PR Manager - 6 Month FTC

PR ManagerWe have an exciting new vacancy to join our Public Communications team, which comprises of three sub-teams: PR and Digital, Schools and Youth, and Activations. This team is crucial to ensuring WWF-UK maximises its audience engagement opportunities, both with short-term reactive activity and long-term strategic delivery.This team brings together specialists in social media, digital and PR, and is designed to maximise the impact of WWF-UK's owned and earned media in ways that have a real resonance in the daily lives of the UK public.The challenge facing WWF-UK's Public Communications team is large but exciting; raising awareness and funds to protect the world's most endangered species, engaging public support to influence decisions to keep our rivers, seas and forests healthy, and keeping the biggest environmental threat facing our planet - climate change - front of mind.The role of PR Manager is crucial to the team, acting as a key driver in delivering media cut through on our biggest campaigns. We are looking for someone who is proactive, creative, able to seek out and craft a story, and happy to pick up the phone to a wide range of media.You will be supporting our Senior PR Manager in the delivery of key PR campaigns, including Earth Hour and Christmas, and you will also support the Celebrity team to sell-in influencer-led activities, including launches and events.This is a full time role for a 6 month contract.To view more about this role please see the attached role insight found at the bottom of this page.If this sounds like the challenge you are after, please complete the online registration and submit your CV and cover letter, highlighting why you are interested in this role and why you are a suitable candidate.Closing date: 01 October 2017Interview date: TBCAt WWF-UK we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment, where diversity is valued and there is equality of opportunity. We therefore welcome applications from all sections of the community and we offer a range of benefits to encourage a work life balance.