Head of PR & Communication

at  Gumtree Motors

YOU ARE ONLY A FEW CLICKS AWAY FROM HELPING MILLIONS OF BUYERS AND SELLERS MAKE ‘GOOD FINDS HAPPEN’ ON ONE OF THE UK’S MOST LOVED MARKETPLACES - WITH OVER 14 MILLION VISITORS EVERY MONTH! THAT’S RIGHT, WE’RE PROUD TO BE GUMTREE.

A career at Gumtree is joining a mission to make buying and selling safer, simpler and more enjoyable. We’re powered by over 100 ambitious individuals, each bringing our strengths to create the marketplace you know and love today. With newfound independence after being sold in 2021, we’re paving our own path and finding new ways to make Gumtree a great place to work - keeping scrolling to find out more!

KEY SKILLS

• Writing skills: You need excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills as well as the journalistic ability to source stories from employees
• Speaking skills: Confidence and a can-do approach to present ideas to the broader team regular
• interpersonal skills: You need good interpersonal and relationship-building skills to support comms, marketing, HR and senior stakeholders.
• Creative and digital skills: You need the creative ability to devise communication strategies and help bring these to life via digital channels.

Our Values:

• We are grounded in our four values, ideated and designed by our very own colleagues:
• We’re Customer Powered - we deliver what’s right, not what’s easy.
• We Innovate With Purpose - embracing new ideas with energy and with the future of our people and the environment in mind.
• We’re Real People - we build trust through listening.
• We Deliver With Impact - we’re proud to make a difference for people at key moments in their lives.

What We Offer:

Financial reward

• Competitive Pay
• Discretionary Bonus
• Pension Scheme (up to 9% Employer Contribution)
• Employee recognition scheme with great financial prizes ££

Work-life balance ️

• 25 days of holiday per year growing with length of service
• Hybrid and UK Remote working depending on role
• Generous Family Friendly Leave
• Free counseling and support (for when you might need it)

Health & Insurance

• Private Healthcare Insurance
• Private Dental insurance cover & Cashback.
• Online private GP service.
• Generous sick pay support
• Life assurance policy (x4 Life Assurance)

Other

• Social & Inclusion Calendar - packed with events.
• Free food and beverage in our office locations

ABOUT THE ROLE:

We are looking for a highly skilled PR & Comms leader to lead Gumtree’s PR and communications function. Act as brand reputation guardian, raising the profile of Gumtree as the home of Good Finds and a key part of a sustainable retail ecosystem through our vision to help everything find new purpose.
This is a Hybrid role (UK) position