United Kingdom · Public Relations Communications · Principal/Manager (12-16 years)

Executive Communications Manager

Here is the whole job, in plain words. What it is, a real day, what you decide, how you're judged, how people get here and where they go next. Then the part no course gives you: twelve AI tutors who learn your work.

Experience bandPrincipal/Manager (12-16 years)
Direct reports2-4 reports
Reports toDirector, Executive & Leadership Comms
UK framework levelUsually someone running a function, or a director

Also advertised as Head of Executive Communications · Senior Manager, Leadership Communications · Principal Communications Advisor

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1What this role really is

This isn't just about writing speeches; it's about shaping the narrative for our most senior leaders. You'll be the strategic brain behind how our C-suite talks to the world—and to our own people. Think of yourself as a trusted advisor, a ghostwriter, and a bit of a political strategist all rolled into one. You'll manage a small team, ensuring their work is top-notch, and you'll personally handle the comms for a few of our key executives. It's high-stakes, high-visibility work, where every word truly matters.

2What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Microsoft PowerPoint / Google SlidesStrategic

Overseeing the design of high-impact executive presentations, ensuring brand consistency, and coaching executives on delivery. You'll influence template design and best practices for the team.

Poppulo / Firstup (Internal Comms Platform)Architect

Managing audience segmentation, building multi-channel internal campaigns, and analysing engagement data to advise on internal comms strategy. You'll guide your team on platform use.

Asana / Monday.com (Collaboration & PM)Strategic

Implementing workflows and best practices for the entire comms function, managing complex cross-functional dependencies, and overseeing team project plans. You'll ensure your team uses it effectively.

Meltwater / Cision (Media & Social Monitoring)Strategic

Defining KPIs for executive share of voice, using data to shape narrative strategy, and briefing leadership on reputational risk based on media insights. You'll guide your team on advanced query building.

StreamYard / Vimeo Enterprise (Video & Webcasting)Strategic

Developing the overall executive event strategy (virtual, hybrid, in-person), selecting vendor partners, and overseeing the production quality of major virtual events. You'll ensure your team can produce high-quality content.

Diligent / BoardVantage (Board Reporting Tools)User/Contributor

Directly uploading and managing communication materials (presentations, memos) for board meetings in the portal, understanding the security and workflow protocols. You'll ensure your team's materials are formatted correctly.

3What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choice	Coming in	Where you are now	The step above
Executive Message Content & Tone	Draft content following templates, all reviewed by senior team.	Independently draft content, seek manager review for sensitive topics.	Own content strategy and drafting for specific executives, consult Director on highly sensitive or critical external statements.
Vendor Selection & Management	Support vendor logistics, no selection authority.	Research and recommend vendors, no approval authority.	Select vendors up to £5K, manage ongoing relationships.
Team Workload & Prioritisation	Receive tasks and priorities from manager.	Manage own workload, flag conflicts to manager.	Manage own and mentor's workload, propose prioritisation.
Crisis Communications Response	Draft holding statements under direct supervision.	Draft and propose crisis comms, reviewed by manager.	Lead drafting and initial response strategy, seek Director approval.

4How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

C-Suite Confidence Rating

How confident our primary executive stakeholders are in your strategic advice and the quality of communications delivered.

Target · Maintain >9/10 average rating across all primary executives

After the Q2 executive comms review, the CEO rates your team's support a 9.5, citing a smooth all-hands and impactful investor messaging.

Team Productivity & Output Volume

The total volume of high-quality executive communications pieces (speeches, internal memos, external articles) delivered by your team.

Target · Deliver 20-25 major comms pieces per quarter (across all supported executives)

In Q3, your team produced 5 keynote speeches, 8 internal all-hands scripts, 4 external thought leadership articles, and 6 critical internal announcements, totalling 23 pieces.

Executive Media Mentions (Positive/Neutral)

The number of positive or neutral media mentions for your supported executives in key industry publications and news outlets.

Target · Increase positive/neutral mentions by 10% year-over-year for key executives

After a targeted thought leadership campaign, the CTO's positive media mentions increased by 12% compared to the previous year, with no negative coverage.

Internal Message Recall & Clarity

The percentage of employees who can accurately recall and understand the key messages from executive internal communications.

