Media Relations Manager

Closing Date:02/11/2026

Group:

Corporate Group Management Level:Senior Associate Job Type:Permanent

Job Description:

Please note that this role will close on 00:01 on Monday 2 November, and therefore we advise getting your application in by no later than midnight on Sunday 1 November.

About Ofcom As the UK’s communications regulator, we’re delivering vital work that helps keep the UK connected and shapes the future of how we’ll stay connected with each other.

Our work covers everything from phones and broadband, through to TV, radio, the postal service, and wireless devices. We’re also taking on the challenge of making the online world a safer place. And we need people of all backgrounds, skill sets, and experiences to help us achieve our goal of making communications work for everyone.

Team overview

Ofcom’s mission is to make communications work for everyone. We are looking for an experienced media manager to join our busy media relations team, and to help explain how our work affects people up and down the country.

Ofcom is the regulator for the communications services that we use and rely on each day. We regulate services from phone and broadband to TV and radio, airwaves and the postal service. And we’ve taken on new duties to make online services safer for everyone, with work underway to implement the UK’s forthcoming social media ban. It’s important work on behalf of people across the  joining our fast-paced, welcoming and expert Communications Department, you’ll see why Ofcom was previously named by PR Week as the UK’s best place for communications professionals to work in-house.

Purpose of the Role We’re looking for an enthusiastic and experienced media communicator with a strong news sense and an excellent understanding of journalists’ demands.

The role will involve communicating some of our most high-profile, wide-ranging work, which makes national news on a daily basis. That might include topics like creating a safer life online for children and adults in the UK; enforcing standards in TV and radio; holding telecoms firms to account; and helping the UK to be at the cutting edge of new technology.

You will need shrewd judgement and initiative to help Ofcom shape and influence opinions in the modern news environment. You’ll be an expert in judging reputational risk, have strong networking skills, and be a consummate multi-tasker - calmly balancing reactive and proactive communications priorities. You’ll also work with our digital news team to bring our story to life for the public, consumer groups, politicians and policy-makers and media.

Key responsibilities

Take a leading role in responding to enquiries from all sections of the media – often national print, online and broadcast, and also international, regional, specialist and trade.

Build and sustain effective relationships with media and other external stakeholders.

Help to develop and enhance Ofcom's media profile by identifying proactive opportunities and generating positive coverage.

Develop a strong understanding of relevant fields of Ofcom’s work, over time, becoming an expert within the Communications team on specific policy and subject areas.

Manage Ofcom’s external announcements pipeline and weekly reporting on the Communications team’s activity to senior leaders.

Essential Skills, knowledge and experience

Excellent understanding of the media and requirements of journalists.

Executing Plans:
Proven track record of managing completing priorities in a fast-paced, high-profile press office environment

Strong appetite for media relations, together with a sharp news sense and the ability to identify positive consumer angles with media appeal.

Building Solutions:
Analytical and strategic mindset, able to cut through complex issues to see…