, we can provide training and development at each level of your career. ÂÂJob Description

Location: Burton on Trent or Bury St Edmunds

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Your role as a Media Relations Manager...

The successful candidate will play a key role in working on Greene King busy 24/7 press office, managing all media enquiries for the business. This includes enquiries from all part of the business, from corporate enquiries to those on our pub brands, breweries, leased, tenanted & franchised estate - making the role varied and fast-paced.

This role purpose is to manage the enquiries that come through the press office in a thorough, clear and timely way, protecting and promoting the company reputation through the media. Identifying reputational risks and managing issues will also be a key part of the role.ÂÂThe successful candidate will also need to collate the results of the press office efforts, monitoring for, capturing and evaluating media coverage to report back to the wider business.ÂÂThis role will build relationships with key media, including national, regional and trade press. The successful candidate will also connect with colleagues from right across the business.ÂÂThis role will also support the investments and disposals media relations, as and when required. This will include monitoring the internal trackers, liaising with other parts of the business including property and marketing to prepare press releases, preparing proactive and reactive media statements and briefings as well as managing the communications plan to the relevant stakeholders within the business. ÂIt will also support the corporate team social media activities, with content creation for LinkedIn, X and Instagram.ÂÂThis role will connect with other PR managers within the business when working on Press Office. It will have a variety of stakeholders from right across the business when dealing with reactive media enquiries.ÂThrough investments and disposals PR the role will connect with various teams including asset optimisation and portfolio planning, marketing and operations teams.ÂÂAligning our external positions through internal approval includes CEO, CXO, COO, MDs, Corporate Affairs and External Comms Director, People & Culture teams.Â

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What you'll bring...

Three years’ experience in consumer PR role or account manager roleÂTo have worked on a busy press office with strong media relations experienceÂÂA strong communicator that can adapt for audiences of varying degrees of knowledgeÂÂÂStrong written and oral English language skills - able to write clearly, effectively and succinctly and able to transform technical content into understandable, concise copyÂMedia management and experience in crisis/issues managementÂÂExperienced in evaluation / reportingÂÂStrong understanding of social media channelsÂExperience in handling the mediaÂExperience working on a busy and pressurised press officeÂShow resilience and be able to manage communications in a crisisÂStrong judgementÂÂAutonomous and confident making decisions and advising under pressureÂAbility to multi-task and to work independently on multiple projects simultaneouslyÂStrong attention to detailÂÂExperience in social media – being able to create content and identify opportunitiesÂÂA team player with a positive and proactive attitudeÂAbility to establish positive working relationships, both internally and externallyÂTo be able to work collaboratively and communicate effectively to the wider businessÂÂPersonable and able to bring other people on the journeyÂÂA genuine desire to work within the pub and brewing sectorÂÂGood understanding of the media landscapeÂWilling to adapt to the changes and needs of the business and project contextÂShares Greene King values and wants to be part of themÂ

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