Join us at WWF-UK – Media Manager
Location: Living Planet Centre, Woking, Surrey
Contract: Permanent, fulltime (35 hours)
Hybrid working: Minimum 40% in person collaboration per month
Salary: £37,581 + excellent benefits
Safeguarding level: Level One
About the role
We’re excited to be recruiting a Media Manager (PR) to help increase the visibility, reach and impact of WWF-UK’s work through compelling, agenda-setting media coverage.
In this role, you’ll focus on proactively generating positive coverage of WWF-UK’s campaigns, projects and priorities across consumer and long-lead media. From breakfast TV sofas to lifestyle titles, online news outlets and specialist press, you’ll help ensure our voice is trusted, respected and heard.
You’ll sit within the PR unit of our Media team and work closely with colleagues across fundraising, brand, advocacy and partnerships. You’ll also support the day-to-day running of the press office, contribute to integrated campaigns, and help spot and seize media opportunities as they arise.
Skills and experience
You’ll bring the skills and experience needed to succeed in this role, including:
Essential
1. Experience working in a busy press office or PR agency environment
2. Proven experience securing high-quality media coverage and increasing brand awareness
3. Strong understanding of the UK media landscape, particularly consumer, lifestyle and features media, as well as broadcast and online outlets
4. Confidence developing relationships with journalists and pitching stories and ideas effectively
5. Excellent written communication skills, with experience producing press releases, media briefings and other materials at pace
6. Ability to manage multiple priorities and see media opportunities through from idea to delivery
7. Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work openly with colleagues across teams
8. Passion for environmental issues and alignment with WWF-UK’s mission
Desirable
9. Experience delivering high-profile UK PR campaigns, events or brand and celebrity partnerships
10. Experience supporting spokespeople for media interviews
11. Experience monitoring and evaluating media activity and impact
12. Experience working on a press rota or responding to breaking news
13. Degree-level education or equivalent experience
What we offer
We believe in rewarding our team with more than just a salary. Here’s what you can expect:
14. Annual leave starting at 26 days a year, rising one day each year to 31 days plus bank holidays
15. Flexible working options, to support your work life balance
16. 7.5% employer contribution to pension, rising to 10% with employee contribution
17. Learning and development opportunities to help you grow
18. Regular wellbeing initiatives to support your health and happiness.
This is a UK based contract, and you are required to have the Right to Work in the UK. Unfortunately, we’re unable to offer sponsorship and any offer of employment will be subject to evidence of your Right to Work in the UK.
This role is hybrid with a minimum 40% of your contracted hours spent at our beautiful UK head office, the Living Planet Centre in Woking, Surrey, where you’ll hot desk among trees and gardens.
About WWF-UK
We’re a global conservation charity with millions of supporters and hundreds of projects around the world.
At WWF-UK, we’re bringing our world back to life. Protecting what’s left isn’t enough. We’re racing to restore nature and prevent catastrophic climate change. And it’s a race we can win with everyone’s help.
We’re courageous, passionate, and driven by science. For more than 60 years we’ve been at the forefront of global efforts to protect wildlife and the natural world. We work with integrity, collaboration and deep respect for those we partner with.
How to apply
Click the link to apply via our website. You’ll be asked to complete an application form and upload your CV and a supporting statement that tells us why you’ll be a great addition to WWF-UK.
Our Diversity Promise to You
At the heart of our mission is a simple truth: the planet needs everyone. That means you - in all your uniqueness, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, or how you choose to express yourself.
We don’t do stereotypes. We work together with purpose, driven by passion and enhanced by respect, courage, and integrity. We pull together from all walks of life to fight for a better future, and we want you to feel supported every step of the way.
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident employer and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels they belong. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities.
So, if there’s anything we can do to make your application or interview experience more comfortable or accessible, just give our Talent Acquisition Team a shout at recruitment@wwf.org.uk.
Safeguarding Commitment
Just as we celebrate diversity in all its forms, we are equally dedicated to creating a safe environment for every person we work with or encounter.
Our commitment extends to children, adults at risk, and individuals experiencing any form of vulnerability, whether temporary or permanent.
We proudly stand behind CAPSEAH (Common Approach to Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment) and put this commitment into action through clear policies, thorough training, and recruitment checks tailored to each role, which may include external vetting.
If you ever have a concern, however big or small, know that there are confidential channels ready to support you at WWF-UK. We promise to respond promptly and with care, because protecting every individual is at the heart of everything we do.
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