PR Manager - Culture & Entertainment - dependent

Position: PR Manager - Culture & Entertainment  £42,000 - £50,000 per annum dependent on experience

PR Manager – Culture & Entertainment (Maternity Cover)

We are looking for an experienced,dynamic PR professional to join our Culture & Entertainment publicity team as Acting PR Manager on a maternity leave contract. This is an exciting opportunity for a well-connected PR with strong line management experience
-someone who loves live tours, comedy, theatre, podcasts, festivals, and live events, and who is ready to play a key role in our thriving Culture & Entertainment team.

The Opportunity:

Acting PR Manager, Culture & Entertainment

Key Responsibilities

• Lead major PR campaigns across live comedy, tours, podcasts, festivals, experiential events and theatre projects, delivering high-quality work and impactful results.
• Develop and execute creative strategies for a diverse portfolio of projects, managing a small campaign team effectively.
• Work strategically to identify the right activity to reach priority audiences and deliver on campaign objectives.
• Act as the senior daily client contact, providing trusted counsel, proactively communicating, and fostering excellent relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Approve coverage reports, client updates and campaign plans before they are shared externally.
• Lead client liaison including project reporting, meetings and day to day communication.

Media Relations & Issues Management

• Bring an established network of media relationships across broadcast, print, online and digital, ideally with a particular network of contacts covering live arts.
• Proactively grow and nurture media contacts, identifying new outlets and opportunities for audience engagement.
• Monitor the media landscape, anticipate emerging issues and develop strategies to mitigate risk.
• Handle complex media issues, establishing clear reactive procedures and preparing lines for enquiry, briefings and guidance.
• Possess excellent writing skills and strong news sense, producing sharp, engaging press materials.
• Manage and support junior team members up to Publicist level, ensuring high-quality work across campaigns.
• Provide guidance through challenges, oversee workloads, set performance objectives and offer development opportunities.
• Work under the direction of the Director, Culture & Entertainment.
• Confidently lead teams at events, red carpets and photo calls when necessary.

Project & Workflow Management

• Maintain excellent organisation and administration, anticipating deadlines and managing campaign and event budgets effectively.
• Handle multiple high-priority projects at pace.
• Ensure timely delivery of coverage reports and end-of-campaign updates.
• Maintain a visible presence for Culture & Entertainment campaigns and project social media channels; contribute actively to internal updates and bulletins.

New Business

• Support the senior team in new business pitches and contribute to identifying new opportunities for agency growth.

Additional Requirements

• This role requires working at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe during August, so candidates must be willing to travel.
• Out-of-hours work is expected, including attending press nights, work-in-progress shows and London galas. Multitude Media operates a robust time in lieu scheme for additional hours worked.

Key information

• Position: PR Manager - Culture and Entertainment
• Contract type:
  Maternity Cover
• Hours:
  
  Full time, 37.5 hours a week with flexi-working based around core hours of 10am to 5:30pm.
• Location:
  
  Hybrid working – minimum of 3 days working at our head office in Central London, plus home working.

All members of the Multitude Media team are granted access to our benefits scheme, which includes:

• Generous time-in-lieu scheme for all employees due to necessary evening/weekend work on occasion.
• Generous annual leave, incl. bonus birthday day off and fully paid charity working day.
• Season ticket loan scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.

To apply

Candidates should send a cover letter of no more than 500 words explaining why they are suitable for the role, along with their CV to karma
. The Final date to receive applications is 23:59 on Tuesday 6th January 2026. Interviews will be conducted w/c 19th January 2026. Please note applications sent without a cover letter will not be considered.

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