Global Press Officer

Global Press Officer

Location: London

Closing date: 4th November 2024

Fixed Term Contract 12 Months (Ideally December 2024- December 2025)

About us

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you'll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to create a career worth celebrating.

Our Corporate Relations (CR) team are reputation experts, shaping and protecting the future of our business and much-loved brands. With the ambition to become one of the most trusted and respected consumer goods companies in the world, our CR team act as the link to our external stakeholders, managing critical relationships with the outside world including the press and media, investors and government organisations, as well as NGOs and our many partners.

Operating across different markets, brands, and business areas including Corporate Communications, Policy and ESG, we collaborate with people all around the world. Join our team of experts, and you'll play a crucial role in protecting and promoting who we are and what we do, and ultimately our licence to operate.

The Global Press Officer is a key member of the communications team executing the broader PR and communications strategy. This role also supports the management of Diageo global press office, demonstrating best-in-class media relations and delivering dedicated corporate events to build trust and respect in Diageo.

The Global Brand and Communications strategy requires the global team to engage, communicate, protect and enhance Diageo's reputation in this connected, digital world.

The individual will need to work collaboratively, cross-functionally and move effortlessly between Above Market and Market teams to enhance our brand and protect our reputation.

Role Responsibilities:

• Required to efficiently and effectively activate content through a paid, earned and owned channel mix.
• Accountable to the Corporate PR Director to effectively support the operation of world class press office and stakeholder events.
• Will be required to deliver ongoing strands of activity/stories set out within the communications plan.
• Will be required to be a PR counsel to non-corporate relations professionals within the business on specific pieces of work as well as manage external agencies on specific projects where appropriate.
• Media handler with a network of relationships and the ability to build and nurture more.

Top Accountabilities:

The Global Press Officer will be responsible for delivering key components of the corporate communications strategy and world class media relations on behalf of the global plc. Key accountabilities to include:

• Responsible for the day-to-day running of the Global press office. Act as the first point of call for incoming press queries and keep networked into the business to ensure quick response of media enquiries. Supporting Diageo's financial results.
• Proactively generating coverage for Diageo's programmes and campaigns within the Global and GB business media with particular focus on driving corporate communications coverage for Diageo's Inclusion and Diversity agenda, its Sustainability programmes and Diageo's Luxury business.
• Owns and manages distribution of content to the Global Drinks Trade.
• Supports the successful delivery of two Executive level set-piece media stakeholder events.
• Co-generating content for Diageo's corporate digital channels (@DiageoGB and @Diageo_News).

Experience:

Experience in Public Relations, communications or media, with experience of handling the media.

Strong, current understanding of the media and communications environment and proven media relationships.

Strong organisational skills, excellent writing and interpersonal skills.

Experience of managing agencies to deliver successfully.

Strong drive, resilience and determination.

Ability to interact with senior management with credibility.

A self-starter, able to take on a task with little direction and complete it successfully.

Working with Us

Flexibility is key to success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you and we'll work together so that you're supported from day one.

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world!

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you!

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