Media Relations Manager (6 month fixed term contract)

  • Posted 7 days ago
  • Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term)
  • 136705
  • Bristol, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Halifax, Leeds, London
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End date

Sunday 06 July 2025

Salary range

£59,850 - £66,500

Agile Working Options

Hybrid Working

Job description

Day to day responsibilities

  • Campaign Leadership: Develop and implement innovative media campaigns that drive impactful coverage and elevate our brand.
  • Reactive Media Management: Handle live media queries with clarity and speed, ensuring timely responses.
  • Collaborator Involvement: Work alongside multiple PR agencies, Group Corporate Affairs colleagues, and various business units to deliver coordinated messaging.
  • Strategic Media Relations: Cultivate strong relationships with national, broadcast, and regional media while providing advice and insight.
  • Risk Mitigation: Identify emerging issues and handle them proactively to safeguard our reputation.

What you’ll need

  • Media relations experience preferred; open to all with relevant skills and experience.
  • Creative Thinking: A knack for developing innovative ideas and campaigns that generate significant media coverage.
  • Outstanding Communication: Outstanding ability to simplify issues for audiences and engage effectively with media collaborators.
  • Collaborative Spirit: Experience growing in fast-paced environments and working well with both internal teams and external partners.

And any experience of these would be really useful

  • Established network of contacts with journalists
  • Understanding of macroeconomic trends and their impact on public perception
  • Writing skills for press releases, crafting compelling narratives and key messages

About working for us

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.


We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

  • A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
  • An annual performance-related bonus
  • Share schemes including free shares
  • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
  • 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
  • A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.

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At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

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