PR & Corporate Affairs Lead

Ingot Legal Recruitment

PR & Corporate Affairs Lead managing external communications and media strategies for a prominent LegalTech provider. Work with leadership in shaping the company's public profile across various platforms.

Posted 7/7/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSenior💰 £60,000 - £70,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the UK's external profile across media, issues, and executive visibility.
Partner with the UK leadership team, marketing colleagues, and external agencies to translate strategy into coverage, conversation, and reputation across the group.
Own the UK's media strategy across legal trade press, business titles, and tech media.
Build and maintain strong journalist relationships, drive proactive coverage, and handle reactive enquiries with judgement and pace.
Lead issues management and reputation work - anticipating risks, preparing the business, and steering responses when stories break.
Manage relationships with regulators, professional bodies, and the wider legal ecosystem.
Develop and run visibility programmes for the UK leadership team and the global CEO, including speaking platforms, awards, podcasts, op-eds, and thought leadership.
Write and edit press releases, statements, briefing notes, op-eds, Q&As, and internal updates to a publishable standard.
Brief, direct, and hold to account external PR and creative agencies. Set the standard for what good looks like and make sure budget is well spent.
Co-author the annual communications plan with the VP of Communications. Set quarterly KPIs covering share of voice, sentiment, message pull-through, and earned coverage, and report against them in a way the business actually finds useful.
Work closely with Marketing, Product, People, and Customer teams to make sure the external story and the internal reality stay consistent.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Around 7+ years of experience in PR, corporate communications, and corporate affairs, gained in-house, in agency, or a mix of both.
A track record of placing serious, substantive coverage in tier-one and trade media - not just announcements, but stories that moved the needle.
Direct experience of legal sector PR is essential.
AI-savvy, with genuine curiosity about how the technology is changing communications work and a clear desire to learn, experiment, and embed AI best practice into day-to-day workflows.
Genuine, current legal journalist relationships in the UK.
Sound judgement on issues and reputation work.
Excellent writing — clear, fast, and tonally accurate across formats from a holding line to a long-form op-ed.
The ability to act as a trusted adviser to senior leaders, including our global CEO, and to brief and manage external agencies confidently.
Comfort building in a function that is still being shaped. You bring structure with you rather than waiting for it to arrive.
Experience in B2B SaaS and/or professional services is a strong plus.
Public affairs and/or regulatory engagement experience is a welcome bonus too.

Benefits

Comp & perks

8% employer pension contribution
Private health insurance (including optical and dental)
£80 monthly gym contribution
Life insurance cover
Employee Assistance Programme
Generous professional development fund
Enhanced parental leave
PerkBox membership
Cycle to Work scheme
25 days annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays
Work anniversary rewards
Paid time off to give blood
One annual volunteer day for a charity of your choice
Free healthy breakfast, light lunch, and snacks

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Hard Skills & Tools

Corporate CommunicationsMedia RelationsContent CreationIssues ManagementKPI Development and ReportingB2B SaaS ExperiencePublic Affairs EngagementRegulatory EngagementAI Best Practices in CommunicationsPress Release Writing

Soft Skills

Sound JudgementAdvisory SkillsProactive Coverage ManagementCollaboration with LeadershipAdaptability in Shaping Functions