Global PR Lead

We Realise Potential in Your Story

Based in the heart of Shoreditch, we are a multi-platform production company, social media agency, and digital media network who are currently on a quest to find a Global PR Lead to join our Marketing team on a maternity cover contract from late June.

Sitting within the Marketing team and working directly into the CMO, this role requires a global view, working across UK and USA press as a priority. As Global PR Lead for the Little Dot Studios group, you will be responsible for all trade PR output across our social media agency, digital TV and media network, and in-house production studio, as well as our sport specialist branded content production company, WING. You will also be leading trade and consumer PR outreach for our SVOD and podcast network, History Hit.

We’re interested in highly experienced, senior PR professionals to be responsible for delivering our PR strategy, elevating our reputation, strengthening our media relationships and ensuring we shout louder about our achievements. If you’re a strategic thinker who loves rolling up your sleeves and has the contacts (and drive) to make things happen: we’d love to hear from you.

PERKS OF THE JOB

We are proud to be an award winning, B Corp™ Certified workplace with employee wellbeing at the heart of everything we do. We offer hybrid and flexi-time working, mental health and wellbeing programmes, enhanced gender neutral parental leave, interest free financial support and a digital nomad policy that allows you to work from abroad in two one week blocks a year. Plus all the usuals such as pension contributions, annual leave and office perks like free lunches, socials, and health treatments!

HOW YOU'LL SPEND YOUR TIME 

PR Strategy & Leadership

• Lead annual PR strategy delivery and manage our (fabulous) PR Executive

• Proactively find global PR opportunities for Little Dot Studios, WING, and History Hit (UK, Germany, ANZ, USA)

• Prepare and present strategic communications reports, insights, and recommendations

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders and lead crisis communication when needed.

Thought Leadership & Media Relations

• Build strong relationships with key industry and consumer publications

• Lead earned speaker opportunity pitching (incl. leadership pitching) and messaging

• Support paid speaking opportunities with Marketing and attend industry events for spokesperson support and networking

• Manage regular thought leadership pitching

• Draft/review content for senior spokespeople, and secure approvals and finalise all assets.

Press Office & Awards

• Draft and manage press releases, overseeing sign-off with stakeholders

• Ensure monthly History Hit listings promoting SVOD, podcast, and YouTube content

• Lead the Awards Strategy, overseeing submissions (PR Executive delivers day-to-day)

• Support quarterly/annual reporting with insights and narrative

Corporate Comms & Marketing Support

• Oversee PR-related social content on owned channels

• Maintain and evolve company boilerplates and core messaging

• Support key group brands (History Hit and WING)

• Provide event and campaign support to the broader Marketing team as required.
  

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED 
Skills matter, experience is useful, attitude is everything

• An outstanding media contacts list and proven ability to secure top-tier coverage

• Strong experience in advertising / marketing industry trade PR in the UK and USA (agency or in-house)

• First-rate news sense and the ability to spot a story quickly

• Strategic thinking combined with hands-on execution

• Excellent project management and organisational skills

• Confidence working with senior stakeholders and C-suite spokespeople

• A friendly, warm, collaborative approach with the ability to also operate independently

• A motivated, proactive, results-driven mindset - whilst also knowing when to pick your battles or take shortcuts without impacting output.

While not mandatory, a deep understanding of digital content, social video and branded content, specifically within Sports or Entertainment marketing, is greatly desired; additionally, experience working with US press is a huge plus.

LITTLE DOT, BIG HIT

History Hit is one of the UK’s biggest digital history brands, with a global reach, across podcasts, Video on Demand, social media and the web. Its podcast network, including Dan Snow’s History Hit, has millions of listens each month. Alongside History Hit, Little Dot Studios’ digital history brands form part of an integrated history offering and include Timeline, Real Royalty, Odyssey, War Stories and Absolute History, generating millions of video views a day globally across OTT and social video platforms including Samsung, Roku, TikTok and Instagram, with Timeline amassing over 5.5m subscribers on YouTube alone.