PR Manager

We're Norton Rose Fulbright - a global law firm with over 50 offices and 7,000 employees worldwide. We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service.

As well as the relevant skills and experience, we're looking for people who are innovative, commercial and value the work that they do. To attract the best people, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work, have a sense of belonging, and realize their full career potential. We value difference and actively promote a culture of respect for each individual, encouraging and creating inclusion.

Our new hybrid working model allows our people to have more flexibility in the way they choose to work from both the office and a remote location, while continuing to deliver the highest standards of service. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies and provide access to programmes and services aimed at nurturing our people’s health and overall wellbeing.

We are recruiting for a PR Manager to join our well-established media relations team at Norton Rose Fulbright in Europe, the Middle and Asia (EMEA).

This is an existing role, based in London, reporting into the EMEA Head of PR and a Senior PR Manager and work alongside a Communications Assistant in the UK.

The PR manager is responsible for developing and delivering impactful media campaigns for key sectors, practices, offices and initiatives across EMEA.

This is an exciting time to be joining Norton Rose Fulbright in EMEA. With an ambitious senior leadership team, including a new EMEA Director of Communications, there is a strategic imperative to extend the external projection of our brand.

Key relationships

MBD is a determinedly integrated team across clients, bids, business development, marketing, communications and operations. There will be daily interaction and collaboration with the Head of PR, the Chief Marketing & Business Development Officer and the senior MBD leadership team as well as PR, communication, marketing and BD colleagues from across EMEA. The EMEA PR team works closely with its counterparts across the globe.
Other key stakeholders include lawyers and business services from across the EMEA region.

Core Responsibilities

Working with the EMEA Head of PR to drive forward media relations activity to enhance the profile, brand and reputation of the firm across key sectors, practices, jurisdictions and initiatives.
Using existing relationships with trade, national and broadcast journalists to secure press coverage and generate thought leadership opportunities for partners and business services leaders across the EMEA region.
Working to defined targets to oversee and implement media relations strategies for key sectors, practice areas, jurisdictions and initiatives, working with internal stakeholders.
Provide the full range of proactive and reactive media relations advice and strategic counsel covering long-term profile-raising needs and being a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders.
Create and develop written content, including pitches, press releases and submissions.
Working with the Head of PR on significant firm announcements for major appointments and initiatives.