40 Strategic Communications jobs in London

Main purpose of the role:

The political economy of climate change is fundamentally changing as the world moves from the so-called ‘era of ambition’ to the ‘era of implementation’. Already, this shift is influencing a new phase of geopolitics defined by competition, expansionism, geoeconomic volatility and worsening inequity. This poses profound challenges to global climate action, which are exacerbated by a rapidly changing information environment shaped by the rise of generative AI and mis and disinformation.

The Director, Climate (Strategic Communications & International Climate Action) provides strategic leadership across CIFF’s approach to climate communications, culture (including film and tv), public engagement and international climate governance (including but not limited to the UNFCC).

Based in CIFF’s London office, the role holder reports to the Global Director, Climate. as part of a cluster covering Europe, multilateral climate action, global energy and industry work, as well some specific country portfolios (e.g. UK, Mexico). Alongside the global components of this role, the role holder works closely with the other Directors in Climate to design and execute strategies for delivering on Europe’s climate ambitions, including to achieve at least 55% emissions reductions by 2030 and 90% by 2040. 90% by 2040. 90% by 2040.

The role holder brings deep thematic expertise in the political economy of climate change, and significant experience in implementing strategies that seek to understand and respond to public sentiment and secure effective and popular climate policies.

As a senior leader in the cluster and wider climate team, the role holder makes a major contribution to the overall success and impact of CIFF’s climate portfolio, including delivery of the annual business plan. They oversee a global grants portfolio exceeding $100m in multi-year value, and are responsible for both strategy development, active programme management (including course correction when necessary) and representing the Foundation externally. They play a vital role in building capacity and knowledge across both the CIFF Climate team and the wider global climate ecosystem, including through grantees and matrix management of particular projects and strategies.

As a member of the Director cadre, the role holder contributes deep subject matter expertise, humility, resilience, entrepreneurship, and the ability to design and build support for diverse and innovative grant-making strategies.

They play a key role in promoting and maintaining a healthy organisational culture, including creating a dynamic learning environment that celebrates curiosity and risk taking and seizes opportunities for improvement. The role holder ensures that the skills and knowledge are in place internally and within the extended grantee network to deliver excellence in execution of the Climate strategy.

Role’s responsibilities

As a member of the Climate Director Cadre:

• As a recognised subject-matter expert in global climate governance and aspects of strategic communications (e.g. public engagement, elite media and journalism, narrative development and testing, film and TV), provide up-to-date, professional advice to the Global Director, Climate and the CIFF Executive Team (ET) on related issues, to support the development of Foundation strategies, policies and initiatives.
• Together with the other Directors in Climate provide inspiring, coherent and united strategy across the cluster led by the Global Director, Climate; primarily creating a clear and unified experience across joint ecosystem grantees.
• Ensure that a focus on individual and team wellbeing is a key consideration in the effective delivery of the Climate portfolio, holding Directors and Line Managers to account and keeping CIFF’s Code of Respect top of mind
• Adopt a coaching approach within the Climate team, with other CIFF colleagues and across the ecosystem which builds capability and confidence, instills a culture of openness and trust, embraces diverse thinking, and encourages continuous improvement and learning. Ensure that the skills and knowledge are in place to deliver the Climate strategy,
• Take the lead on corporate, cross-cutting initiatives and projects, as required by the Executive Team – this may include work not directly in the core subject-matter. In particular, supporting the broader foundation in matters of risk management and crisis communications, in close collaboration with CIFF’s External Affairs team.
• Provide compelling, consistent and united leadership which creates clarity for all staff in the team and builds a sense of shared accountability for its success and that of the organisation.
• Deputise for the Global Director, Climate, as required.

Strategy & planning

• Be jointly responsible for the design, delivery and reporting related to CIFF’s Global Europe Mission team, alongside the other Directors in Climate and with oversight from the Global Director, Climate.
• Act as an in-house strategic advisor to the CIFF Climate team on communications and public engagement strategies, supporting the roll-out of an insights and evidence-based approach to strategic communications across CIFF Climate Missions and enabling portfolios.
• Lead the development and implementation of the team’s International Climate Diplomacy and Multilateralism portfolio, which acts as an enabler for CIFF’s wider portfolio, to ensure the effective prioritization of resources and activities.
• Stay connected to relevant societal and political trends and new developments that could impact the strategy and reflect these appropriately in internal meetings and strategy design/execution.
• Bring catalytic and innovative new thinking to our existing and new portfolios to scale the work and maximize the impact, with a focus on strategic communications and advocacy.
• Work across teams at CIFF to ensure coherence and coordination between the agendas within Climate and the wider Foundation.

