UK Communications Manager

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Agency :

Havas Media Group

Job Description :

We are looking for someone who has the ambition and drive to deliver excellence for themselves, for this role and for HMN UK. The successful candidate will have a proactive, can-do attitude and a point of view. S/he will be a natural storyteller and PR planner, equally comfortable with building relationships with key stakeholders (internally and externally) right through to crafting thoughtful copy for our SLT or successful award submissions.

UK COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

HAVAS MEDIA NETWORK UK

Overview

Havas Media Network UK is one of the largest media agencies in the advertising industry. Since 2020, we have doubled our headcount to around 1000 people spread across our three offices (London, Manchester, Leeds and Edinburgh) and we now have over 400 clients. Leading industry magazine labelled us one of eight key media agencies to watch in 2025.

Against this backdrop, we are recruiting a communications manager to join Havas Media Network’s growing UK PR team. Working closely with another communications manager and the wider growth team (consisting of marketing, new biz and prospecting), you will report into HMN UK’s head of communications.

You will play a key and influential role in driving reputational and commercial growth of HMN. You will be in charge of two of HMN’s key agencies, namely Havas Media, Arena Media, Havas Play, Ledger Bennett and Havas Market, providing you with the opportunity to be integrated into some exciting businesses at the forefront of advertising/media and to work with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities will cover: PR planning & execution, media relations, copywriting, crisis communications, social media, press releases, award writing.

There is a clear, ownable pathway to develop and grow at an exciting moment in the business’s history, which will be supported by your line manager and raft of tools available through Havas. We offer a generous employment package and have a vibrant culture. It’s why we’re Campaign’s Best Places to Work seven years in the last eight.

We currently work three days in the office – this is a hybrid role, not a remote one.

Position starts 1 January 2026.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for someone who has the ambition and drive to deliver excellence for themselves, for this role and for HMN UK. The successful candidate will have a proactive, can-do attitude and a point of view. S/he will be a natural storyteller and PR planner, equally comfortable with building relationships with key stakeholders (internally and externally) right through to crafting thoughtful copy for our SLT or successful award submissions.

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But don’t let the above hold you back from applying – if you think you have the entrepreneurial flare to bring something different to the role and get up to speed quickly, then get in touch.

What does all of that mean in practice?

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Team

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What’s in it for you?

HMN UK is headed up by CEO Patrick Affleck who since 2020, has transformed the business into a sustainable, modern and future-facing communications agency fit for our clients, industry and people. In 2022, we turbocharged our capabilities in performance marketing, content, commerce and B2B. We are now an award-winning and influential business, and the only way is up.

We have made Campaign’s Best Places to work list seven out of the last eight years consecutively, helped by our enhanced employee schemes such as our parental leave policy into an ambitious, inclusive, industry-leading parenthood package that provides four months’ and six-moths' fully-paid parenthood leave for all new fathers and mothers. We also allow anyone to work from anywhere in the world for 4 weeks a year. Our programmes HKX Campus, Havas EqualiseandHavas Level Up also all help ensure everyone has equal and fair opportunity in our business.

We also have a superb office and canteen in St Pancras where you’ll work.

Meanwhile, the launch of our ‘ Meaningfully Daring Side Hustle’ programme accessible to anyone in the business that helps our people to develop other skillsets outside of media and foster an entrepreneurial culture in Havas. And we’re especially proud of our Havas Boost programme, which supports underrepresented businesses, made its first investment since launching late 2021. These are among a handful of ways we want to demonstrate that advertising can be a force for good beyond our industry.

Application process

You’ve read this far – well done! Are you interested in applying? If so, this is the application process:






All candidates brought to interview will be given feedback and will have the opportunity to speak about their application.

Contract Type :

Permanent

Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.
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Location:
London, England, United Kingdom
Salary:
£100,000 - £125,000
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Marketing & Media

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