Media Relations Manager

The successful candidate will have:

• Highly developed writing skills and ability to write articles, website content, press releases, corporate partnerships proposals and marketing documents.
• Ability to communicate with media and journalists on a regular basis, to explain new stories and generate content in the media.
• Ability to extend current media strategy and develop new plans to increase media coverage and CDP exposure.
• Clear understanding of the media and how it works.
• Developed experience working in PR in the corporate world.
• Ability to work alone and in a team, with initiative, creativity and tenacity.
• Good understanding of climate change.
• Good understanding of the corporate and investor communities and experience working within the corporate sector.
• At least 8 years experience in the workplace.
• Highly developed research skills and ability to write and support research projects on corporate climate change related issues.

  Successful Applicant will be responsible for

  • CDP Media relations and input into strategic planning
  • Leading on CDP media outreach and building relationships with key media contacts
  • Working pro-actively with media on a regular basis to generate maximum coverage of CDP stories
  • Involvement in wider communications projects
  • Writing articles for publication in global media outlets, proposals and press releases.
  • Support on writing / generation of material relevant to CDP brand, eg presentations, marketing material
  • Supporting other departments on generation of written content

This is a full time permanent position based in the London head office.

Salary: £30,000

Benefits: Annual bonus, 24 days holiday, non contributory pension provision after 3 months employment, life assurance 4* salary.

Interested candidates should send a copy of their CV along with a covering letter to Roy Wilson. recruitment@cdproject.net

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