Programme development, delivery & performance

• Oversee both the development of successful investment proposals and the implementation of high impact programmes by a team of Managers and Analysts, ensuring the quality, timeliness and strategic alignment of their work to Foundation priorities and objectives.
• Allocate and monitor achievement of individual targets for pipeline, new investments and grant draw-down for all relevant team members, to ensure the team meets its objectives for programme development and delivery.
• Lead the integration of public sentiment data and insights into CIFF’s Mission OKR frameworks and data systems (dashboards) to support evidence-based decision making, and reporting to the Climate Investment Committee (PICC) and Board of Trustees.
• Provide programme advice, specialist guidance and mentoring support to colleagues (within and beyond the team) to deepen the skills, capability and professionalism of the organisation.
• Lead the collection and analysis of team performance data and management information, in accordance with CIFF corporate frameworks and requirements, to enable timely and effective decision-making and planning.
• Conduct regular reviews of investment proposals under development and programmes in delivery, to monitor compliance with agreed due diligence and risk management protocols, ensuring the interests and reputation of the Foundation are appropriately and proportionately protected. Intervene to take corrective action where necessary.
• Personally oversee an end-to-end caseload of live programmes with a value exceeding $100m, in accordance with the thematic priorities and plan.

Sector knowledge and ecosystem building

• Act as an ambassador for CIFF externally, including working with the CIFF Organisation & Ecosystem Development Team (CEDO) to design and execute an ecosystem building strategy that builds capacity, coherence and coordination across the global strategic communications ecosystem.
• Work collaboratively with other members of the Climate Executive Team and the CEDO Office to conduct ecosystem evaluations of national, regional, sectoral and global partner ecosystems, and then invest accordingly in actively strengthening those ecosystems, including through convening, training and upskilling, coaching and mentoring senior leaders, and strengthening partner relationships.
• Provide leadership to the wider philanthropic and bilateral donor community on relevant subject areas.
• Provide input to the development of the Business Plan to the Climate Global Leadership Team, as appropriate.

Stakeholder and partner management

• In accordance with agreed account management principles and plans, identify, cultivate and manage relationships with nominated key partners/stakeholders, to support the achievement of Foundation and Sector Team objectives in a coordinated manner.
• Develop and maintain excellent external relationships within the sector and on a cross-cutting climate basis, acting at all times as a corporate ambassador for CIFF, to help build the organisation’s reputation and profile as a professional, visionary and collaborative philanthropy.
• Represent CIFF in senior capacity more broadly, in addition to providing sectoral leadership (e.g. in Trustee engagement, in co-funding, in public engagements, in Board representation).
• Support ecosystems of grantees and other partners to collaborate effectively and efficiently, including through convening and other mechanisms.

Leadership of the team

• Offer inspiring and motivational leadership that role models CIFF’s values and leadership behaviours, and empowers and enables staff to deliver excellence.
• Adopt a coaching approach with colleagues which instills a culture of openness and trust, embraces diverse thinking, and encourages continuous improvement and learning.
• Provide ongoing support to all direct reports (in manager and/or analyst roles), ensuring high performance is enabled through objective setting, clear accountabilities and regular review.

Requirements

Skills & Experience

• Demonstrable experience in public affairs, public communications strategies, and the political economy of climate change, preferably across multiple countries or regions, or the multilateral institutions, including experience of designing systemic strategies for shaping and responding to public discourse in a particular policy area.
• Strong understanding of the roles and functions of EU institutions, including demonstrable experience of shaping or influencing European climate or energy policy at either EU or Member State level
• A good understanding of the breadth of insights methodologies (quant, qual, cultural / semiotics, econometrics, analytics, modelling), application of insights and message testing to shape public engagement, behaviour change programmes and/or influencing strategies with a track record of success
• Experience commissioning, coordinating and/or directing a range of actors towards an overarching influencing/political goal, preferably with experience in multiple cultures.
• Experience of embedding new approaches into existing team cultures, ideally with experience of delivering informal change programmes
• Entrepreneurial approach and ability to project manage in a fast paced and unpredictable environment
• Deep commitment to supporting and enabling the climate transition
• Experience working across different national contexts and cultures, including fluency in another language(s) (desirable) and a sensitivity/appreciation for different styles of communication.
• Highly strategic thinker, able to consider the broad and complex geopolitical dimensions of the information environment and define a clear path to action that delivers impact and system-wide change.

