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Senior Corporate Communications Manager - Law Firm. Leading across internal and external comms.
The Works Search Ltd
📍 London
Job description
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Are you a skilled communications leader who has mastered the craft but keeps finding yourself working in silos, handed either the external or the internal brief but never both, and rarely given the strategic seat you know you have earned?</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Do you find that internal communications is treated as an afterthought in your current organisation, when you know it should be at the heart of everything?</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Are you a natural people leader who has outgrown your current structure and is ready to build, coach, develop and inspire a team as part of your core brief?</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Do you feel the environment you’re in is too rigid, too hierarchical or too slow for the kind of work you know you can do?</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Are you ready to step into a PR function that has been deliberately rebuilt and reshaped – and be the person who brings it all together?</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>If so, this could be the opportunity you have been looking for:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You will step into a broad, senior role looking after internal communications, digital content, crisis and external PR and <span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">high-profile, business-critical crisis communications</span><span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">, acting as a trusted advisor through complex and sensitive situations – a true 360 remit, not a narrowed-down version of one</span></span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You will manage and develop direct reports within a sizeable team </span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The firm is warm, collaborative and non-hierarchical – polished and personable are not in competition here, and you will be valued for both</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You will report to a highly regarded Head of Communications who has a mandate to operate strategically – and needs a trusted right hand to make that possible</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What we are looking for: </strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">An inspiring, confident people leader with hands-on experience of managing, mentoring and developing teams – someone others genuinely want to work for</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A proactive corporate communications generalist with significant experience across internal communications, media relations, <span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">deep expertise in crisis and issues management, including leading on complex, high-stakes situations</span><span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">, and digital or social content</span></span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Calm under pressure, <span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">with high emotional intelligence, excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence and advise at a senior level in a complex, partnership-led environment</span></span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In-house experience is strongly preferred although corporate agency experience considered</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A professional services/legal background is helpful but not essential – the right leader will be able to make the <span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">transition; experience across sectors such as energy, media, life sciences, technology or professional services is particularly relevant</span></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>To be considered for this Senior Corporate Communications Manager role please click to apply.</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">For more details on this role and similar roles, contact Rebecca Haroutunian on 020 8050 9293 or rebecca@the-works.co.uk</span></strong></span></p>