£55,000 • Material Focus • London
Do you want to be part of a not-for-profit team leading a national movement that protects the planet? Material Focus raises awareness and makes it easier to reuse and recycle electricals across the UK. Over 75% of the materials inside electricals can be recycled and reused, but too often these are binned or stashed away. Material focus is working to change that. Join the team as the PR Lead to inspire, educate and encourage everyone across the UK to act.
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
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. 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 get in touch:
- Email: christabel@wearelatte.com
- Phone: 07837962088
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.