• Experienced leader who is equally comfortable working on micro and macro issues challenges.
• Proven ability to both think strategically and deliver ‘on the ground’.
• A strong understanding of good governance principles across a range of different organisation types (e.g. charities, limited companies) and an ability to be able to apply these principles to support organisational development and strengthening.
• Excellent leadership skills and proven ability to motivate, develop and hold to account a small- to medium-sized teams of professionals
• Strong analytical and data management capabilities.
• Proven track record in developing effective relationships with public and private sector stakeholders and senior colleagues, building partnerships, and leveraging resources.
• Strong programme management skills with a background of leading, inspiring, developing and empowering others.
• Strong understanding of cost and financial management principles and practices.
• Innovative and creative thinker with a pragmatic and solution-oriented mindset, able to think critically and analytically to draw sound conclusions on the basis of complex quantitative and qualitative data.
• Passionate for change and an outstanding communicator.
• Ability to represent the Foundation in high-level meetings, fostering mutually beneficial deals and partnerships that drive social impact.
• Ability to present the Foundation’s programmes in a compelling way to engage the audience: credible and professional.
• Capacity to work in a range of cultural and socio-economic contexts, adapting style and approach appropriately and in a culturally sensitive manner to maximise effectiveness.
• Track record of coaching, mentoring and developing others.

• An authentic leader and team player with high levels of emotional intelligence.

Key working relationships

• Climate Programme Directors
• CIFF Board and PIC members
• CIFF CEO, CEDO, Executive Directors and CEO Office
• Other CIFF teams – particularly External Affairs, OED, Legal, HR, Finance
• Relevant staff within other philanthropic foundations
• Past, present and prospective grantees – particularly at Director level and above

Management dimensions

• Leading role in the effective performance and delivery of the overall Climate portfolio, in collaboration with Climate Programme Directors.
• Direct oversight of a team, including Managers and Analysts.
• Contributes to the effective performance of the sector’s whole portfolio.

Benefits

CIFF operates a hybrid work policy across all locations, which means employees work in the office and some of the time from home. We are happy to provide more information on this as part of the recruitment process.

Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a generous benefits package here at CIFF that includes, but is not limited to the following.

• Annual leave - 25 days per annum. Increasing by 1 day after each year of service to a maximum of 30 days.
• Bonus - CIFF currently operates a discretionary bonus scheme.
• Training allowance
• Wellbeing allowance
• Life insurance
• Medical insurance

Please submit your application on or before Wednesday 8th October. CIFF reserves the right to close the job advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.

• Develop and implement strategic PR campaigns aligned with company objectives.
• Craft compelling press releases, media advisories, speeches, and other PR materials.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with journalists, bloggers, influencers, and other media contacts.
• Proactively seek and secure positive media coverage across various channels.
• Monitor media coverage and industry trends, providing insights and recommendations.
• Manage crisis communications, developing proactive strategies and responding effectively to sensitive issues.
• Organize and manage press conferences, media events, and interviews.
• Collaborate with marketing and communications teams to ensure consistent messaging.
• Measure and report on the effectiveness of PR initiatives.
• Manage the PR budget and vendor relationships.
• Develop and maintain key messaging and talking points for company spokespeople.

• Proven experience (5+ years) in public relations, media relations, or corporate communications.
• Demonstrated success in developing and executing effective PR strategies and campaigns.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft persuasive and engaging content.
• Strong network of media contacts across relevant industries.
• Experience in crisis communications and reputation management.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Proficiency in media monitoring and analysis tools.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Bachelor's degree in Public Relations, Communications, Journalism, Marketing, or a related field.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, agency, or corporate environment is advantageous.

About the Company: You will work closely with Senior Account Executives and Account Managers supporting them in both day-to-day tasks and long-term strategic activity. This is a busy and varied role that offers great development in understanding the inner workings of a luxury PR agency.

About the Role: This role involves supporting senior team members and managing various tasks related to account management and public relations.

Responsibilities:

• Sample and showroom management
• Shoot logistics management - this will include liaising directly with clients
• Internal reporting
• Monitor, compile and scan press clippings for all clients
• Forge relationships with press identified by the senior team as being in your remit
• Managing client folders
• Event planning - supporting senior team members on the planning and execution of events
• Press release writing and media alert creation
• Securing credits, digital and print, as outlined by your team
• Confirming celebrity credits
• Any other ad-hoc duties within the PR sphere

Qualifications:

You need to be passionate about the industry with an understanding and appreciation of the luxury world. Working closely with shoes, bags, fine jewellery and watches means you will need to be meticulous in your working and incredibly detail orientated.

