Corporate Relations Manager/Senior Advisor

Overview

In this role you will shape and deliver Linklaters’ global media engagement and proactive campaigns, acting as a trusted advisor on reputational matters. You will lead cross-border communications, support major corporate reporting, and coordinate with senior stakeholders to ensure consistent, high-quality messaging. The position sits at the centre of excellence for corporate communications, guiding crises responses and strategic campaigns. You will develop talent, share best practices, and help safeguard the firm’s reputation while driving impactful, global communications.

Pay / Benefits

• truly global work experience
• involvement in strategic projects
• commitment to corporate social, environmental and governance responsibilities
• talent development and leadership
• agile working solutions
• health and wellbeing support

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary media relations point for internal and external stakeholders, offering strategic counsel and best practice guidance.
• Assess requests strategically and respond promptly and professionally.
• Develop and deliver global media strategies and campaigns aligned with strategic priorities.
• Build relationships with journalists, commentators, agencies, and other key stakeholders; lead proactive engagement and manage major inquiries.
• Advise senior leadership on announcements, thought leadership, sensitive issues, and reputational risks to ensure consistent messaging.
• Act as escalation point for crises, coordinating rapid responses with governance and confidentiality.
• Design and continuously improve playbooks, Q&A documents, statements, and response frameworks for media and crisis communications.
• Lead drafting, editing and QA of external communications including press releases, statements, briefings, and campaigns.
• Oversee global media monitoring and analysis to provide actionable insights to executives.
• Oversee major corporate reporting and firmwide communications projects ensuring accuracy, compliance, and brand alignment.

Key requirements

• Extensive experience in media relations, crisis communications and corporate communications for a global organisation.
• Proven track record advising senior leaders and delivering high-stakes media engagement and proactive campaigns.
• Strong relationships with media and experience developing media strategies.
• Experience handling sensitive enquiries and judging escalation appropriately.
• Significant experience drafting external communications (press releases, Q&A, executive briefings, thought leadership).
• Experience coordinating cross-border projects and collaborating across functions, jurisdictions and cultures.
• Understanding of legal, regulatory and risk considerations affecting external communications.

• Outstanding written and verbal communication
• Strategic influencing and advisory capabilities
• Calm, structured, solutions-focused under pressure
• Copywriting
• Corporate Annual Reports
• Corporate Communications Strategy

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