Communications Manager

Communications Manager

Posted 1 week ago by Career Moves Group I B Corp™

£42 Per hour
Inside
Hybrid
Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Summary: The Communications Manager role involves creating awareness and excitement for wearable products, particularly Ray-Ban smart glasses, across Europe. The position requires collaboration with the Communications Manager for RL and focuses on strategic communications and storytelling in the AI-powered wearable technology sector. The ideal candidate should have a strong understanding of the media landscape in Europe, especially in Italy and Spain, and experience in consumer hardware products. Responsibilities include executing campaigns, crafting narratives, and managing cross-functional relationships.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Execute strategic plans and campaigns to drive awareness and adoption of wearable products.
  • Help shape messaging and tactics that resonate with consumers in key European markets.
  • Craft compelling narratives about wearable technologies and their impact on users.
  • Implement integrated marketing communications across all channels, including owned, earned, and social media.
  • Create engaging content such as social media posts, blogs, pitches, and other creative materials.
  • Manage press events in the region, prepare spokespeople, and develop briefing materials.
  • Work cross-functionally with product, marketing, policy content, and other communications teams.
  • Manage relationships with multiple agency teams.

Key Skills:

  • 6+ years of experience in communications or a related field, focusing on consumer hardware products.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft compelling narratives.
  • Strong understanding of the media and creator landscape across EMEA, particularly Italy and/or Spain.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities and deadlines.
  • Strong analytical skills, with experience analyzing data and providing insights for communications strategies.
  • Experience working with cross-functional teams, including product, marketing, social, and policy.
  • Fluency in both spoken and written Italian.
  • Consumer tech experience.
  • New Media experience with creators & social publishers.
  • Understanding of the Italian landscape.
  • Experience in product & corporate communications in EMEA.
  • Experience in AI work.

Salary (Rate): £42.31 hourly

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other

Detailed Description From Employer:

Communications Manager

Location: London, UK

Length: 12 Months

Rate: £42.31 p/h (Inside IR35)

Hours: 9am-6pm (Hybrid, 3 days per week in office)

Role overview: Our client is seeking a highly motivated Associate Communications Manager to create awareness and excitement for our wearable products, including Ray-Ban smart glasses, in Europe. Alongside our Communications Manager for RL, this person will work across an exciting range of AI-powered, wearable technologies, driving strategic communications and storytelling that resonate with our audiences. The ideal candidate is someone who has a good understanding of the media landscape across Europe, particularly in Italy and Spain, experience working on consumer hardware products, and a passion for AI and AR technology. This individual should have a track record of planning and executing announcements, reviewing campaigns and working cross-functionally across product, marketing and partners.

Responsibilities:

  • Execute strategic plans and campaigns to drive awareness and adoption of our wearable products.
  • Help shape messaging and tactics that will resonate with consumers in our key European markets
  • Craft compelling narratives about our wearable technologies and their impact on users
  • Implement integrated marketing communications across all channels, including owned, earned, and social media
  • Create engaging content such as social media posts, blogs, pitches, and other creative materials to promote various announcements and milestones
  • Manage press events in the region, prepare spokespeople, and develop briefing materials
  • Work cross-functionally with product, marketing, policy content, and other communications teams
  • Manage relationships with multiple agency teams.

Qualifications & Experience :

  • 6+ years of experience in communications or a related field, with a focus on consumer hardware products
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft compelling narratives and messaging
  • Strong understanding of the media and creator landscape across EMEA, and in particularly Italy and/or Spain, with existing relationships a plus
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, with multiple priorities and deadlines
  • Strong analytical skills, with experience analysing data and providing insights to inform future communications strategies
  • Experience working with cross-functional teams, including product, marketing, social and policy

Top 3 Must have hard skills

  • Fluency in both spoken and written Italian
  • Consumer tech experience
  • New Media Experience with creators & social publishers

Good to have skills

  • Understanding of the Italian landscape
  • Product & corporate comms team in EMEA
  • Spans Aps & AI work