Communications Director in Liverpool

Join a startup PR & Communications company in Liverpool. PR & Communications teams inside fast-moving startups don't get the luxury of a settled playbook. Budgets shift, priorities shift, and the story you're telling investors this quarter might need rewriting by the next. This growing Liverpool business is looking for a Communications Director who can build that story from the ground up, and hold it together while everything else around it moves.

Here's what you'll be doing:

• Shape and deliver the company's overall communications strategy, from media relations to internal messaging.
• Write and approve press releases, statements, and thought leadership pieces that actually sound like something a person wrote.
• Build relationships with journalists, industry commentators, and key partners across the North West and beyond.
• Manage crisis communications when they arise, and put plans in place so fewer of them do.
• Brief senior leadership ahead of interviews, panels, and public appearances.
• Track coverage and sentiment, then adjust the approach based on what's actually landing.

Here are the skills you'll need:

• Solid experience in PR & Communications, ideally with some agency or in-house leadership under your belt.
• Sharp, persuasive writing that holds up whether it's a press release or a board update.
• Comfort with ambiguity. Startups rewrite the brief halfway through, and that needs to feel normal, not stressful.
• A working media contact book, or at least the confidence to build one quickly.
• Calm judgement under pressure, particularly when a story isn't going the way you planned.
• Willingness to get involved outside the job description. This is a flat structure, and everyone pitches in.

Key perks and benefits:

• £45,500 to £65,500, depending on experience.
• Hybrid working, based in Liverpool.
• Equity in the business, so the upside is genuinely yours too.
• Flexible hours built around how you actually work best.
• A proper learning and development budget, plus a remote-friendly culture when you need it.

Why pursue a career in PR & Communications? Good communicators are in short supply and every business, startup or otherwise, needs someone who can tell its story straight. Liverpool has become a genuinely strong base for PR & Communications talent, with a growing cluster of agencies and in-house teams that rival anything in London. Get good at this work and the ceiling is high: agency leadership, in-house director roles, or building out your own consultancy further down the line.