PR Manager – Culture & Entertainment (Maternity Cover)
We are looking for an experienced,dynamic PR professional to join our Culture & Entertainment publicity team as Acting PR Manager on a maternity leave contract. This is an exciting opportunity for a well-connected PR with strong line management experience -someone who loves live tours, comedy, theatre, podcasts, festivals, and live events, and who is ready to play a key role in our thriving Culture & Entertainment team.
The Opportunity: Acting PR Manager, Culture & Entertainment
Key Responsibilities
- Lead major PR campaigns across live comedy, tours, podcasts, festivals, experiential events and theatre projects, delivering high-quality work and impactful results.
- Develop and execute creative strategies for a diverse portfolio of projects, managing a small campaign team effectively.
- Work strategically to identify the right activity to reach priority audiences and deliver on campaign objectives.
- Act as the senior daily client contact, providing trusted counsel, proactively communicating, and fostering excellent relationships with clients and stakeholders.
- Approve coverage reports, client updates and campaign plans before they are shared externally.
- Lead client liaison including project reporting, meetings and day to day communication.
Media Relations & Issues Management
- Bring an established network of media relationships across broadcast, print, online and digital, ideally with a particular network of contacts covering live arts.
- Proactively grow and nurture media contacts, identifying new outlets and opportunities for audience engagement.
- Monitor the media landscape, anticipate emerging issues and develop strategies to mitigate risk.
- Handle complex media issues, establishing clear reactive procedures and preparing lines for enquiry, briefings and guidance.
- Possess excellent writing skills and strong news sense, producing sharp, engaging press materials.
- Manage and support junior team members up to Publicist level, ensuring high-quality work across campaigns.
- Provide guidance through challenges, oversee workloads, set performance objectives and offer development opportunities.
- Work under the direction of the Director, Culture & Entertainment.
- Confidently lead teams at events, red carpets and photo calls when necessary.
Project & Workflow Management
- Maintain excellent organisation and administration, anticipating deadlines and managing campaign and event budgets effectively.
- Handle multiple high-priority projects at pace.
- Ensure timely delivery of coverage reports and end-of-campaign updates.
- Maintain a visible presence for Culture & Entertainment campaigns and project social media channels; contribute actively to internal updates and bulletins.
New Business
- Support the senior team in new business pitches and contribute to identifying new opportunities for agency growth.
Additional Requirements
- This role requires working at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe during August, so candidates must be willing to travel.
- Out-of-hours work is expected, including attending press nights, work-in-progress shows and London galas. Multitude Media operates a robust time in lieu scheme for additional hours worked.
Key information
- Position: PR Manager - Culture and Entertainment
- Contract type: Maternity Cover
- Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours a week with flexi-working based around core hours of 10am to 5:30pm.
- Location: Hybrid working – minimum of 3 days working at our head office in Central London, plus home working.
All members of the Multitude Media team are granted access to our benefits scheme, which includes:
- Generous time-in-lieu scheme for all employees due to necessary evening/weekend work on occasion.
- Generous annual leave, incl. bonus birthday day off and fully paid charity working day.
- Season ticket loan scheme.
- Cycle to work scheme.
To apply
Candidates should send a cover letter of no more than 500 words explaining why they are suitable for the role, along with their CV to karma.symington@multitudemedia.co.uk. The deadline for applications is 23:59 on Tuesday 6th January 2026. Interviews will be conducted w/c 19th January 2026. Please note applications sent without a cover letter will not be considered.
