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About the Role

The Associate Director, Global Corporate Communications will lead proactive public relations activities to strengthen IFM Investors’ profile in UK and European markets, supporting key investment priorities like sustainability. This role involves building and delivering earned-media opportunities, developing media campaigns, and transforming complex investment themes into compelling stories.

Responsibilities

Deliver proactive earned-media activity aligned with IFM’s commercial, investment and reputational priorities.
Develop integrated PR campaigns around IFM research, thought leadership, investment expertise and priority market themes.
Working with the Global Head of Sustainable Investment to identify opportunities to build IFM’s reputation as a sustainable investor.
Manage the paid media strategy on behalf of GER and ensure alignment with narratives and timings in market.
Work with senior spokespeople and subject-matter experts to develop distinctive points of view, story angles and media commentary.
Extend the value of major campaigns beyond launch through sustained media engagement, commentary, contributed content and regionally-relevant opportunities.
Support IFM’s subject matter experts in media interviews and speaking opportunities.
Represent the global Corporate Communications team in London and serve as the initial point of coordination for relevant media enquiries and opportunities.
Assess and triage incoming matters, bringing together the appropriate communications, investment, transaction and subject-matter expertise from across IFM.
Provide timely media advice and support to London-based executives and teams, while ensuring alignment with global accountabilities, messaging and approval processes.
Support the management of sensitive or reputation-relevant matters in partnership with senior Corporate Communications and Public Affairs colleagues.
Contribute to consistent media practices, information sharing and coordination across IFM’s global offices and agency network.

Requirements

Significant experience in corporate communications, public relations or financial communications, ideally gained in investment management, institutional finance, pensions or another complex global sector.
Demonstrated success originating and delivering proactive media campaigns and generating story-worthy content to highlight business objectives and achievements.
Strong experience turning research, technical material or specialist expertise into clear and compelling external narratives.
Experience and relationships with leading business, financial and institutional-investment media, with UK and international networks highly regarded.
Experience advising senior executives and preparing spokespeople for high-profile media engagement.
Demonstrated ability to design cross-functional communications processes, governance structures or operating models.
Experience working across earned, owned and paid channels, with a clear understanding of their different purposes, risks and measures of success.
Strong agency-management experience, including setting briefs, challenging recommendations and assessing performance.
Excellent judgment, writing and stakeholder-management skills, with the confidence to operate independently across regions and time zones.
Detailed understanding and knowledge of investment management, pension systems and IFM Investors’ commercial processes and business drivers.
Detailed understanding and knowledge of IFM Investors’ global competitors and market positioning.
Solid global knowledge of IFM Investors’ investment community including but not limited to investors, owners, asset consultants, key opinion leaders, journalists and other relevant industry bodies.
Sufficient depth of corporate communication expertise to be treated as senior specialist.
Communications advisor to Leadership Team and Chief Executive.
Ability to develop communication briefs to facilitate external agency development and internal communication clarity.
Understanding as to how to leverage and manage journalist networks and media outlets to optimise brand awareness opportunities for IFM Investors globally.

Skills

Public relations
Financial communications
Investment management
Institutional finance
Pensions
Media campaigns
Content generation
External narratives
Media relations
Executive advising
Spokesperson preparation
Cross-functional process design
Earned media
Owned media
Paid media
Agency management
Stakeholder management
Journalism
Sustainable investment principles

Location

London

Work Type

Hybrid
Flexible

Experience Level

Associate Director
Senior

Education Level

Tertiary qualified with a communication, journalism or related focus

Benefits

Competitive salary
Generous leave entitlements

About the Company

IFM Investors is a global asset manager, founded and owned by pension funds, with capabilities in infrastructure equity and debt, private equity, private credit, real estate and listed equities.
Our purpose is to invest, protect and grow the long-term retirement savings of working people.
We believe healthy returns depend on healthy economic, environmental and social systems.
With assets under management of approximately $291.1 AUD billion (at 30 June 2026), we prioritise the interests of over 883 institutional investors worldwide.
IFM operates from 17 offices across Australia, Europe, North America and Asia.

Equal Opportunity

IFM Investors is committed to promoting an inclusive culture where all employees are valued and recognised for their unique qualities, backgrounds, and perspectives.
We champion all groups regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, or family status.
We are committed to providing individuals with disabilities reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application or interview process.