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About Us
We are a world-class visitor attraction and leading science research centre. We use the Museum's unique collections and our unrivalled expertise to tackle the biggest challenges facing the world today. We care for more than 80 million objects spanning billions of years and welcome more than five million visitors annually and 16 million visits to our website.
Today the Museum is more relevant and influential than ever. By attracting people from a range of backgrounds to work for us, we can continue to look at the world with fresh eyes and find new ways of doing things.
We employ 1100 staff in a variety of roles, all united by our vision of a future where people and planet thrive. We need everyone to have the passion and drive to help us with our mission to create advocates for our planet and inspire millions to care about the natural world.
Diversity and inclusion matter to us.
Our vision is of a future where both people and the planet thrive. Diversity is one of our core values and we strive to build a workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging. All new staff who join us learn about the importance of diversity and inclusion to the Museum and how to contribute to creating an inclusive environment.
We know we have more to do, but we are committed to ensuring that everyone who works at the Museum feels they can thrive and feel valued and respected.
About the role
As Social Media Video Producer, you’ll be at the heart of one of the UK’s most exciting social media teams, specialising in short-form video content that brings the Natural History Museum’s extraordinary collections, science and stories to life. Your work will spark curiosity about nature and inspire audiences to visit the Museum and take positive action for our world, ultimately helping us achieve our mission of creating advocates for the planet.
This is a specialist role focused on the creation, filming and editing of short-form video content, including for TikTok, Instagram and Facebook Reels, YouTube Shorts and emerging platforms. You’ll be a native short-form creator – someone who lives and breathes the platforms, understands what makes thumb-stopping content, and can turn a fascinating specimen or nature fact into compelling, shareable video content, often at speed.
A typical week will see you filming and editing short-form video on your phone daily using native editing tools (e.g. TikTok editor, CapCut) and Adobe Premiere Pro, responding to trends in real time, pitching creative video ideas, and collaborating closely with the Social Media Executives and Social Media Manager to deliver a bold and impactful content calendar. You’ll also work alongside our Studios team on opportunities to adapt or complement longer-form video content.
You will apply your video skills to tell the amazing stories behind our fascinating collection of over 80 million objects, our 150-year history and our 350+ in-house scientists working to better understand nature and enable a future where people and planet thrive.
This role reports to the Social Media Manager and is part of the wider Digital Content team. It will require occasional weekend or evening work (for example when covering special events or breaking news moments) and may offer the opportunity for some travel, including to our sites at Tring and Reading. You’ll benefit from flexible working (with at least two days per week in the office), training and development opportunities, and the chance to work at the UK’s favourite museum where social media video is recognised as a strategically important and rapidly growing part of how we connect with audiences worldwide.
About you
You're a short-form video specialist who lives and breathes social media — someone who instinctively knows what will stop the scroll, can read a trend before it peaks, and makes fast creative decisions without losing sight of quality. You have a strong portfolio of short-form video work for brands on TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts or equivalent, and you're expert at filming and editing on mobile using native tools. You have an instinctive feel for pacing, sound and visual storytelling — and ideally, you're as comfortable in front of the camera as behind it.
You can demonstrate a mix of brave creative instincts and editorial judgement. You'll find the compelling angle in a potentially complex story and translate it into content that's genuinely engaging, accurate and responsible. You're not afraid to take risks, bring humour and emotion to your work, and pitch bold ideas — but you're also organised, collaborative and able to manage multiple projects to tight deadlines. You're excited about the opportunity to build strong relationships with scientists, curators and colleagues across a range of teams that result in great content. And, you're comfortable using performance data not just to understand what works and doesn't (and help colleagues understand the same), but to shape what you do next to maximise engagements and views across our social channels.
We're looking for someone who really cares about what the Natural History Museum stands for. Whether it's showing Hope the whale being hoovered, answering fan questions and requests in comment reply videos, or coming up with our next viral breakthrough video series, you're motivated by the potential to make millions of people genuinely excited about the natural world.
Thriving at the Museum: the way we work
We are proud to work at the Museum and have identified the qualities we all need to embody to reach our shared ambition. This sits alongside the Museum’s values and forms the framework for the way we work.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
About the role
We’re seeking a senior media and PR officer – policy, campaigns and public health to join our talented and ambitious media and PR team for six months. Supporting the delivery of annual media plans for these areas of work, you’ll leverage our position as leading experts on breast cancer to secure media profile that increases our influence, engagement and support among target audiences, championing the needs of people affected by breast cancer, engaging key policy decision-makers and the NHS through our change-making campaigns and calls to action, and communicating our vital breast health awareness and health information and messaging to key stakeholders and the public to help make change happen now.
This role is a fixed term contract until end of February 2027.
About you
You’ll be great at building trusted and influential relationships across internal and external contacts up to a senior level including colleagues, journalists, contacts at stakeholder organisations (such as NHS and NICE), people affected by breast cancer who support our work, and celebrities and influencers who support Breast Cancer Now.
With an understanding and passion for policy, campaigns, and public health you’ll draw on your experience of working across health communications and/or media/PR environments to digest and distil complex and sensitive information into compelling media copy, with an eye for spotting proactive and reactive media opportunities to secure impactful profile.
