About Hanbury Strategy
We turn insight into impact. Whether you face a communications challenge or have a policy goal, our exceptional team uses our understanding of public opinion, the press and politics to create campaigns that work. We have a relentless focus on achieving great results for our clients.

The role
As we expand our strategic communications and corporate reputation counsel to clients, we are looking for first class talent to help shape and drive this rapidly growing part of the business. Directors play a key role in ensuring the quality of what we deliver for clients.

For this role we are looking for a consultant who is drawn to complex, issues-driven briefs where clients are facing long-term business challenges where strategic communications enhance clients' social licence to operate. We are looking to hire a Director who enjoys thinking strategically about reputation challenges, who is brilliant at corporate communications and passionate about helping to develop and articulate Hanbury’s offer.

Directors play a pivotal role managing both ‘up and down’ internally and with clients. Directors are instrumental in the development of the firm, across the design and delivery of plans for quality, talent and growth.

Responsibilities will include the following:
Leadership and management

• Setting clear goals and priorities for teams, and holding people above and below to account for delivering them.
• Supporting the team to develop and deliver communications plans to meet those goals.
• Drawing on the full expertise and resources of the firm to develop and deliver advice that helps our clients build and protect their reputations.
• First class client handling skills.

Thinking and doing

• Leading from the front drafting strategy recommendations, communications materials, etc.
• Giving our clients counsel even if our view isn’t what they want to hear.
• Using data to underpin our strategies with insight.

Business development

• Growing and evolving the work we do (our services) and how we do it (our process and structure).
• Playing a role in identifying and winning new business opportunities.

The ideal candidate

• Is interested in current affairs and the intersection of business, politics and society
• Is well-versed in using polling and data to form communications strategy
• Is able to manage multi-disciplinary teams and briefs
• Has experience in and is interested in international reputation management
• May specialise in a specific area of corporate reputation but is comfortable managing strategies that encompass different disciplines
• Highly collaborative and has exceptional team building skills
• Has excellent project management experience and is highly competent leading large multi-disciplinary teams, e.g. data analytics, creative, social, etc.
• Is well versed in both the protect and promote sides of reputation management

About you

• Excited to be part of a dynamic team, working with clients from a range of industries.
• While talent and proven capability is most important to us, we anticipate that will have at least 7 years’ experience, preferably in strategic communications consulting
• Not afraid to break new ground and find new ways to solve old problems.
• Dedicated to producing high quality work and going the extra mile.
• An entrepreneurial approach, with the ability to think on your feet.
• Have an interest in current affairs and how it impacts corporate clients.
• Enjoy working with people with a diverse range of backgrounds and opinions.
• Personable, respectful and a team player.

Benefits

• 28 days’ paid leave plus bank holidays (additional days at Christmas as the office closes)
• Company pension plan with 4% employer contributions
• Discretionary annual bonus and competitive pay
• Private healthcare with Vitality includes: mental health cover, international travel cover, dental, eye and hearing cover and discounted gym membership
• We operate on a flexible hybrid working basis, with a London-office base near Spitalfields market
• Normal contracted working hours are 9am - 6pm (with an hour for lunch)
• Opportunity to work from abroad for up to four weeks a year
• Access to a full social and cultural calendar and employee wellness programmes
• A diverse people development programme including fortnightly internal training sessions and a full annual programme of external trainers and inspirational speakers.