Director of Corporate and Financial Communications

A proactive, strategic thinker, with an excellent network of media contacts and experience handling crisis communications, as well as building reputation-enhancing communications campaigns.

With a keen interest in setting the agenda and influencing a wide range of audiences – especially investors and the financial media, but also policy-makers, regulators and consumers.

This is a role is for someone who wants to drive a drumbeat of activity and secure regular coverage as well as handling set-piece announcements as well as crisis and issues.

You will be an expert in dealing with financial and business journalists (perhaps as a former journalist yourself), as well as being able to explain complex financial details simply and confidently.  

You must be brimming with ideas for eye-catching stories, calm under pressure, and able to manage reactive and proactive comms at the same time. You will manage an agency and oversee a press office and reactive media responses. Experience in targeting the policy-making community will also be an advantage.

You will have a well-established media contacts book and know what makes a story, as well as having worked with senior executives on media relations.

Role Requirements

• Excellent media relations experience, handling day to day coverage, announcements and issues

• A well-established network of business journalists

• Business/financial journalism experience preferred, as well as in house and/or agency experience

• Proven experience leading strategic communications activity and securing favourable business/financial coverage 

• Excellent writing and verbal communications skills

• Confident at drafting reactive media lines

• Experience working with senior executives

• Crisis communications experience

• An interest in the telecoms sector

Great to have

• Telco / tech experience and expertise

• Experience in transactions

• Direct political experience

• Experience in a regulated industry

• Experience in financial communications or investor relations

• Media coaching and preparation skills

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