Oakley Recruitment is working in partnership with an expanding organisation based in Tamworth. This is an excellent opportunity to join the team as a Senior Media Relations Executive on a full-time permanent basis
Culture and Environment
Step into an energetic and inclusive environment where ideas flow, creativity thrives, and teamwork drives success. Our client’s Media Department is a hub of innovation, dedicated to fostering your growth and ensuring you have the training and resources to shine in your role. If you're passionate about making an impact in a fast-paced, creative industry, this is your opportunity to join a team that’s redefining the market.
Personality
Are you a well-organised, reliable, and driven individual with a passion for communications and media? Our client is looking for a Senior Media Relations Executive to lead the development of their group’s communications strategy and enhancing their presence across industry media platforms. This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated individual to make a significant impact within a forward-thinking and innovative organisation.
Reward
- Monday to Friday, 35.7hrs per week
- 23 days holiday increasing up to 25 with length of service
- Auto Enrolment Pension Scheme
- Employee assistance program
- Health Care cash plan
- Free onsite parking
- Incredible core company values
Job Role:
- Leading the development and implementation of proactive and reactive media relations plans aligning with the group-wide strategic marketing objectives
- Overseeing reputation management activities, including reputational risk monitoring and crisis-response planning
- Providing guidance on media positioning, messaging, and emerging issues when needed
- Producing and overseeing high-quality content for trade media in the electrotechnical industry, including thought-leadership articles, technical features, product releases, business updates, case studies, web stories, and award submissions
- Acting as editorial lead, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and alignment with brand tone of voice
- Identifying compelling stories from across the business and shape them into publishable media assets
- Building relationships with key journalists, editors, and industry publications
- Leading the pitching process to secure impactful high-value coverage across trade and digital media
- Maintaining and developing media lists, ensuring targeted outreach and effective segmentation
- Managing the press office function, ensuring timely, accurate responses to media inquiries
- Escalating sensitive issues appropriately and coordinate cross-departmental responses
- Monitoring media coverage and competitor activity, providing regular insights and recommendations
- Leading monthly planning meetings to align PR activity with business priorities
- Working closely with internal teams to ensure consistent messaging across all channels
- Supporting with proofreading and supplying copy for company literature, website content, and other collateral when necessary
- Identifying opportunities to publish positive, brand-enhancing content across industry platforms
- Ensuring all external communications adhere to brand, campaign, and tone-of-voice guidelines
- Staying informed about industry trends, regulatory changes, and media developments to inform PR strategy
Skills and experience:
- Significant experience of working in a media relations role
- Demonstrate a proficiency in copywriting with proven ability to produce quality content with a focus on products and feature material within trade media
- Well organised, reliable and hardworking individual, able to work independently and as part of a team
- Confident and able to form relationships with stakeholders both internally and externally
- Experience developing and maintaining relationships with Trade Media/Magazine Editors
- Confidently demonstrates a strategic input, not just execution.
- Understanding of the trade media landscape
- Able to lead and take ownership of projects or campaigns from a media relations perspective
- Proven experience to confidently develop, coordinate and execute a cross-channel communications plan
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic to continuously improve knowledge and skills
- Experience with crisis management and recovery experience as well as knowledge or managing reputational risk issues
- Experience working within the construction/electrical industry
- Proactive in finding new stories to support the business and brand development
Please Note: We do not contact or write to unsuccessful candidates. If we have not contacted you within 48 hours of your application, you should presume that your application was unsuccessful. By applying for this vacancy, you are permitting for Oakley Recruitment to contact you and retain your details. In compliance with the regulations (April 2004) in place under the Employment Agencies Act, Oakley Recruitment will require proof of identification. A copy of your passport, birth certificate and NI number will be required, as part of your interview process.
