Consultant
On-siteLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Consultant at Milltown Partners responsible for turning strategy into action for high-profile clients across technology, finance, and entertainment. You will shape reputation strategy, identify audiences and channels, and create integrated communications plans aligned to strategic objectives. You’ll advise directly to clients in writing and meetings, deliver briefing materials and content for significant moments, and apply AI-driven research and analysis (using tools like Claude, Gemini, and our internal AI studio) to improve outcomes. You’ll manage and develop junior colleagues, contribute to business development, and help foster an inclusive, collaborative team environment. The role requires 3–7 years of corporate communications experience, strong written/editing skills, ability to navigate unfamiliar topics quickly, and a track record of advising senior stakeholders and delivering high-quality client work. The firm operates with a hybrid model in London, with in-office and remote components.
Required Qualifications
- 3–7 years of communications experience, ideally in a consultancy environment, with exposure to technology clients
- A genuine drive to go deep into unfamiliar territory, find the angles others miss, and produce work grounded in real understanding of the subject matter
- Strong written and editorial skills: you can take a complex brief and produce something clear, compelling, and accurate without losing the substance
- The ability to get up to speed on technically unfamiliar territory quickly and do something useful with it
- Experience building advisory relationships with senior stakeholders – founders, CEOs, or other leaders – and the presence to hold your own in those conversations
- Experience developing media strategies and working with journalists across tier-1 tech press and specialist outlets
- Experience using AI tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) effectively, safely, and critically in a professional setting
- Project management experience: planning and delivering work against agreed goals, timelines, and budgets
- Experience managing junior colleagues and delegating effectively
- Intellectual curiosity to develop subject matter expertise in new areas and share that knowledge with colleagues
- Collaborative instincts and a genuine commitment to contributing to an inclusive culture
Desired Qualifications
- 3–7 years of communications experience
- experience in a consultancy environment
- experience with technology clients
- experience building advisory relationships with senior stakeholders
- strong written and editorial skills
- ability to quickly learn technically unfamiliar territory
- experience developing media strategies and working with journalists
- experience using AI tools effectively in a professional setting (e.g., Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT)
- project management experience including planning and delivering against goals
- experience managing junior colleagues and delegating
- intellectual curiosity to develop subject matter expertise
- collaborative and inclusive teamwork
- business development / revenue-alignment experience
- ability to work in a hybrid in-office and remote setting
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