AG Barr Group is a UK-based beverage manufacturer behind a broad portfolio of established drink brands, including IRN-BRU, Rubicon, Snapple, and FUNKIN. Its work spans beverage production, brand development, and marketing, with a focus on growing consumer brands and creating long-term shareholder value. The company also incorporates sustainability into its operations through efforts related to carbon and energy use, water and waste management, and packaging innovation. Hiring at AG Barr Group may suit professionals interested in the food and beverage, manufacturing, and marketing sectors.
Senior Communications Lead at AG Barr Group (Hybrid, UK)
Lead internal and external communications, employee engagement, events, charity partnerships, and crisis messaging for AG Barr’s UK beverage brands.
Description
- Develop internal and external communications across a wide range of initiatives
- Lead the strategic delivery of the internal events calendar
- Build engaging internal content streams to strengthen employee engagement
- Manage daily content and community engagement across Fizz and digital screens
- Create and deliver campaigns covering brand launches, wellbeing, reward and benefits, performance, and company surveys
- Prepare and distribute timely business-as-usual updates and enterprise-wide reactive communications
- Plan and deliver major events, including Board sessions, ExCo lunches, Roadshows, and Wellfest
- Develop culture initiatives, colleague gifting programs, and social events
- Analyze channel performance and refine messaging strategies across UK hubs
- Manage corporate charity relationships and group-wide volunteering programs
- Produce visual impact reports
- Serve as Communications Pillar Lead, delivering monthly strategic updates, risk tracking, and leadership reporting
- Support the Head of Communications with media inquiries, sponsorships, product placement, and crisis communications
- Manage financial processes, including purchase order creation
- Provide occasional out-of-hours support for events
Requirements
- At least three years of hands-on experience managing high-production corporate events
- Experience creating internal marketing or culture campaigns that improve employee engagement metrics
- Advanced experience managing active users on internal communication platforms such as Fizz or corporate intranets, including rich multimedia content
- Demonstrated ability to manage ExCo-level stakeholders independently and effectively under pressure
- Experience with media relations, sponsorship or partnership communications, charity partnership communications, and crisis communications
- Experience managing external media, charity, and sponsorship partners
- Willingness and ability to travel across the UK two to three times per month and as needed
- Eligibility to work in the United Kingdom
- Experience managing site leaders across UK hubs and senior internal teams is advantageous
Benefits
- Permanent employment contract
- Hybrid schedule with three days on site
- 37.5-hour working week