Communications Manager (12 Month Contract)

A Little About Us:
There's nothing quite like a great slice of pizza... (Okay, maybe two slices, then.)
Way back in 2012, we created a brand new outdoor cooking category with our first portable wood-fired pizza oven. Now, the Ooni lineup includes gas and multi-fuel pizza ovens, all of which bake amazing Neapolitan pizza in just 60 seconds. Yum.
We're looking for someone to join our Communications team on a 12-month fixed-term contract based out of our office in Edinburgh Park as our Communications Manager. The role will involve collaboration with our Senior Marketing Manager and Global PR Lead, focusing on our Europe and RoW regions.
Ooni takes a hybrid work approach, working at our office at Edinburgh Park for a minimum of three days a week (Tuesday to Thursday).
What you'll do:

• Implementing and delivering the agreed Global Communications strategy in each market
• Managing external PR agencies in the UK, Germany, France, Nordics and Australia (working closely with local Ooni Marketing Managers in each region)
• Managing regional always-on press offices, proactive and reactive
• Comms lead on NPD Go-To-Market in each region - launch preparation, agency briefings and planning, event planning, press office management, product sampling and seeding, sustained communications phases
• Supporting on press event execution on the ground
• Day-to-day agency liaison and regular WIP meeting management (agendas, notes, actions)
• Feeding into press idea generation with agencies and Marketing team
• Alongside our Global PR lead, Director of Brand Marketing and Executive team, you'll be involved in handling any Crisis Communications and Corporate Communications activity
• Managing the agency-populated PR log for relevant regions and internal monthly reporting for Exec - ongoing KPI setting and benchmarking
• Drafting and reviewing press materials, supplying assets to agencies

What you'll need to succeed:

• 5+ years of PR agency experience, either in-house or agency-side
• Solid understanding of European press landscape and media ways of working (bonus points for additional language skills here, but business is conducted with agencies in English)
• Comfortable constructively challenging both internally and externally, always striving to improve ways of working and processes
• Able to work autonomously
• Brilliant at managing relationships to guide multiple stakeholders through complex projects - external agencies, internal teams and adept at handling relationships with Exec team
• Able to multi-task daily and manage multiple teams, juggling deadlines and priorities
• Ability to lead PR agencies and to set and achieve ambitious KPI goals
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Product Company/appliance experience a bonus
• Love of pizza and generally being a super nice person and team player are a must

Why Ooni:

• Go to YouTube and search "We are Ooni". We're super proud of our culture and think you'll love it here too. Here are some other reasons:
• Work for an employer that cares about your well-being! We've got an employee assistance programme which includes on-demand coaching and therapy sessions, plus a weekly yoga class
• 35 days of paid time off per year
• £500 every year to spend on your passion - whatever that may be
• £1000 to spend on Ooni products, plus 50% discount on any other Ooni stuff
• We're all about giving back. That's why we offer five paid days to volunteer each year
• Continuing Education - we encourage our employees to use our learning platform to grow here at Ooni
• Oh and great pizza every single day if you want it. Yep. Every single day. And we'll teach you to become a pizza pro

Take a look at our website to learn more about our products, culture and values. If you like what you see, send in your CV with a cover letter to tell us why you want to come on board. We really like nice letters - especially ones that are personalised just for us!
Closing date: 15 January 2025
Having a fantastic culture is really important to all of us at Ooni. We work hard to make it diverse and inclusive and want everyone to have access to the same opportunities. If you would like this advert in a different format or need an alternative method of applying, please let us know. You can email us at [email protected]