PR & Digital Communications Lead

Tyne and Wear Permanent Highly competitive Ref: 418888

The opportunity

Our client is looking to appoint a PR & Digital Communications Lead to build and lead a more strategic communications function that supports their reputation and commercial growth.
This is a newly created role and represents an opportunity to join the business at a pivotal point in its growth journey.

The role

The business is looking for comms leader who can sit comfortably between the following areas:

Communications
Brand
Corporate Reputation
Commercial Growth

The ideal candidate will be a strong communications and PR leader first and foremost but also needs to have a strong digital outlook by:

Understanding how Digital PR supports SEO
Understanding domain authority and organic visibility
Identifying PR opportunities

Key areas of focus

Raise the Profile and Reputation of the business
Increase Executive Profiling & Thought Leadership
Stakeholder engagement
Media relations
Digital PR
Agency management
Crisis comms

This role will own the communications strategy designed to elevate the profile of both the business and its leadership team

About you

Experience within financial services is advantageous but our client will look at candidates from a corporate or regulated background
The key requirement is strong experience across communications, stakeholder management, media relations and reputation management.