Senior External Communications Manager | Bristol, UK

We are recruiting for a Senior External Communications & PR Manager in our Marketing & Communications Team, based in one of our TLT offices across the UK. This is a 12-month Fixed Term Contract, working 35 hours per week, to cover family leave from September 2025 and reports into the Head of Marketing & Communications.

Your Role:

• Lead our External Communications team and our appointed PR agency to promote and protect the firm's reputation in delivering legal services and technological solutions to organisations across a range of key sectors primarily across the UK and with our international partners.
• Help shape and deliver a targeted PR and communications programme that supports the firm's TLT 2030 sector and service line growth strategy and profile-raising objectives across national, industry and local media and social media.
• Create high quality written content (earned and paid-for) to generate and/or maintain profile, working effectively with journalists to secure positive press mentions, quotes and articles.
• Advise senior lawyers, business development and other business services professionals, either directly or via our PR agency, to deliver valuable and distinctive content within a planned firm-wide external communications programme.
• Identify hot topics / emerging business issues and work with lawyers to develop angles.
• Handle crisis communications and advise the firm's leadership on any issues that may have a reputational impact.
• Work effectively with the firm's Internal Communications team to manage corporate communications both externally and with colleagues, including anything that could be of a sensitive nature.
• Be a member of the Marketing & Communications leadership group, working with Internal Communications, Campaign & Content, Brand & Digital and Events team leaders.

Your Skills and Experience:

• 10 years + B2B communications and campaigns experience with ability to research, write, produce, and edit great content using a variety of media.
• Understanding of the full marketing communications mix and how different channels can be used to create awareness and influence a business audience.
• Able to adapt style for different media and audiences.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and good judgment, with an ability to build rapport with people at all levels of seniority and across different departments.
• Able to develop and maintain strong relationships with journalists and handle media enquiries.
• A persuasive communicator with strong attention to detail and an ability to manage multiple deadlines and competing demands in a fast-paced environment.
• A genuine interest in a broad range of business topics that affect TLT and its clients.
• Action-orientated and self-motivated.

Your Team:

The Business Development & Marketing team are instrumental in creating awareness of our brand to identify and win new business opportunities as well as delivering for our existing clients. This involves establishing and nurturing relationships and using everything from events to media relations to tenders to explore new business ideas.

About TLT:

Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people. We work with high profile clients in innovative sectors. With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. TLT was named Law Firm of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2023. This marks the third year in a row the firm has taken away this accolade in industry awards - having previously been named Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards in 2021 and the British Legal Awards in 2022.

Our purpose is to protect, prepare and progress our clients for what comes next and it's essential that we do the same for our people, our planet and our communities too. In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute.

Our Benefits:

We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You'll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance.

At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people. We're happy to talk about how flexible working can work for you and this role.

TLT is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment and encourages applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of disability, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by the laws in the locations in which we operate. We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, where necessary, to make interviews and jobs more accessible.