Head of Communications (City of London)

Job Type: 6 Month FTC – Potential to become permanent

Salary: £90,000 - £100,000

Location: London – Hybrid

Fantastic Career opportunity! DRC Search are partnering with the world’s fastest growing real estate services firm. They employ over 3,700 people in 108 cities across forty-one countries. They embrace change and think differently to deliver a dynamic working environment. They offer unlimited growth and will enable you to thrive in your career. They are a company that encourage and support their teams to do their best work every day, collaborating with global experts to maximize every opportunity and lead the industry into the future. They cultivate leaders and empower them to think and act differently. This is a collective, creative and market leading company and this is your opportunity to join them and move your career forward.

The Role: We are seeking a dynamic and enterprising communications and content expert to lead a core function within our EMEA Marketing & Communications team. As Head of Communications & Content, you will shape and deliver high-impact communications strategies and campaigns that enhance our brand reputation, support business growth, and amplify our thought leadership across commercial real estate services.

Working collaboratively with marketing, research, creative, and digital teams, as well as service line and business leaders, you will drive multi-channel content that speaks to our clients, our people, and the wider industry — reinforcing their position as a global leader in real estate services and investment management.

Key Purpose: To lead the creation and execution of content and communications initiatives that drive engagement, support business priorities, and elevate their market profile across the EMEA region.

Key Responsibilities:

• Communications Excellence: Design and deliver compelling, multi-channel content plans that elevate our insights, services, leadership and expertise. Deconstruct complex business themes into clear, engaging communications for internal and external audiences. Produce thought leadership and campaigns that reflect our tone of voice and brand values across digital, media, and social platforms.
• Strategic Thinking & Content Leadership: Shape regional communications strategies in support of key business initiatives, acquisitions, and leadership changes. Identify, craft, and amplify stories aligned to our corporate, service line, and thematic priorities. Manage regional content calendars and campaign rollouts with consistent messaging and measurable outcomes.
• People & Stakeholder Engagement: Lead and mentor a matrix of in-country PR and content professionals to develop capability and consistency across the region. Collaborate effectively with business leaders, senior stakeholders, and global colleagues to align priorities and maximise reach. Offer expert guidance and constructive feedback to internal teams to drive best practice.
• Media & Platform Management: Manage content performance using analytics tools and adapt strategies to enhance effectiveness. Maintain strong relationships with sector-specific media, ensuring impactful coverage of the company’s activity. Leverage martech and AI tools to enhance efficiency, engagement, and content delivery.
• Project & Campaign Management: Lead content workstreams and stakeholder engagement for major campaigns and strategic business initiatives. Track campaign milestones, measure success, and adapt as necessary to ensure outcomes are met. Maintain a service-oriented approach, acting as a trusted partner to the business.

Key Competencies:

• Strategic Vision: Able to link communications and content to broader business goals.
• Content Mastery: Excellent storyteller with strong editorial judgement and an eye for quality.
• Influencing Skills: Adept at managing senior stakeholders and collaborating across functions.
• Digital Fluency: Familiar with platforms, tools and channels for effective content dissemination.
• Project Leadership: Strong organisational and planning skills, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and competing priorities.
• People Development: Passion for mentoring and sharing expertise within a matrix structure.
• Agility & Problem Solving: Comfortable navigating change and ambiguity with a proactive mindset.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, Journalism, Marketing, English or a related field.
• Extensive experience in a managerial-level communications or content leadership role, ideally within real estate, B2B, professional or financial services.
• Demonstrable success in creating and managing impactful multi-channel campaigns.
• Excellent writing, editing, and storytelling skills across digital, media, and internal communication platforms.
• Proven experience in media relations and crisis communications.
• Strong familiarity with digital content tools, content management systems, SEO, analytics and social media platforms.
• Skilled in Microsoft Office and comfortable adopting new technologies, including AI-powered tools.
• Native-level English proficiency is essential; additional language skills are a plus.

What can they offer you: In return, you will have the opportunity to work with a dynamic and talented team with some incredible stakeholders in a truly special working environment. Career development, and progression is a real focus. They will enable you to broaden your skillset and provide you with a highly progressive training and development programme to enrich your career. Your ideas will be listened to and will have a real impact on the business. This is your opportunity to be part of this first-class global business.

If this sounds like the right career move for you, click apply for our role and Mags will be in touch to answer all your questions.