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About the Role
We are seeking a Director of Corporate Affairs with a "corpsumer" mindset, blending consumer PR flair with strategic corporate reputation management. This role requires a progressive communications leader driven by commercial curiosity, adept at using data to shape B2B and B2C narratives. You will serve as a trusted advisor to C-suite executives and the Board, translating corporate strategy into clear external positioning and managing messaging across diverse stakeholders. The primary focus will be leading high-impact external Comms & PR campaigns and safeguarding brand reputation.
Responsibilities
- Act as a trusted advisor to C-suite executives and the Board.
- Translate corporate strategy into clear external positioning.
- Ensure messaging flexes seamlessly across diverse stakeholders, including national media, commercial partners, investors, government bodies, and internal teams.
- Lead the team in delivering high-impact external Comms & PR campaigns.
- Serve as a strategic guardrail for brand reputation.
- Utilize commercial foresight and cultural radar to spot risks early and navigate high-stakes issues.
- Inspire an ambitious communications team to deliver maximum impact.
Requirements
- Currently operating at Director level or similar, with a track record of leading integrated communications across complex organizations.
- Proven experience advising, influencing, and operating alongside C-suite executives, boards, and senior leadership.
- Exceptional agility in tailoring and flexing complex messages to connect effectively with vastly different audiences.
- Credibility and ability to build and develop key relationships with journalists and media outlets.
- A naturally inquisitive mind that relentlessly digs for the "so what?", turning complex data, trends, or technical detail into clear, irresistible narratives.
- Track record of running creative consumer or trade campaigns combined with a strong understanding of corporate brand sensitivities and reputational boundaries.
- Agility and poise in handling high-stakes issues, backed by the cultural awareness to spot and mitigate reputation risks early.
- Demonstrated success engaging both everyday consumers and commercial/trade audiences.
- Proven leadership of high-performing teams and external agency partners across complex businesses.
- Background or awareness of the automotive and/or technology/marketplace sectors is a plus.
Skills
- Corporate Affairs
- Consumer PR
- Strategic Communications
- B2B Marketing
- B2C Marketing
- Stakeholder Management
- Media Relations
- Narrative Shaping
- Crisis Management
- Issues Management
- People Leadership
Location
- London
- Manchester
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Travel required between London and Manchester
Experience Level
- Senior Leadership
- Director Level
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary
- Additional 10% of salary awarded in shares annually
Benefits
- Awarded shares (vesting over three years)
- 28 days holiday per year
- Bank holidays
- Half day closures on Christmas and New Year's Eve
- Pension scheme (7% standard contribution, 5% employee contribution)
- Comprehensive private medical cover
- Enhanced family leave provisions
- Car salary sacrifice scheme
- Share-save options
- Access to 24/7 online GP and dentist
- Specialist support for assisted fertility, gender dysphoria, menopause, period care plans
- Connected Working (hybrid model)
- Remote-first periods during summer and winter (work remotely anywhere in the UK and certain locations abroad)
- Tailored new-starter induction programme ('Great Start')
About the Company
- Autotrader is the most trusted, most visited automotive marketplace in the UK.
- A heritage brand and a tech innovator, bringing together vehicle buyers and sellers.
- Offers choices for vehicles ranging from cars to e-bikes and caravans.
- Focuses on untangling the complex car-buying journey.
- Values people, diversity, and collaboration.
- A beautiful, surprising, and vibrant place to work.