Used to working in a fast-moving environment, you’ll work at pace without compromising quality of work and working closely with the senior media and PR manager – policy, campaigns and public health to effectively handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines to amplify the charity’s share of voice as a determined leader, driving progress and changing the future for anyone affected by breast cancer.
Effective at working independently, you’ll also be a team player who works closely with and contributes to the wider success of the media and PR team.
Job description and benefits
The job description and our attractive benefits are available for you to download.
Primary location of role and hybrid working
This role is primarily based in our London office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria.
If you’ve any immediate questions please contact us.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who
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We reserve the right to close this advert early. Therefore, to avoid disappointment please submit your application as soon as possible, if you’re interested in this opportunity.
Closing date Friday 3 July 2026 9am
Interview dates Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 July 2026
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Charity People is delighted to be partnering with Animal Free Research UK to recruit the organisation's first full time Media and PR Manager.
About Animal Free Research UK
Animal Free Research UK is a UK charity working to replace the use of animals in medical research. It funds and supports pioneering, human-relevant science such as advanced lab models, data science and other non-animal research methods that aim to deliver better treatments for diseases faster.
Alongside its grant-making work, the organisation actively champions and accelerates the transition to animal-free research by collaborating with scientists, building centres of excellence, and promoting innovation across the life sciences sector.
It also undertakes advocacy, campaigning and policy work; influencing government and public debate to drive legislative and systemic change towards ending animal testing in the UK.
An amazing organisation doing so much incredible work, Animal Free Research UK combines research funding, sector leadership and public affairs activity to create a future where medical research is both effective for humans and free from animal use.
Media and PR Manager
Contract: Permanent, full time position
Salary: £40,000 to £45,000 per annum
Location: Animal Free Research UK is a fully remote organisation, and this is therefore a predominantly home based role. The postholder will be required to travel within the UK around 10 to 12 times per year for team get togethers or events and meetings. Travel will be paid by the organisation when required
Closing date for applications: 9am on Friday 26th June
Interviews: first round interviews will be held on the 7th and 8th July, with second round planned for 14th July
About the role
This is a truly exciting opportunity for a talented media and PR professional to really be creative in a brand new role for an organisation which has made some fantastic inroads into the influencer and media spaces over the past 18 months.
Building on a solid foundation you will be responsible for elevating the organisation's public profile and driving engagement with core media and influencer audiences at a pivotal moment for the organisation.
Delivering influencer and media work that supports across celebrity engagement and fundraising, public affairs advocacy, as well as the organisation's new Centre for Human Specific Research, yours will be a core role within the team.
Key responsibilities within the role will be as follows:
- Develop and implement integrated PR campaigns that support the charity's public affairs work, the Centre for Human Specific Research, and wider initiatives
- Create persuasive PR materials, including press releases, op-eds, spokespeople briefings, comment pieces, and digital content
- Identify newsworthy stories related to campaign milestones, scientific breakthroughs, policy announcements, and funded research
- Maintain and grow relationships with journalists, broadcasters, sector media, influencers, and celebrity supporters to secure sustained, high-quality coverage
- Draft, place, and pitch press releases, letters to editors, feature articles, and broadcast opportunities aligned with brand guidelines and with appropriate organisational sign-off.
- Act as first point of contact for media enquiries, managing proactive and reactive press activity
- Track media coverage, sentiment, and reach, using analytics to refine strategy and maximise impact.
- Build on the charity's success with celebrity supporters and social media campaigns to increase visibility, engagement, and fundraising impact
- Develop and launch a Celebrity Ambassador Scheme, identifying, onboarding, and supporting high-profile advocates
- Plan and deliver PR events, photo opportunities, digital campaigns, and celebrity-led activations that amplify awareness, engagement, and fundraising outcomes
- Collaborate closely with the digital team to align PR campaigns with social media strategy, amplifying reach through Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and other platforms
- Track and report on the impact of social media and celebrity-led initiatives, using insights to optimise campaigns and inform future strategy
- Support crisis and risk communications planning, ensuring consistent, credible responses on sensitive or complex issues.
- Monitor, evaluate and regularly report on the effectiveness of PR output for senior colleagues, identifying recommendations for continual improvement
- Contribute to ongoing reviews and evaluation of whether Animal Free Research UK is reaching the right audiences and is achieving its communications goals Measure
We'd love to hear from individuals with the following core skills and experience:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent through experience
- PR and/or media trained with a professional qualification or equivalent through experience
- Demonstrable success in securing high-impact media coverage in national, broadcast, and digital media
- Proven experience building and maintaining relationships with journalists, influencers, and high-profile supporters
- Strong copywriting and editing skills tailored to diverse audiences
- Experience managing a media desk, including proactive and reactive work
- Ability to interpret complex scientific or policy content and communicate it clearly and compellingly
- Influential communicator with strong interpersonal skills, confidence in public engagement and stakeholder management
- Familiarity with media monitoring and CRM tools
- Deep commitment to animal protection, scientific integrity, and the strategic goals of Animal Free Research UK
- Strategic thinker who can act tactically, manage multiple priorities, and work under tight deadlines
- Flexible and resilient approach to work, with willingness to travel and work out-of-hours as needed
If you're interested in hearing more about this opportunity, please send your CV to Alice at Charity People in the first instance. Alice can be reached by 'Apply Now' button.
Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.
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