Target · Achieve >80% recall and clarity score in post-comms pulse surveys

Following the Q4 all-hands, a pulse survey showed 85% of employees correctly identified the company's top three strategic priorities for the next year.

Strategic Advisory Impact

Your ability to be a trusted advisor, influencing executive communication strategy from the outset, not just executing on demand.

Executives proactively seek your counsel on sensitive topics
you're included in early strategic discussions
your recommendations are frequently adopted in final comms plans
you challenge executive thinking constructively.

Team Development & Mentorship

The growth and performance of your direct reports, and your effectiveness in guiding and developing their skills.

Direct reports meet or exceed their performance goals
they report positive growth in skills and confidence
you receive positive feedback from your team on your coaching and support
attrition rates are low.

Crisis Preparedness & Response

Your ability to anticipate potential communication crises, develop robust plans, and lead effective responses when they occur.

You've developed and tested 'holding pen' messages for likely scenarios
you lead effective 'murder board' sessions
you maintain composure and provide clear direction during actual crises
post-crisis reviews show minimal reputational damage.

Narrative Consistency & Voice

Ensuring that across multiple executives and platforms, the core company narrative remains consistent, while each executive's unique voice is authentically captured.

External stakeholders (media, analysts) recognise a coherent company story
internal feedback confirms consistent messaging
executive's personal comms (e.g., LinkedIn) align with their 'persona synthesis'
minimal 'off-script' incidents.

5Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy

Shaping the Narrative

You'll get a real buzz from knowing your words and strategic advice are directly influencing how the company is perceived, both internally and externally. It's about crafting the story, not just repeating it.

Successfully launching a new company vision with a compelling CEO narrative that gets picked up positively by industry press and boosts employee morale.

Being a Trusted Advisor

You'll thrive on being the person executives turn to for honest, strategic counsel on their most critical communications. It's about building deep trust and having a seat at the table.

The CEO calls you directly for advice on how to handle a sensitive internal announcement before even drafting a word.

Developing a High-Performing Team

You'll enjoy coaching and mentoring your direct reports, helping them grow their skills and deliver excellent work. Seeing your team succeed will be a significant source of satisfaction.

One of your specialists successfully leads the comms for a major product launch, crediting your guidance and support.

What frustrates people

The Last-Minute Scramble: Being the last person in the review chain but having the tightest deadline. Expect frequent 10 PM requests to 'just take a quick look' at a deck for an 8 AM board meeting.
Death by a Thousand Edits: Your sharp, compelling draft being watered down into bland corporate-speak after reviews by 12 different stakeholders, each adding their own pet phrases.
The Off-Script Executive: Spending weeks perfecting a message, only to have your executive go rogue on stage or in an interview, creating a fire drill for you to clean up.
The 'Proxy for the Principal' Problem: People who are afraid to challenge the executive directly will challenge you instead, leading to frustrating and unproductive feedback loops.
Attribution vs. Anonymity: Your greatest successes are when the executive shines and you are invisible. This can make it challenging to demonstrate your personal impact and value.
The 'Fixer' Fallacy: Being treated like a speechwriter or a grammar-checker rather than a strategic advisor who should be involved from the beginning of a decision, not just the end.
Measuring the Intangible: Constantly battling to prove the ROI of your work with qualitative data (trust, clarity, confidence) in a business world that worships quantitative dashboards.

What this role does not give you

A predictable 9-to-5 schedule; executive schedules are often erratic.
Direct, public attribution for your writing or strategic brilliance; your success is the executive's success.
A role where you only focus on one executive or one type of communication; you'll juggle multiple priorities and formats.
A low-stress environment; this is high-stakes, high-pressure work.

6Who you work with

This role directly shapes the company's public image and internal culture by ensuring our most senior voices speak with clarity, consistency, and impact. You're essentially the guardian of our executive's reputation and, by extension, a significant part of the company's brand. Get it right, and you build trust and drive engagement; get it wrong, and you risk reputational damage and internal disquiet. You'll own a significant piece of the overall communications strategy, making sure the executive messages support our broader business goals.

