• Job Description

  Req#: 7045

  We recognise the value in having people with a variety of backgrounds, experience and skills in our business. That means the role requirements here should be seen as a guide, not a checklist. If you have more, less or different experiences, but really relevant skills, we’d love to hear from you.

  
  We work flexibly and will help you to find a healthy balance of remote working and time in our fantastic Southampton office, collaborating, taking part in events and getting to know people that makes working with us so rewarding. We welcome the opportunity to discuss reduced hours and job share arrangements.

  This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a world-leading cruise company, you will have the chance on a daily basis to think outside the box, get creative and build long lasting relationships across the many platforms of media relations. With breath-taking destinations, new Excel-class ships and exciting partnerships including Gary Barlow and celebrity chefs, you will have plenty of content and news.

  
  The Role

  The PR Director is responsible for maintaining, raising and evolving the profile of P&O Cruises as Britain’s favourite cruise line and as a contemporary holiday choice across all forms of media including national, lifestyle, broadcast, trade and social media (with the ultimate aim to be Britain’s number one holiday choice).

  This will involve working with the small dedicate team to develop, create and implement an ongoing stand out PR strategy supporting the Vice President PR and with responsibility for its implementation in the UK.

  • create and develop P&O Cruises media events to support PR activity ensuring they are unique, on-brand, meet the commercial requirements of the business and are capitalising on any opportunities – from brand partnership, to launch events to one-off news stories.
  • work closely and collaboratively with other Carnival UK departments/peers in sales, marketing & brand team and support their activity through PR/media relations
  • generate creative ideas generating/writing/issuing of news releases and features
  • build on existing network of lifestyle media contacts across specialist online and print media as well as high profile, engaged and appropriate influencer

  Our role categories range from CUK15 (entry level) to CUK1 (Brand President) so you can clearly see internal development opportunities. This role is a CUK05 and is offered on a full time, permanent basis, with at least two days based in our Southampton office.

  This role will require weekend working and travel/working onboard our ships.

  
  About You

  Fresh ideas and different perspectives are what excite us most and help us to succeed. Alongside bringing these to the role, you’ll also need:

  • Experience at a senior level within Public Relations within a brand/agency enironment, preferably within the leisure/travel industry
  • Be a creative thinker
  • Experience of working with high profile individuals in a media relations and events capacity
  • Have the ability to run high profile and large scale events

  Being part of our team has its advantages…

  We’re a holiday company so we know there’s more to life than work. Our comprehensive range of benefits are designed to help your personal and financial health and wellbeing.

  • Annual bonus
  • Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
  • Employee-led networks
  • Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
  • Recognition scheme with prizes and awards
  • Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
  • A friendly welcome with help settling in
  • Home and office-based hybrid working (minimum two office days)
  • Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers
  • Extensive learning and development opportunities
  • Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme
  • Company paid private medical and dental insurance and health assessment
  • In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP
  • Life Assurance
  • Parental and adoption leave
  • Employee Shares Plan
  • Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
  • Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab and go meals
  • Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal

  Please note: Being able to create unforgettable holiday happiness is a brilliant opportunity so we often receive high volumes of applications for our roles. In these cases we may close our job adverts early and aren’t able to consider applications once this happens.

  
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• About the company

  Carnival Corporation & plc is a British-American cruise operator, currently the world's largest travel leisure company, with a combined fleet of over 100 vessels across 10 cruise line brands.

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