Latte is recruiting a PR Lead to join Material Focus - an award-winning, independent, mission-driven not-for-profit on a journey to solve one of the UK’s fastest-growing environmental challenges: electronic waste (e-waste). As the in-House PR Lead, you will take ownership of developing and executing multi-channel PR campaigns that spark national conversation and drive real behavioural change.
- Location: London (Hybrid)
- Salary: £55,000
About the Material Focus
Material Focus is an award-winning, independent, mission-driven not-for-profit on a journey to solve one of the UK’s fastest-growing environmental challenges: electronic waste (e-waste). Operational since 2020, they are a small but mighty 14-person team.
Material Focus collaborates across the sector, producing thought leadership, research and innovation funding to catalyse the development of a thriving circular electricals system. Recycle Your Electricals, the primary consumer-facing campaign, is a nationwide initiative designed to shift public behaviour towards e-waste by inspiring, educating and encouraging everyone across the UK to act. From funding community drop-off points to executing major national cultural activations, they make recycling small electricals both mentally and physically easier for millions of people.
Benefits & Culture
Material Focus offers a supportive, progressive, and highly collaborative environment where personal growth is encouraged.
- Join a mission-driven team with the autonomy to shape and evolve a high-profile national PR campaign where your creativity and organisation directly benefits the planet
- A central London hub with flexible hybrid working options to balance team collaboration and focused remote execution
- A progressive hiring policy that actively welcomes diverse perspectives
- Join a highly inclusive, mission-driven culture where personal growth and work-life balance are actively encouraged
About the job
Responsibilities include:
- Deliver high-impact PR plans on time and within budget, securing consistent, high-quality placements across national print, broadcast, and online media. The goal is to drive campaigns that lead to behavioural change.
- Inspire, educate and encourage the public to reuse and recycle electricals through the Recycle Your Electricals campaign. Recent campaigns have included identifying and highlighting new trends like FastTech which include vapes.
- Write, edit, and oversee the creation of media releases, thought leadership articles, case studies, and blogs optimised for search engines.
- Forge and maintain close bonds with national newsrooms, environmental journalists, and digital influencers to amplify campaign messages.
- Monitor, analyse, and evaluate your PR results.
About you
The organisation is looking for an experienced, proactive, creative and highly organised PR Lead who pairs an analytical mind with a genuine passion for sustainability.
- You possess 4 to 5 years of professional PR experience gained either within a fast-paced agency or an in-house corporate communications team, ideally within sustainability.
- You have an exceptional eye for a news hook and a proven track record of translating complex behavioural data into simple, headline-grabbing narratives.
- You understand how social media directly integrates with traditional media relations to drive cohesive, integrated campaigns.
- You are completely comfortable managing agency partners, tracking day-to-day budgets, and using workflow tools.
Interested?
Apply to this role by clicking the button below. For more information, please contact christabel@wearelatte.com
Please note: This role is being advertised by Latte for Material Focus. We are providing a job board service and not full-service recruitment for this position. All suitable applications will be sent directly to Material Focus for review.