Jobs at Edelman

Senior leadership role advising major organisations on UK political, policy, business, and reputational challenges. The role leads public affairs strategies and client relationships, provides senior counsel, develops talent, drives new business, and strengthens Edelman’s UK Public & Government Affairs practice. Candidates need substantial experience across public affairs, government, Parliament, politics, policy, or related fields, plus strong political judgement, stakeholder relationships, communication skills, commercial awareness, and relevant networks.

Business Affairs Lead manages agency risk, contracts, licensing, talent and influencer agreements, production liabilities, insurance, clearances, invoices, and compliance. The role partners with Brand, Creative, Production, Legal, Influencer, clients, vendors, and external counsel to negotiate agreements, resolve risks, review finished assets, and maintain licensing records across digital, experiential, print, broadcast, and creator campaigns.

Provide strategic employee relations guidance across EMEA, managing complex investigations, performance issues, grievances, misconduct, organizational change, and employment separations. Partner with Legal, Compliance, People Partners, and business leaders to ensure legally compliant, equitable outcomes. Govern ER policies, documentation, reporting, and case management while monitoring employment legislation and workforce trends. Develop manager resources, analyze ER data, and improve regional programs using HR technology and AI-enabled tools.

Manage medium-to-large secondary and digital analytics research projects using media monitoring and social listening tools. Analyze quantitative and qualitative media data, identify influencers and trends, benchmark competitors, produce actionable insights and strategic recommendations, write and present client-facing reports, manage client relationships, mentor junior analysts, and support proposals, project management and resource planning.

The Senior Account Manager will lead client relationships and campaign initiatives, merging brand marketing with cultural insights for effective communication strategies.

Lead a portfolio of corporate reputation clients as a strategic adviser to senior leaders. Shape integrated communications programmes, manage teams, budgets and profitability, drive new business, and champion research, data and AI-enabled approaches to deliver measurable outcomes while mentoring and developing colleagues.

Lead day-to-day delivery of digital and social campaigns, develop content and channel strategies, manage content production, community management and reporting, advise clients, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, support new business, and coach junior staff to ensure high-quality, measurable digital communications.

The Experiential & Content Producer will manage projects from concept through delivery, overseeing budgets, timelines, and collaborations with stakeholders to deliver high-quality experiential and content productions.

Provide senior, client-facing litigation and crisis communications counsel. Advise on strategy for litigation, regulatory scrutiny and reputational risk; develop messaging, Q&As, scenario planning and briefing materials; coordinate with legal teams and senior executives; lead live crisis response and multi-market coordination; manage account delivery, budgets and business development; coach junior staff and build litigation communications capability across the UK Crisis & Risk practice.