Overview
As Head of Marketing Communications, you will own the firm’s marketing and communications strategy, focusing on content, thought leadership, PR, brand profile, events and client engagement. You will work with Partners, Directors and the Business Growth team to shape how the firm talks to the market, elevating the profile of its people and expertise to support growth. You will translate complex technical topics into accessible communications and oversee external communications and events. This is a senior, hands-on role with a direct impact on the firm’s market visibility and commercial success.
Pay / Benefits
- Hybrid and flexible working
- 33 days' annual leave
- Pension scheme
- Life insurance
- Healthcare from day one
- EV salary sacrifice scheme
Responsibilities
- Plan and deliver the marketing communications activity
- Develop engaging messaging, content and thought leadership
- Collaborate with senior stakeholders to produce articles and external commentary
- Translate complex subject matter into accessible communications
- Manage PR and external agencies
- Strengthen media presence and market profile
- Lead client events, seminars, webinars, and sponsorships
- Support business development through campaigns and client materials
- Ensure brand consistency across messaging and tone
- Manage external suppliers and marketing partners
- Measure and improve the effectiveness of communications
Key requirements
- 10+ years in marketing communications
- Experience in professional services or complex B2B environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Strong content creation and storytelling
- Experience delivering thought leadership and external communications
- PR and external agency management experience
- Experience delivering client-facing events
- Strong brand management experience
- Comfort working with senior stakeholders
- Commercial awareness of marketing’s role in growth
- Excellent organisational and project management skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- strong communication
- stakeholder management
- commercial awareness
- content creation
- thought leadership development
- PR management
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