Senior Media Manager

Are you ready to help us make the news? Do you want to use your instincts for what makes a good media story to make a difference for those living in poverty? The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is looking for a Senior Media Manager to run our busy day to day news operation, juggling competing stories, finessing and applying key messages, turning complex material into influential evidence and giving advice to senior staff about their media appearances. You''ll spot opportunities to get our message heard, push new facts into the public domain, and hold the authorities in all 4 nations to account for their impact on poverty. About the job Working to the Head of Media, you will be a crucial linchpin of our small but extremely capable team, which also consists of 2 media managers, a junior media officer, and a social media manager. You''ll also be the person that makes sure the press office brings in intel from the news and is ready to both react in the moment and plan ahead in ways that will maximise the impact of our work. The team works across traditional media, building relationships with journalists and selling in stories, as well as on social media, and we''re looking for someone who understands how to use both for influencing purposes. We''re acutely aware of the changing media landscape and the need to put together a team which can interact positively with the media in the here and now, responding to trends and algorithms, and also look at new ways of reaching our audiences. ..... full job details .....