Communications & Campaigns Manager
Employer: Common/Wealth
Location: Predominantly remote working. Can be based anywhere in England and Wales, that is accessible for travel to Cardiff and Bradford, which is likely to be approximately once per month
Temporary: until 31 March 2029
Working hours: Part-time – 3 days per week
Salary: £37,150 - £38,500 pro-rata (0.6)
Closing date: Monday 23 February 2026
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The Communications & Campaigns Manager will shape our public-facing communications, as well as lead on advocacy for the campaigning elements of our projects/activities.
This involves delivering relevant communications campaigns that have a local, national and international impact to gain demonstrable public or targeted awareness of specific social injustices that our creative work shines a light on.
By ‘campaigns’, we mean: elevating and amplifying our message and those of our collaborators (sometimes who are campaigners or activists); spreading the message of our work far and wide, in person and online, to make real change; and contributing to the continuation of Common/Wealth as a ‘movement’.
We are grateful to The Paul Hamlyn Foundation whose support has made this role possible.
You will (co-)manage our two part-time Communications Associates.
We’re looking for someone with experience of and passion for calling-out injustices, inequality and oppression and maximising the existing work of our campaign partners.
Advocacy
•Helping to position Common/Wealth as a leading political theatre company in the UK: raising the profile of the company, including our mission and activism role, and contributing to ‘building the movement’
• Maintaining balance and parity across two cities and two programmes of work
• Researching and attending key relevant events across the UK, representing Common/Wealth and acting as a spokesperson where needed
• Sharing the impacts of campaigns and our work including changes in policy or law
Communications & Media
• Telling the story of Common/Wealth and each project, the why and the how, including our processes and methodologies of making political theatre
• Developing a company-wide strategic Communications Plan, in collaboration with the team and leading on delivery, including managing the development and production of assets, coordinating advertising and our digital strategy
• Researching, developing and delivering thoughtful, robust and relevant communications campaigns that complement the creative/artistic work, alongside the Co-Directors and teams, that have a local, national and international reach, to gain demonstrable public/ targeted support
• Leading on the scoping of a company rebrand and viability of commissioning a new website
• Authoring and editing high-quality copy
• Overseeing communications and media work and ensuring appropriate sign-off for Common/Wealth’s public communications and media work, to manage reputational risk, ensure quality control and brand compliance
• Leading on company-wide and major projects press/PR, and liaising with external specialists in this area
• Supporting the Communications Associates with project related press/PR campaigns
• Sourcing and coordinating PR/media training for our teams, and creating communications risk assessments
Research & liaison with collaborators
• Researching and developing relationships with potential campaign partners, and maintaining relationships with existing campaign partners alongside our creative teams
• Identifying additional effective partnerships where appropriate to maximise our impact
Audience Development
• Alongside others, introducing new audiences to Common/Wealth’s work, including targeting audiences (public, politicians, policy makers amongst others)
• Developing assets that support audiences who are motivated to take action
• Building our educational offer to schools, colleges and universities
• Supporting the development of international audiences for our work
Organisational Management & Development
• Co-line managing two part-time Communication Associates (one in Bradford, one in Cardiff), supervising communications activities including assets, newsletters, social media, our website, resources and publications to deliver powerful advocacy messages
• Line managing relevant freelance roles
• Using data to accurately inform the development of campaigns
• Alongside others, ensuring the consistent application of Common/Wealth’s policies and procedures, with a focus on effective performance management, staff development and well-being
• Managing the Communications budget
• Supporting monitoring and evaluation of our communications and campaigns work including contributing to grant management and impact reporting
• Contributing ideas to support the organisation to expand our work and reach, occasionally including funding applications
• Carrying out any other duties commensurate with the role
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential criteria:
Skills & Experience
• Demonstrable understanding of social injustices facing particularly working-class/intersectional communities in the UK and awareness of comparable international injustices
• 3 or more years’ proven experience developing and delivering successful advocacy/communications campaigns
• An understanding of ‘campaigning’
• Proven leadership of communications/advocacy campaigns with measurable outcomes, contributing to organisational success
• Experience of representing organisations
• Experience of leading on successful press/PR campaigns for projects
• Excellent English language and copy-editing skills with the ability to ensure the delivery of powerful content for a wide range of audiences
• Strong visual aesthetic
• Good collaborative skills, with an ability to lead crossorganisational initiatives, working with people across a wide range of functions and perspectives
• Experience of managing projects and managing/ monitoring budgets
• Experience of line management, with the ability to motivate and inspire others
• Experience of using digital platforms to contribute to advocacy/communications campaigns
• Experience of collating and analysing data
Personal attributes
• Belief in the power of activism, public campaigning, and in the importance of political and public engagement to achieve change
• An organised self-starter, with attention to detail and comfortable working with a high degree of autonomy, and self-administrating
• Adaptability
• An enthusiastic leader and team player who enjoys sharing learning and developing others
• A willingness to travel in the UK for collaborative working in person, and to support project campaigns
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