Senior Media Manager
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £44867/annum
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Do you thrive on being part of a busy, creative team who jump on opportunities and work together to deliver high quality comms? Then the Mencap media team would love to hear from you.
Now is a really exciting time to join our team; in the last few months alone, we’ve created campaigns that have won industry awards, supported fundraisers that have helped raise significant income and jumped on the news agenda to create big media moments for the organisation.
We are recruiting a new Senior Media Manager. This is a full-time (37.5 hours per week) permanent role, but we are open and flexible to part time or job share for the right candidate/s.
Due to the busy nature of this role, we’re a flexible team who largely work from home with some working days in the office where needed. Outside of this, there will be times when you’re needed to support media opportunities in London or around the UK.
What will your day look like as a Senior Media Manager?
You could be briefing and attending a radio interview with an exec team member one day before leading a creative brainstorm session the next
You’ll be playing a significant role in managing and delivering the charity’s media work
Lobbying the Government and society for change
Increasing representation for people with a learning disability across the media
You'll support an efficient and successful press office function by taking part in a rota both day to day and out of hours, responding to media enquiriesDo you have the skills and experience to be our new Senior Media Manager?
You’ll be brimming with ideas and enthusiasm and know a strong news hook when you see one
You’ll be passionate about finding trends we can use and connecting the dots between complex messaging and how to make it into a snappy media headline
You’ll work with the Deputy Head of Media and Heads of Media (job share) to deliver Mencap’s media and PR strategy
You’ll provide an excellent media relations service, developing close journalist relationshipsThis is a hugely rewarding role where you will have the opportunity to learn and develop your knowledge and skills within a close, supportive team who really work together to get the best results.
If these sounds like the role for you please apply now with an up-to-date CV. If you want an informal chat, please call Kirsty from our recruitment team on (phone number removed).
Job ID: 33325
Benefits
We offer an excellent benefits package to support our team members. For more information, please see the attached details.
About Mencap
We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose. Everyone wants a purposeful job – to do something meaningful. At Mencap, we can give you that. You will have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader and activist. We want to make you feel inspired to reach your potential.
Our work includes;
providing high-quality, flexible services that allow people to live as independently as possible in a place they choose
providing advice through our help lines and web sites
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