Media Relations Manager - 12 Months FTC

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Company Description

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Job Description

Reporting to the Head of Media Relations, we're seeking a Media Relations Manager to join our regional marketing and communications team. This role will involve developing and executing media relations strategies, building strong relationships with journalists and media outlets, and ensuring consistent and positive coverage of our projects, expertise, and achievements. The Media Relations Manager will play a key role in supporting the company's business objectives and reputation management across the region.

It's a hugely exciting time to join AECOM, a global company that works across a range of sectors, from major urban transport projects and energy decarbonisation schemes to water infrastructure schemes and the design of social infrastructure, such as hospitals and schools. You must be able to work in a fast-paced environment, absorb information quickly and spot news angles. An interest in the built environment, energy transition and decarbonisation will be crucial.

The role is based at AECOM's London office, where you'll be part of a vibrant and diverse workforce, reporting to the head of media relations.

Key responsibilities include:

Content creation and distribution:

• Coordinate, draft and distribute press releases, opinion pieces, media kits, and other communications materials including media interviews and social media content for AECOM executives.
• Proactively collaborate with internal teams to identify media opportunities and develop compelling stories that showcase AECOM's expertise and how we are delivering a better world.
• Oversee the dissemination of news across digital and social media platforms, ensuring consistency in messaging.
• Prepare briefing notes and Q&As for executives ahead of media interviews.

PR strategy development:

• Develop and implement media campaigns that align with business objectives.
• Identify key media opportunities to promote the company's projects, leadership, and industry thought leadership.
• Monitor industry trends and news to proactively position the company in relevant discussions.

Media engagement:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with journalists, editors, and influencers across regional, national, and trade media outlets.
• Act as the primary point of contact for media inquiries, ensuring timely and accurate responses.
• Coordinate and manage media interviews, press conferences, and briefings, ensuring company representatives are well-prepared.

Reputation management and performance measurement:

• Monitor and analyse media coverage, providing regular reports and insights to senior management.
• Address negative or inaccurate media coverage, working to protect and enhance AECOM's reputation.
• Ensure messaging aligns with AECOM's values and long-term strategic goals.
• Support the development and implementation of crisis communications plans.

Event and Campaign Support:

• Support the planning and execution of media events, including project milestones, press tours, and industry conferences.
• Collaborate with the marketing and communications team to integrate media relations activities into broader campaigns.

Support team processes:

• Maintain and review the editorial calendar and engagement tracker.
• Coordinating media training for internal spokespeople as necessary.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with good experience in media relations or journalism who has previously worked in a PR agency, in-house or as a journalist. You must be able to work under pressure and against tight deadlines and have excellent organisational, time management and planning skills. Exceptional attention to detail and being able to work independently as well as part of a team are must for this role.

Writing skills: Excellent writing skills and the journalistic ability to source stories from within the business.

Communication skills: Ability to engage with different stakeholders, internally and externally, and provide communications advice to internal teams, including senior leaders.

Media engagement skills: Ability to foster good relationships with journalists.

Creative skills: Ability to provide fresh communications thinking.

Copywriting skills: Ability to write engaging copy for different platforms, including social media, podcasts, media statements, press releases and opinion pieces.

Education: Educated to degree level.

Additional Information

About AECOM

AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together - your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.