M&S Food is changing, and fast! We are undergoing one of the biggest transformations in retailing today to build a bigger, better, fresher food business.

From Percy Pig to the freshest M&S Select Farms produce, we grow, source, and develop our own products to give our customers family-ready food that's unbeatable on flavour and innovation.

We need motivated people who are ready to bring their whole self to work and give it their all in a fast-paced team committed to being the best. After all, this is not just food… This is M&S Food.

Do you love M&S Food? We in the M&S Food PR team do! We are food and drink obsessed and spend our days securing positive media coverage through telling media and influencers everything that is fabulous about M&S Food- as you can imagine, there’s a lot to say.

Our working environment is very fast paced and exciting, no two days are the same. To be part of our gang you need to be passionately obsessed by food and retail, tenacious, self-starting and a confident and experienced leader.

Key accountabilities and measures

• Lead PR strategy: visioning, planning and implementing high profile customer campaigns
• Brilliant on creative execution, stakeholder management, measurement and eagle eyed on detail, delivering first class implementation
• You’ll be a strong leader with a collaborative leadership style and be a master in influencing decisions and managing challenge
• Strong decision-making skills and flexibility who always knows how to play it right with key partners
• A wealth of experience in generating on message, positive media coverage for our products and ranges, ensuring M&S is front of mind in the media for the right reasons- we want bags of contacts, brilliant communication skills and a track record in delivering great coverage. Experience in issues management preferable
• A dab hand at all forms of communications from PR plans and strategy presentations to press releases, social media copy, influencer briefs, product copy writing and more
• We want someone who writes with passion, energy and flair
• An expert in handling pace and multiple priorities- this is critical. We are a very busy press office and every day is a sprint not a jog
• Experience of working in fast paced, demanding environments is critical. In house experience is also essential

Bags of energy are critical and the ability to keep a cool head under pressure. To be brilliant in this role, you’ll need a creative, problem-solving, growth mindset with the hunger to always look at ways to improve and do things differently. To use a well-worn phrase, ‘retail is detail’, and you’ll need to be all over the detail to make sure work is always delivered to the very highest standard. Strategic thinking is key, able look at things from all angles, shape future vision and drive through change. And, did we mention creativity! We thrive on new insights that we can make relevant to the media and our customers… and always doing things differently, better, and more creatively than anyone else!

Of course a love of Food is essential but not necessarily previous food experience- if you have experience in any area of lifestyle PR but a personal passion for (M&S) food, we want to hear from you.

M&S is ready to push boundaries to lead the industry into a greener, speedier, more inspiring digital era. That’s why we’re revolutionising how we work and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. There’s never been a better time to be part of our team. Marks & Spencer aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make an immediate impact. We are committed to an active Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Policy, which starts with our recruitment and selection process, and we are happy to talk smart/flexible working.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process. If you consider yourself to have a disability or learning difficulty which means you are unable to complete the application process online, please get in touch either by phone on 0345 300 3725 or by email recruitment.online@marksandspencer.com so we can make alternative arrangements for you.