Media Manager, Wellcome Collection
Media Manager, Wellcome Collection
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Media Manager Wellcome Collection
Salary: 60000
Closing date:Sunday 25 May 2025
Contract type: Fixed term Contract until Friday 7 July 2026
Wellcome Collection is a free museum and library exploring health and human experience where you can enjoy exhibitions museum and library collections public events and a vibrant shop and caf. We also publish books and online stories.
This is a great time to join Wellcome Collection as we recently introduced a new tenyear strategy and this role will play an important part in bringing our vision; a world where everyones experience of health matters to life.
Wellcome Collection is part of Wellcome Trust a global charitable foundation that supports science to build a healthier future for everyone. Wellcome Trust plans to spend 16bn over the next ten years funding new discoveries in life health and wellbeing and taking on three global health challenges: mental health infectious disease and climate and health.
hese challenges need the bold science we support but they wont be solved by science alone.
We are looking for a Media manager to join our team on a Fixed Term Contract
Where in Wellcome will I be working
Youll work in Wellcome Collections Communications & Marketing team reporting to the Communications Lead.
This team sits within Wellcomes Corporate Affairs department alongside colleagues delivering Communications and Engagement for the foundation.
What will I be doing
Youll oversee the delivery of media campaigns that promote our activities to our key audiences build Wellcome Collections brand and reputation and manage risk.
We are looking for someone who can:
Deliver the PR campaigns for Wellcome Collection.
Manage breaking and reactive news stories that involve Wellcome Collection or are related to key areas of strategic or reputational interest.
Protect and enhance Wellcome Collection and Wellcomes reputation and help communicate our narrative to the national and international media.
Embed Wellcomes commitments to equity and inclusion in campaign development and delivery.
Is this job for me
This is an exciting moment to join the team as Wellcome Collection is currently reimagining our approach to audiences. We want to ensure the museum and library is welcoming to everyone and build meaningful relationships with priority groups. This role will play a critical part in influencing this new approach and reshaping our communication strategies to achieve these ambitions over the next decade.
Were looking for someone who has a proven track record in / with:
Experience of media relations inhouse at an agency or experience as a journalist dealing with sensitive and highprofile issues and delivering highprofile campaigns.
Excellent contacts in the media and cultural world and a keen understanding of both.
Excellent written editing and oral communication skills including writing and pitching comment and opinion articles in national and international media.
Excellent proactive and reactive media relations skills including steering media campaign strategies and crisis management. Financial management and budgetary skills.
Able to advise on complex issues of strategic and reputational importance.
Experience in supporting Wellcomes journey to becoming an antiracist antiablest organisation. Youll be an important champion of our Inclusive Communications Principles building these Principles into your own work and helping to promote them to the wider organisation.
To apply for this role please submit an update CV and answer 2 application questions to demonstrate that you meet the minimum requirements for the role.
Minimum Criteria:
Experience of media relations inhouse at an agency or experience as a journalist dealing with sensitive and highprofile issues and delivering highprofile campaigns.
Implemented and run large press and PR events.
Excellent written editing and oral communication skills including writing and pitching comment and opinion articles in national and international media.
Excellent proactive and reactive media relations skills including leading media campaign strategies and crisis management
Interview dates: Tuesday 10 June to Thursday 12 June 2025
You can view the full job description on our website
You can read more about the benefits we offer our employees on our website
Our Hybrid Way of Working
We understand that our colleagues have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to build a flexible working environment in which people can perform at their best.
At Wellcome we have a hybrid way of working which is 3 days in our Euston Road offices (Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday) with the remaining 2 days working either remotely or in the office.
Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do
Diversity and Inclusion is a priority at Wellcome. We are committed to cultivating a fair andinclusiveenvironment where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone. This includesmaking adjustmentsfor people who have a disability or longterm visit our websitefor more information on adjustments and accessibility or contact us at.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
