Supporting the delivery of financial and corporate communications programmes by developing and maintaining media relationships, and securing opportunities for your clients to partake in wider industry debates through the media

•  Proactive media relations, engaging with media on a daily basis and keeping abreast of media moves and role/beat changes for journalists
•  Participating in preparations for reporting by our listed clients, including the drafting of investor perception audits and supporting in the successful delivery of results day media programmes
•  Engaging on the topics shaping the sector by contributing to news summaries and analyses, monitoring your clients’ peer and competitor activity, and delivering news reports and insights both internally and to external clients
•  Assisting senior team members in creatively preparing and delivering the client mandates, including draft press releases, draft media statements, media pitches and award entries
• Compile client activity reports and helping to keep account teams on track with deliverables
• Ensuring that critical resources (such as press lists, calendars for industry events, awards and conferences, and newshooks calendars) are kept updated for use by the wider financial services team.
• Actively participating in client, team and firm-wide initiatives to make a valuable and authentic contribution to working culture.
• In addition to day-to-day client responsibilities, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the growth of the team and broader FTI Consulting through new business development including Deliver research and contribute to new business pitch documents for the team as requested.
• Proactively network with media, capital markets and industry contacts, as well as potential clients.
• Participate in weekly team meetings by contributing ideas and client information with the team.
• Share knowledge, insights and experience with colleagues.
• Develop relationships with other teams within FTI, including ESG, public affairs, digital and employee engagement.

•  We ask that you have obtained a 2:1 degree (or equivalent) at any university or degree discipline
•  Previous experience in an in-house communications or PR agency role is preferred
•  A desire to build your career in communications and PR, and specifically at FTI Consulting
•  A proven interest in working in communications through relevant work experience, 5 years minimum
•  A proven interest in developing your knowledge of the financial services sector and the desire to develop excellent contacts with sector media
•  High personal energy
•  Exceptional written and verbal communications skills,
•  A desire to learn and the ability to grasp and succinctly summarise complex issues
•  Excellent organisational and time management skills and the ability to plan and prioritise a varied workload and the ability to build strong relationships at all levels within FTI Consulting and client organisations
•  A flexible approach to work, particularly in pressurised situations, and the ability to think on your feet
•  Ability to work effectively individually, and as an integral part of a busy team
•  A pragmatic, proactive, ‘can do’ approach and strong work ethic, with a bias to action
•  Creative flair and the ability to apply experience from different situations to solve new client problems.