Required Skills:

• Able to build relationships with fashion assistants, stylists and influencers
• Meticulous organisation skills and ability to multi-task
• Solid digital and social media understanding
• Proactive, personable and willing to understand all elements of the business and integrate with all departments
• Genuine industry interest
• Strong written communication skills

This position is based full time in the Central London office, no remote working is offered within this role.

Ready to fast-track your PR career? We're looking for sharp, UK media-savvy Account Executives to join our award-winning team. If you have 2+ years in PR and are passionate about storytelling, culture, and brands that make headlines, keep reading!

About us

Tin Man is an earned first, creative comms agency offering everything from brand consultancy to creative activations, media relations to social media management, content to experiential. All of our work is designed to create powerful, emotional connections between brands and audiences.

Tin Man’s ‘communications with heart’ approach has helped change behaviour, challenge perceptions, increase brand equity and enhance bottom lines for household brands including Virgin Atlantic, Cadbury, OREO, Warner Bros. Studio Tour London, Hilton, Vodafone, Dunelm, Tesco and Cafédirect.

The Role

Account Execs at Tin Man are vital in bringing our award-winning creative campaigns to life: uber organised at logistics and influence outreach, tenacious in selling stories to journalists, culturally connected and super aware of what’s going on in all things media – both traditional and social. Ideal for someone with at least a year’s solid PR experience, you’ll work as part of a bigger team and be coached by our excellent account managers.

You’ll need excellent writing skills, good attention to detail and have the ability to prioritise and manage your own workload.

If you want to learn and grow in a creative, fun, supportive and well-respected comms agency, then this is the role for you.

Ultimately, we’re looking for you to be enthusiastic and proactive in:

• Speaking to the media, selling in stories we’re working on, placing products on their pages/website for reviews – and above all, have a real hunger for getting coverage
• Reading papers and websites every day, flagging relevant stories and writing short synopsis on articles
• Drafting assets including press releases, influencer briefs, website copy and more, and to ensure its as client ready as possible for senior team to review
• Keeping up to date on what’s happening across your client accounts, their products, industry, trends and relevant media/influencers – really getting to understand their business
• Managing and motivating yourself to produce high quality work and meet deadlines, and be proactive in suggesting ways to continually improve ways of working

The ideal candidate will have:

• 2+ years of experience working in a PR environment
• Excellent writing skills, with the ability to adapt writing to suit different audiences
• Great attention to detail, must be able to spot spelling mistakes or grammatical errors
• A tenacious approach to media sell-ins. You can’t be afraid of picking up the phone! And a good understanding of the UK media landscape from TV news and magazine programmes to national newspapers to consumer lifestyle magazines to blogs
• A good understanding of the influencer landscape and influencer marketing channels such as Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok etc.
• Good communications and interpersonal skills at every level, and a high regard for confidentiality when needed
• Great organisational skills, being able to juggle lots of different actions day-to-day across varying accounts
• Strong IT skills across Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Googledocs – we use MacBook laptops at Tin Man
• The ability to work well under pressure

Essentially, we’re looking for someone smart, organised and driven - with a proactive attitude who is not afraid to roll their sleeves up and get stuck in.

At Tin Man, we’re all about creativity, collaboration, and bringing out the best in people no matter who you are or where you’re from. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we’re building a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can grow.

If there’s anything (like neurodiversity, a disability, or a health condition) that might affect how you apply or take part in the hiring process, just let us know. We’ll work with you to make sure things feel fair, comfortable, and tailored to you. Sharing this won’t affect your application, we just want to set you up for success.

Due to the high volume of applications, we can only contact those shortlisted for the role.

Relevance International is a global PR firm that positively impacts our client’s bottom line through increased brand awareness. We specialize in real estate, architecture & design, and luxury hospitality. We drive client initiatives through communication strategies including media relations, digital PR, partnerships and events. All team members are expected to represent Relevance International as professional brand Ambassadors. The role of the Account Executive is essential to internal and external, client facing PR functions.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

●   A point person for account work - conducts proactive and strategic media relations for clients

with direction from Supervisor

●   Drafts agendas and notes that need almost no editing with no items missed

●   Coordinate and schedule meetings proactively

●   Update media lists and proactively look for new reporters and publications to add

