Media Consultant in London

We are seeking an experienced communications professional with a unique blend of newsroom and PR agency expertise. This role provides an opportunity for someone who has built their career in national journalism and later sharpened their expertise in a PR agency providing corporate advisory counsel to senior clients, to combine their skillsets and make a real impact.

You will head Speakeasy, our media training practice, designing and delivering bespoke programmes for senior leaders from leading businesses and global organisations, while elevating communication standards across the wider team. You will also serve as a trusted advisor to senior clients, offering high-impact, strategic media and corporate counsel. This is a hands-on role, partnering closely with senior leaders, where your guidance will play a pivotal role in driving client outcomes and growth.

What You’ll Do

• Provide expert media training for executives and key spokespeople.
• Act as a trusted advisor on sensitive issues and high-stakes situations.
• Provide senior executive strategic counsel on reactive & proactive comms strategy (including but not limited to media).
• Build strong relationships with media contacts and manage press engagement.
• Design and deliver workshops to elevate communication skills across the business.

What We’re Looking For

• National newsroom experience: You’ve worked as a journalist for a major outlet and understand how stories are shaped and told.
• PR agency background: You know how to craft narratives, manage clients, and navigate complex reputational challenges.
• Exceptional writing, in particular speechwriting and storytelling skills with a sharp news sense.
• Calm under pressure, with proven experience in guiding global clients through commercially sensitive media moments.
• A natural coach and communicator who can inspire confidence and capability in others.
• Embrace our cornerstones of Love & Work, which require a passion for what we do and an ability to persevere.

You will also actively participate in our belonging values – collaborating to achieve common goals, connecting with one another authentically, sharing perspectives and embracing others, and supporting each other and our experiences.

The Company

Our employees come to us to work with some of the world’s best-known brands and influential people, helping our clients identify and tell meaningful stories that drive real change and genuine connection. Love & Work is our foundation because we do what we love, and we love what we do.

Many of our alumni have gone on to run their own top 150 agencies; to lead the communications and marketing for well-known global brands; and are leaders in their fields of expertise. We pride ourselves on the ability to assemble teams of passionate specialists from all over the world with a huge variety of backgrounds, all experienced in solving tricky problems.

Equal Opportunity

As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage all applicants to apply, regardless of race, religion, origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability. Freuds Group strives to ensure a sense of belonging for all; we’re proud to support and utilise a diverse range of perspectives in the teams we build as well as the work we create. Our belonging behaviours are built on the foundation of Collaboration, Connection, Empathy & Understanding and Allyship, these pillars are entwined into our daily life and are one of the markers for how we measure both company and individual success.