Senior Corporate Communications Manager (German Speaking)

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Senior Corporate Communications Manager (German Speaking)




Trainline is an innovative, tech business with a mission to bring together the world’s rail, coach and other travel services into one simple experience. We aim to make travel easier and more accessible, encouraging people to make more environmentally sustainable travel choices. We’re hugely proud to be the world’s leading independent rail and coach travel platform and rank among the highest-rated travel and ticketing apps globally. Today, we offer our customers travel to thousands of destinations in and across 45 countries in Europe and beyond. That’s more than 3.7 billion in ticket sales annually, and over 90 million visits to our apps and websites each month. In another major milestone, Trainline listed on the London Stock Exchange in June 2019 and is now part of the FTSE 250.

Our culture is central to our success. We’re driven to sustain our phenomenal growth from recent years, and this means we’re always working closely and collaboratively to turn our ideas into reality. It’s this sense of pace, innovating and improving pretty much everything we do, that makes Trainline so exciting and unique - we truly believe our work has a genuine impact and will change travel for the better.
We are looking for a Senior Corporate Communications Manager to help us build Trainline’s reputation as a strong partner for the European rail industry and government, innovating for the benefit of our customers, society and the environment.
This newly created role will be key to managing corporate PR campaigns and implementing strategic communications designed to target important audiences with a particular focus on the German market.
Based in either our London or Paris office, you will work closely with different teams across the business, including public affairs, commercial, industry relations, investor relations, our B2B and technology teams. You will also work hand in hand with the wider Communications team, based across our offices in London and Paris.
We are looking for a highly motivated person who has a passion for crafting narratives and creating stand-out news stories that resonate with corporate audiences. Experience in managing agency teams and developing PR campaigns which deliver quality media coverage in business, industry and trade titles, is key. Ideally you will have experience working in a regulated industry and / or the tech industry.

Three of the best things about the job:

No two days are the same in this exciting, fast-paced environment and there is always lots of scope to grow your career and learn new skills
You’ll be joining a supportive, collaborative team and wider company (made up of more than 50 nationalities), full of dedicated, inquisitive people who foster a culture of innovative, a one-team mentality and a customer-first approach
You’ll be joining a company with purpose, focused on encouraging people to make greener travel choices, for the good of environment and generations to come 

Responsibilities:

Work with and help manage agency teams to deliver corporate PR campaigns and thought leadership content that targets important audiences with a particular focus on the German market.
Develop corporate messaging for spokespeople and provide briefing support to ensure interview readiness
Work closely with the broader Trainline communications team to ensure consistency of our corporate messaging and alignment to business objectives
Track and report corporate communications impact
Identify and pitch influential speaking opportunities and ensure spokesperson readiness
Lead on building relations with relevant influential journalists in the rail industry and travel trade media, as well as support on relationship building with international transport, business and finance media
Help monitor and report on Trainline and relevant industry media coverage, keeping the business on the pulse of relevant breaking news

What you'll bring:

5-7 years of experience in Corporate Communications, either in-house or agency-side
Experience developing corporate PR campaigns
Ability to identify strong corporate media stories, as well as drafting and pitching thought leadership content
Experience building strong relationships with trade and industry media, as well as national corporate journalists
Experience working cross-functionally with a range of business teams
Experience developing corporate messaging and briefing spokespeople
Strong written and oral communications skills
Proactive and collaborative, with a strong sense of what makes a quality corporate news story
A self-starter with a sense of ownership of projects and a drive to deliver results
Flexible and agile in a fast-paced environment and able to stay calm under pressure
Good knowledge of the European political landscape (desirable)

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree, specialised in Marketing / Communications / Politics / Journalism or any related field
Ability to speak English and German at a highly proficient / business level


We value open expression at Trainline, we believe it’s the diversity of experience, backgrounds and perspectives of our employees that makes us who we are. We encourage everybody to play a part in changing the way people travel across the world.
Paris /
Government Relations & Corporate Affairs – Corporate Affairs /
Full-time