Commercial Lending Media Relations Manager

Let’s grow together!

A Platinum Investors in People employer and an award-winning UK bank, focused on growth. Our customers include savers and businesses across the UK and, working together, we use our specialist expertise to help them achieve their ambitions and build a sustainable future. If you’re a Commercial Lending Media Relations Manager looking for an opportunity to grow in a friendly environment, we’re looking for you!

We’re flexible, inclusive, committed to your wellbeing and passionate about you reaching your potential. Let’s grow together …

What you’ll be doing

• You will be telling the story of our Commercial Lending business, highlighting how we are supporting the UK's small to medium-sized companies - from manufacturers to housebuilders - through innovative finance products, detailing how we help our customers to achieve their growth ambitions
• You will be raising the profile of the division's people, proposition and strategy through your strategic and tactical media relations work, highlighting how Commercial Lending is achieving strong lending growth in our specialist markets
• Defining and executing the media relations strategies for Paragon's SME Lending and Development Finance arms - the business lines that comprise the Commercial Lending division
• Proactively engaging with media to build strong relationships and understanding of Paragon
• Drafting and producing written assets, including press releases, thought leadership, features, comments and reports

What you’ll bring to the team

• Experience in a media relations role, in-house or agency, or a journalism background. We are looking for a minimum of three years' experience
• Excellent writing skills and an exceptional grasp of grammar and punctuation, with razor-sharp attention to detail
• The interpersonal skills to build strong and proactive relationships across the Group, gaining confidence from senior leadership and acting as a trusted advisor, as well as strong relationships with journalists
• A can-do attitude, the drive and ambition to make a difference and a desire to deliver excellent results
• A genuine interest in news and current affairs, as well as a passion for PR and communications

Even if you don’t meet all the criteria, we encourage you to apply. At Paragon, we value diversity and we’re excited to hear from passionate individuals like you! If you’re ready to contribute to the team, please apply. 

Further information on the role can be found in the Purpose and Performance Profile (PPP), which is downloadable on this page.

Working hours

Based in Solihull, we operate hybrid working patterns with a minimum of two days in the office. We operate 37.5 hours per week, with flexibility built in around core hours. 

Inclusion
As a Disability Confident Employer, we want to ensure that our vacancies are accessible for everyone.  If you have a disability, long term health condition or are neurodiverse and need us to adjust our recruitment process please get in touch with our recruitment team.

What can we offer you?

Generous Holiday Allowance: Starting from 25 days and climbing to 30, you also get to enjoy a day off for your birthday, Christmas Eve, and New Year’s Eve. You can also buy or sell up to a week’s leave

• Share Save Scheme: Annually, you have the opportunity to buy shares in Paragon at a discounted rate
• Profit Related Pay: We share some of our annual profit with our eligible employees
• Pension Plan: We contribute up to 10% of your annual salary towards your pension
• Family Friendly policies: We offer enhanced parental pay and paid time off for fertility treatment
• Employee Discounts: Enjoy exclusive discounts on entertainment, travel, shopping, motoring and more
• Volunteering Day: Contribute to causes you care about with one volunteering day per year
• Life Assurance and Personal Accident Cover

Be flexible

We promote flexibility around how and where we work so that you can achieve a healthier work-life balance. We operate hybrid working, splitting our week between the office and home.

Be yourself

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome diversity and care about inclusion. That’s why we want you to be your whole self at work. We believe an inclusive workplace is good for each of us, great for our customers and better for our business. Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Network meets regularly to share challenges, experience, and ideas to build a more equal, diverse, and inclusive business.

Be heard

We listen to your point of view, with our People Forum and regular employee surveys making sure you can use your voice and influence our future.

Be well

We will give you access to a range of tools and resources to support your wellbeing. This will include a digital GP service via our free Employee Assistance Programme, access to our Wellbeing team to connect you with the help you need to get more out of life and our Vitality at Work programme to provide you with discounted gym membership, fitness equipment and another multitude of wellbeing services.

Be better

We want you to reach your potential and, as a Platinum Investors in People employer, we’ll encourage you to learn and develop by building a personalised development plan together with your manager.