PR Associate Director (Maternity Cover) – Food & Drink, Travel

About the agency

This bold PR agency is behind some of the most distinctive campaigns in travel, drinks and lifestyle. Recent campaigns include repositioning one of London’s most iconic hotels for a new generation of luxury travellers and orchestrating a five-star partnership between a luxury Spanish beach club and an iconic fashion label. 

They’re a brilliant agency: independent, fast-moving, creatively ambitious, and have real momentum behind them. You’d be joining a close-knit team that genuinely backs ideas, encourages autonomy, and cares about producing standout work – not rinse-and-repeat PR.

If you love the buzz of working with iconic brands, know how to shape stories that land with punch, and thrive in a culture where ideas and initiative are everything, this could be a brilliant next move. 

Benefits & Culture

Passionate about doing good for people & planet, they’re proudly B Corp certified, qualifying with a high score of over 90. They actively work with their clients to raise the bar & push the boundaries of positive impact. Committed to being an agency that drives positive change now and in the future, they’ve invested in a number of actions to keep them accountable and striving for progress. Some of these include: 

• A DEI committee, and ongoing training & development in partnership with Creative Access
• Training & development of mental health first aiders, supporting the Wellbeing Committee
• A Sustainability committee to actively reduce our own waste & environmental impact
• Dedicated volunteering days & commitments to local charities

You’ll be joining a supportive and ambitious team with lots of room to grow. The UK office is based in Central London, where you’ll work 3 days a week. With lots of face-time with clients built in, travel is often an exciting part of the job.

• Statutory annual leave, increasing with years of service
• Vitality membership
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Extra day off on your birthday
• Christmas shutdown
• Regular team socials 

About the job

Key responsibilities:

• Develop PR strategies that build brand reputation and deliver measurable impact across food, drink and travel clients.
• Build strong day-to-day relationships with clients, offering clear counsel, creative thinking and confident communication, while supporting senior stakeholders on larger accounts.
• Lead the development and delivery of compelling campaigns, activations, partnerships and launches from idea generation through to execution.
• Line manage and mentor account managers and executives, ensuring strong performance, clear progression, and a positive, motivated team culture.
• Identify organic growth opportunities within existing accounts and actively contribute to pitches, proposals and credentials for new business.
• Oversee campaign delivery, timelines and budgets, ensuring work is consistently on brief, on brand and on budget.

Please note: This is a 12-month maternity cover role. 

About you

The ideal candidate:

• At least 10+ years’ PR experience, ideally within an agency environment, with a strong focus on food, drink, hospitality and/or travel brands.
• Experience in driving forward new business across food, drink and travel. Leading pitches from start to finish.
• Proven ability to translate client objectives into effective PR strategies and campaigns.
• Established relationships with key journalists and influencers across food, drink, travel, lifestyle and consumer media.
• A passion for storytelling, brand-building and developing ideas that cut through culturally and commercially.
• Experience supporting budget and forecast management, team planning and resourcing and identifying opportunities for organic growth.
• Outstanding writing, presentation and client-facing abilities.
• Experience in line-managing and developing junior team members in a supportive, collaborative way.
• A self-starter who brings energy, fresh ideas and a calm, problem-solving approach.
• A collaborative attitude with a willingness to get stuck in and contribute to a positive agency culture.

Sponsorship 

Sponsorship is not available for this role – you must already have the right to work in the UK to be considered.

Interested?

Apply to this role by clicking the button below. For more information, please get in touch:

• Email: hannah.matebele@wearelatte.com
• Phone: +447367056808

Our team reviews every application personally. If you don’t hear from us within 7 working days, it means we won’t be progressing your application this time.