Corporate Communications Manager
Job Description
Job title: Corporate Communications Manager
Company: Kingfisher
Job description: Overview:
We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 82,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher – and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas – to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.
At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.
We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices, located in London, Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you!
We are recruiting for a passionate Corporate Communications Manager to join our team! This role is a key position in the corporate communications team, where your purpose is to grow and protect the external reputation of Kingfisher as we deliver the ‘Powered by Kingfisher’ strategy, using earned media coverage, speaking platforms and engaging corporate social and digital media channels to reach our target audiences.
This role operates across Corporate Communications, leading strategic communications campaigns and delivering key financial calendar communications. It plays an important part in managing our reputation through communicating a consistent company narrative and mitigating reputational risks.
What’s the job:
- Lead the delivery of impactful communications campaigns across earned media, social media and digital channels. Find creative and compelling ways to communicate the ‘Powered by Kingfisher’ strategic story, build our employer brand and support our Responsible Business agenda.
- Deliver best-in-class financial communications activity around our key financial milestones, including drafting materials and advising key senior stakeholders alongside the Head of External Communications.
- Play a key role in overseeing the Kingfisher press office, managing media enquiries and building relationships with key journalists.
- Design and deliver a conference speaking programme for key Kingfisher spokespeople, briefing and advising them to maximise impact.
- Lead the process for the External Communications team around the Kingfisher Annual Report, support the drafting of relevant sections of the Strategic Report.
- Support communications plans and positioning for the Group Executive and leadership team, including the CEO.
- Support the network of external communications teams of our banners from across the Group and identify opportunities for collaboration and sharing best practice.
- Develop issues management strategies including reactive statements and identify emerging reputational risks.
- Operate as a business partner providing counsel and support on PR and corporate social media to key business functions (e.g. Tech and Data, Offer & Sourcing, People).
What you’ll bring:
- Experience in a corporate communications role in a large, listed business or communications agency working with UK-listed companies. Media relations experience is vital.
- Ability to develop and drive multichannel corporate communications campaigns to land messaging with key audiences. Experience of creating engaging social media content desirable.
- Experience in communicating financial calendar moments for a listed company with an understanding of relevant business language.
- Strength in building strong relationships both internally and externally including with key agency partners.
- Clear understanding of what drives the media agenda, with the ability to create stories which will resonate with external stakeholders. Political knowledge and awareness desirable.
- Strategic thinker, with the ability to balance both the strategic and tactical.
- Experience of issues and crisis management.
- Confident representing the business in the external world e.g. networking, events, conferences and meetings as appropriate.
At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.
In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self.
We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.
Expected salary:
Location: London