●   Ability to send e-blasts quickly and efficiently

●   Conduct research, as needed

●   Monitor media for clients

●   Proactively work buddy list

●   Draft releases, pitches, and other written materials with supervision that need no more than one

round of edits

●   Effectively and frequently pitches by phone as well as email, secures a significant quality and quantity

of placements

●   Helps fellow junior staff with questions and edits

●   Be a major contributor to account interaction

●   Contribute to meetings in a supportive way, ensure meeting materials are prepared, available and

organized

●   Regularly clip, file and send digital and print press placements

●   Has knowledge of and commitment to increase knowledge of real estate, hospitality, luxury, and

travel industries, dependent on client focus

●   Proactively come up with ideas and suggest next steps for clients

●   Come up with PR ideas for Relevance International (treating us like a client)

●   Strong understanding of social media channels

●   Reads industry and consumer publications we pitch

●   Organized and on top of to-do list. Meets deadlines

●   Keeps drive and all digital assets organized and neat

●   Manage publication organization (library)

PERKS OF WORKING AT RELEVANCE INTERNATIONAL

• Dynamic hybrid work environment (3 days in-office, 2 days’ work-from-home) with a “Work from Anywhere” programme for two weeks a year.
• Generous PTO policy, plus a full company closure during the last week of the year.
• Team-building events including Wine Wednesday Hour, quarterly Happy Hours, monthly pizza lunches, Bagel Birthdays, and holiday celebrations.
• Excellent career development opportunities, including training programmes.
• Biannual reviews with regular coaching and mentoring sessions.
• Annual worldwide visioning and strategy sessions at New York HQ.

SKILLS/CORE COMPETENCIES REQUIRED/PREFERRED

●   Strong notetaker and researcher

●   Strong organizational skills with attention to detail

●   Strong writing skills

●   Effective interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal

●   Team player

●   Positive, can-do attitude

●   Solution oriented

●   Strong working knowledge of AP Style

●   Strong research skills

●   Excellent Customer Service skills

●   Self-directed, proactive, and independently capable of managing workload so deadlines are met

●   Flexible, able to work under pressure and changing priorities

●   Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Programs and Outlook (electronic

scheduling)

●   Able to work 40 hours a week

EDUCATIONAL/EXPERIENCE   REQUIRED/PREFERRED

●   Bachelor Degree – Public Relations, Communications or Related Degree

●   1- 3 years relevant experience

Salary: £28k-£32k based on experience

DISCLAIMER : Duties, responsibilities and activities of the position may change or new ones added at any time with or without notice

• Develop and implement strategic PR plans to support company objectives.
• Manage day-to-day media relations, responding to inquiries and building strong relationships with journalists.
• Craft and distribute press releases, media advisories, and other PR materials.
• Oversee social media engagement and content strategy for PR purposes.
• Monitor media coverage and provide regular reports on campaign performance.
• Develop and manage crisis communication plans.
• Organize press conferences, media events, and other promotional activities.
• Advise senior leadership on PR matters.
• Mentor and guide junior PR staff.

• Bachelor's degree in Public Relations, Communications, Journalism, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in public relations, agency or in-house.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to secure media coverage in top-tier publications.
• Strong understanding of the UK media landscape.
• Experience with crisis communications.
• Proficiency in PR software and social media management tools.

• Develop and execute strategic public relations plans for a diverse portfolio of clients across various industries.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key media contacts, journalists, bloggers, and influencers.
• Craft compelling press releases, media advisories, pitches, and other PR materials.
• Secure positive media coverage across a range of outlets (print, online, broadcast).
• Monitor media landscape and industry trends, identifying opportunities and potential risks.
• Manage crisis communications situations, developing proactive and reactive strategies.
• Advise clients on messaging, public perception, and communication strategies.
• Collaborate with internal teams (marketing, digital) to ensure integrated campaign execution.
• Manage client reporting, providing insights and analysis on PR campaign performance.
• Organize and manage press conferences, media events, and influencer engagement activities (virtually or in-person as required).
• Stay current with evolving media platforms and digital communication tools.
• Contribute to new business development efforts, including proposal writing and pitch presentations.
• Mentor junior members of the PR team.

• Bachelor's degree in Public Relations, Communications, Journalism, Marketing, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5-7 years of progressive experience in public relations, either agency-side or in-house.
• Demonstrated success in securing media coverage and managing media relations.
• Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Strong understanding of media relations, corporate communications, and crisis management.
• Proven ability to develop and implement effective PR strategies.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build rapport quickly.
• Proficiency in media monitoring tools and PR software.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, meet deadlines, and work effectively under pressure in a remote environment.
• Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with social media strategy and digital PR is highly desirable.
• Flexibility to travel occasionally if required.