Senior Corporate Communications Executive

At McLaren, our mission is to set the standard for high performance in sport. Everyone, in every part of the team, has a role to play. So if you want to test your ideas with the world watching... And measure your progress in milliseconds... And play your part in racing history... You belong here. High performance starts with you.

Purpose of the Role:

• The McLaren Racing Corporate Communications Team works across all racing series and oversees all partner, licensing, brand and sustainability comms as well as influencer engagement.

• This role will support in the delivery of strategic communications objectives and ensure consistent representation of the McLaren Racing business and brand externally.

• Reporting to the Senior Corporate Communications Manager, this role will support in the creation of comms materials and delivery of major announcements, activations, media & influencer engagement in line with the team’s priorities, with a focus on proactive brand communications and our Licensing partners.
  
  

Role Dimensions:

Based at our McLaren Technology Centre in Woking for a minimum of 3 days a week with the option of working from home for the remaining 2 days. The role reports into the Senior Corporate Communications Manager but will need to build strong relationships with the whole communications team and key stakeholders across the business to effectively execute the role.  

Principal Accountabilities:

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Support the Senior Manager on delivering against brand communications objectives and media engagement across non-motorsport media.

• Day to day comms lead on Licensing partners including Reiss, Tumi and Abercrombie & Fitch.

• Manage announcements, approvals, content requests, briefings in support of those Licensing partners.

• Support and amplify the delivery of Licensee activations and key product launches.

• Support the delivery of our influencer programme, as well as Partner and Licensee influencer engagement, ensuring brand risk is managed and opportunities are maximised.

• Support content capture and delivery around key brand & licensing activations as well as media appearances of our spokespeople.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Good experience in a busy press office, PR agency or in-house communications team.

• Proven experience working with media and influencers, with existing relationships in the lifestyle, entertainment and news space.

• Strong storytelling skills, brought to life through effective media and influencer engagement.

• Excellent verbal and interpersonal skills.

• Strong copywriting skills and a keen eye for detail.

• Great organisational skills, confident managing multiple workstreams.
  
  

Personal Attributes:

• A team player, able to collaborate and build relationships with internal and external stakeholders effectively and professionally.

• Proactive approach to work with a passion for playing a role in building a high-performance team on and off the track.

• A creative, solutions-orientated thinker.

• Able to multi-task and thrive in a fast-paced environment.

• A passion for sport and the McLaren Racing brand.

What can McLaren offer?

We constantly strive to be better tomorrow than we are today. Our ambition is to be the most pioneering and exhilarating racing team in the world, and our collective task is to set the standards for high performance in sport. We show up every day with energy and enthusiasm, ready to play our part.

We encourage and support diversity, equity and inclusion. We will actively promote a culture that values difference and eliminates discrimination in our workplace.

McLaren Racing is based at the iconic McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) near Woking. Here at McLaren, we offer hybrid working with 3 days a week based in the MTC.

Our state of the art, sustainable campus offers many facilities including a gym, restaurant and indoor and outdoor break-out areas, as well as direct access to park and common land. The MTC is connected to Woking mainline station via regular shuttle buses, from which London Waterloo is a 30 minute train ride.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including private healthcare, car schemes, life insurance and generous pension contributions.