Pr & Communications Manager

 

Description:

You have: At least five years’ experience in public relations, developing and maintaining important relationships with media professionals, finding press opportunities and leveraging brand stories across the media and advertising industry. You should be equipped with great communication skills and exemplary storytelling abilities.

 

You will be: Responsible for building and maintaining media relationships, crafting compelling narratives, and ensuring consistent brand messaging across multiple channels. You will collaborate closely with internal teams, stakeholders, and clients to create a robust communication strategy that highlights our unique offerings and connects with our target audiences. Additionally, you will develop and manage our award entry strategy, ensuring that our work and people gain recognition within the industry.

 

We want: Your reputation to be outstanding, for you to be an all-round player in the marketing team, and for you to create highly productive relationships internally and externally that result in business class communications projects.

 

We will: Provide you with a challenging and inspiring role where you can make a difference to the perception and reputation of a medium.

 

We deliver: Competitive salaries, market leading bonus structures, flexible support and training, unlimited cinema trips and a collaborative and fun company culture. DCM has been recognised as a Best Place to Work by Campaign Magazine for the last six years.

 

Key Responsibilities

 

Strategy and Planning:

- Work closely with the Head of Marketing & Communications on the evolution/guardianship of the DCM Vision, Values and key messages both internally and externally.

- Work with the Head of Marketing & Communications to integrate communications into the wider marketing strategy and establish benchmarks to review the implementation of the communications plan.

- Lead development and implementation of annual PR strategy aligned with business goals to boost brand visibility and maximise profile and reputation.

 

PR and Communications:

- Identify opportunities for proactive media coverage and positioning to elevate our brand.

- Build and maintain strong relationships with key journalists, media outlets, influencers, and industry contacts across the UK.

- Manage and coordinate media requests and outreach to secure high-quality media coverage.

- Create engaging press releases, articles, case studies, and other PR content to showcase the company’s work and impact.

- Oversee Marketing & Communications Executive to ensure PR initiatives are amplified across digital platforms, with a focus on social media and content marketing.

- Identify and support relevant industry events, sponsorships, and awards to enhance brand positioning and networking opportunities.

- Process, monitor and communicate PR reports on a quarterly basis.

- Champion a consistent tone of voice and use of shared key messages across organisation on assigned projects.

 

Award entries:

- Develop and execute a targeted award entry strategy to maximize recognition in relevant industry awards.

- Work with internal teams to identify award-worthy projects and craft compelling submissions that highlight our successes and innovations.

- Manage award timelines, entry requirements, and post-award media opportunities to maximize impact.

 

Team management:

- Responsible for managing and ensuring the positive development of the Marketing & Communications Executive.

- Develop profitable internal relationships with colleagues across the organisation to identify areas for innovation and effective cross-team working.

- Ensure consistently high service standards are delivered to internal customers, further develop relationships with the leadership team and ensure all marketing opportunities are maximised and communicated internally.

 

Key competencies

 

- 5+ years of experience in PR, communications, or media relations, preferably within the Advertising, marketing and media industry.

- Established relationships with UK media and advertising trade press contacts.

- Curious and passionate, especially about effective communication.

- Thorough knowledge of current industry trends.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- Confident communicator who can build strong internal and external relationships.

- Values simplicity and clarity in communication.

- Experience of selling-in ideas and concepts to groups of people.