PR & Communications Manager

TL;DR

PR & Communications Manager (PR & Communications): Building a high-volume press office, running regular PR campaigns, and shaping public affairs with an accent on investing and personal finance storytelling. Focus on managing agencies, drafting and editing newsroom content at speed, and generating data-driven PR ideas while preparing spokespeople for media engagements.

Location: London (UK) — hybrid (3 days in the office)

Company

hirify.global is a publicly traded FTSE250 FinTech company running mobile, web, and desktop trading platforms.

What you will do

• Manage 2–3 PR agencies to deliver high-quality press office output and campaign results.
• Draft, edit, and review PR content (press releases, campaign plans) with strong accuracy and editorial standards.
• Support PR strategy by contributing to campaign briefs, tracking progress vs targets, and identifying improvements.
• Own reporting by producing monthly activity reports with insights for the business.
• Generate PR ideas and collaborate with agencies and internal stakeholders to extract news and data for PR stories.
• Prepare spokespeople (messaging documents and Q&As) and build relationships with journalists and political stakeholders.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in PR or journalism (ideally fast-paced PR agency, tech/fintech, or national journalism).
• Strong writing and editing skills with the ability to deliver newsroom content at speed.
• Creativity for pitching ideas and data stories, contributing to campaign development.
• Strong interest in numbers, market performance, trends, returns, and statistics.
• Ruthless attention to detail across words, numbers, and punctuation.
• Good understanding of investing (asset classes, market drivers, macro triggers, and companies).
• Strong time-management skills to stay calm under pressure and meet deadlines.

Nice to have

• Experience working with investing brands.
• Experience managing agencies.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working model with 3 days in the office.
• Flexible benefits package on top of salary (12%), plus private medical cover and life insurance.
• 25 days holiday (plus birthday day off and additional voluntary work days), with option to buy or sell holiday days.
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning and a global/local onboarding process.
• Enhanced parental pay and leave, plus support for ESG initiatives via the IG Brighter Future Fund.

Hiring process

• Application review followed by interviews to assess PR/journalism experience and writing/editing capability.
• Discussion of agency management approach and experience with investing/financial markets storytelling.