Head of Communications
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Southampton (Hybrid)
Salary: £75,000 – £95,000 base + benefits
Consultant: Mags Rendle
The Company
Established in 2015, this fast-growing outdoor lifestyle brand is redefining how people experience adventure. With a focus on innovation, simplicity, and accessibility, they empower individuals and families to embrace the freedom of the outdoors. The team is passionate, collaborative, and driven by a shared love of exploration—fostering a culture that values creativity, customer connection, and continuous improvement.
The Opportunity
Are you a strategic communicator with a passion for storytelling, brand voice, and audience engagement? This is a unique opportunity to take full ownership of a brand’s communications strategy—driving awareness, engagement, and growth across every channel and audience.
You’ll be the guardian of messaging from awareness to advocacy, ensuring clarity, consistency, and impact at every stage of the customer journey. From paid media to internal updates, you’ll orchestrate communications that resonate deeply and deliver results.
This is a senior leadership role for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, understands audience segmentation, and knows how to craft messages that move people—and the business—forward.
Job Summary
As Head of Communications, you’ll lead the development and execution of a unified communications strategy across paid, earned, owned, and internal channels. You’ll work closely with marketing, content, and leadership teams to ensure the brand speaks with one clear, compelling voice—whether through advertising, social media, PR, email, or internal comms.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Ownership & Execution
* Own the full communications plan, managing timelines, resources, and priorities across all channels and audiences.
* Develop and refine messaging frameworks for each audience segment, product type, and funnel stage—UK and EU.
* Ensure messaging is tailored for the right audience in the right place, from Instagram reels to blog articles and press releases.
Content & Campaign Leadership
* Build scalable content franchises with clear objectives like engagement, traffic, or sales.
* Translate business updates (product launches, events, showrooms) into impactful multi-channel campaigns.
* Collaborate with channel managers to adapt messaging for social, email, website, paid
media, PR, and internal comms.
Creative & Community Influence
* Work closely with the Content Team to ensure creative assets support the comms strategy.
* Deepen relationships with the community through authentic, consistent, and on-brand communication.
* Own the planning, briefing, and sign-off process for all communications in collaboration with production teams.
Quality & Commercial Impact
* Maintain final approval on all external communications, with CMO sign-off for high-profile announcements.
* Ensure every piece of communication has a clear commercial or brand-building purpose.
* Tailor messaging for cultural and market differences between the UK and EU.
Ideal Candidate
* 7+ years in a senior communications, brand, or content leadership role in a D2C consumer brand.
* Proven experience owning strategy and execution for multi-channel communications.
* Strong understanding of audience segmentation and customer journey stages.
* Exceptional organisational and project management skills, with cross-functional team leadership experience.
* Highly commercial, with a track record of delivering communications that drive results.
* Comfortable in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with multiple stakeholders.
* A clear and persuasive storyteller, able to distil complex ideas into simple, engaging messages.
Why Join?
* Lead the communications strategy of a fast-growing brand with a loyal and passionate customer base.
* Shape messaging that drives awareness, engagement, and growth across every touchpoint.
* Work in a collaborative, high-performance environment with room to innovate and grow.
* Hybrid working model with a modern office in Southampton.
* International exposure and cross-market communications leadership.
Benefits
* 32 days of holiday (including bank holidays)
* Flexible hybrid working (2- 3 days in office)
* Great team, warm, welcoming and dynamic environment
* Global meetups and team retreats
* Personal development plans and training programs
Apply below and Mags will be in touch to discuss the role further.
The Digital Recruitment Company is an Employment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies.
To apply for this role please contact:
Mags Rendle
0203 640 2133
mags@digitalrecruitmentcompany.com
www.digitalrecruitmentcompany.com
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