Inside the business

CEO and other C-suite executives (CFO, CTO, CMO)
Heads of HR, Legal, and Investor Relations
Product and Engineering Leadership
Regional General Managers

Outside the business

Key media contacts and journalists
Industry analysts and influencers
Board members and shareholders
Conference organisers and event partners

7What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

Proven experience (at least 5-8 years) in a dedicated executive communications role, ideally supporting C-suite or very senior leadership.
Demonstrable experience managing or mentoring junior communications professionals, including setting objectives and providing feedback.
A strong portfolio of executive-level written communications (speeches, articles, internal memos) that showcases your ability to capture distinct voices and tackle complex topics.
Experience leading major communication programmes from end-to-end, involving multiple stakeholders and tight deadlines.
A deep understanding of corporate strategy and how communications can directly support business objectives.

8What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Immersive & Hybrid Event Production

Post-pandemic, hybrid events are the norm, and the bar for engaging virtual experiences is constantly rising. Executives need to connect with audiences seamlessly across physical and digital spaces. Mastery of these platforms and production techniques will be crucial for high-impact events.

Virtual Production Workflows · Interactive Audience Engagement Tools · Executive Telepresence & Coaching · Platform Integration & Analytics

This month: Take an online course on advanced StreamYard or Vimeo Enterprise features, focusing on multi-camera setups and live streaming best practices.
Month 2: Shadow our AV team or an external production partner during a major hybrid event, paying close attention to the 'run of show' and technical execution.
Month 3: Lead the production of a smaller internal executive webinar or town hall, taking full ownership of the technical setup and delivery.
Month 4: Research and present recommendations for new immersive event technologies or platforms that could elevate our executive events.

Quick win: Volunteer to manage the Q&A and technical backend for the next internal executive webcast. It's a great way to learn the ropes without full production pressure.

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up

Regularly attend industry conferences and workshops focused on executive leadership, strategic communications, and crisis management.
Subscribe to leading industry publications and thought leadership from organisations like CIPR, PRCA, or the Arthur W. Page Society.
Actively seek out opportunities to mentor junior professionals, even outside your direct team, to hone your leadership and coaching skills.
Engage in media training refreshers, even if you're not the one on camera, to better understand the executive experience and advise effectively.

10How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

The new skill this role is being asked for: Advanced AI for Comms Strategy & Personalisation

AI isn't just for drafting anymore; it's becoming a powerful tool for strategic analysis and hyper-personalisation. Competitors are using AI to predict audience sentiment, identify emerging topics, and tailor messages at scale. If we don't embrace this, we'll fall behind in relevance and impact.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

Advanced AI for Comms Strategy & Personalisation

AI isn't just for drafting anymore; it's becoming a powerful tool for strategic analysis and hyper-personalisation. Competitors are using AI to predict audience sentiment, identify emerging topics, and tailor messages at scale. If we don't embrace this, we'll fall behind in relevance and impact.

Predictive Analytics for Audience Engagement
AI-Driven Topic Discovery
Dynamic Content Optimisation
Ethical AI in Communications

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

Narrative Architecture & Storytelling
Executive Voice & Persona Synthesis
Crisis Communications & Rapid Response
Change Management Communications (Kotter/ADKAR)
Stakeholder Mapping & Influence Strategy
Message Measurement & Sentiment Analysis

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

1
Senior Executive Communications Specialist (L3/L4)
3-5 years
Skills to master
- Deepen expertise in a specific executive's voice, lead major comms programmes, mentor junior team members, and demonstrate strong strategic thinking.
You're ready to move on when
- Consistently delivers high-quality, impactful executive communications without significant oversight.
- Proactively identifies comms opportunities and challenges for their assigned executive.
- Successfully mentors 1-2 junior specialists, showing leadership potential.
- Trusted by their executive to handle sensitive topics and provide sound advice.
2
Communications Manager (Generalist, L4) from a large organisation
2-4 years
Skills to master
- Specialise in executive voice, develop strong political acumen, and adapt to high-stakes, high-visibility communications. Learn to manage upwards effectively.
You're ready to move on when
- Successfully managed a generalist comms team and is looking to specialise in executive support.
- Demonstrates strong writing and strategic planning skills in a corporate environment.
- Has experience influencing senior leaders, even if not C-suite.
- Shows a keen interest and understanding of executive-level challenges and priorities.
3
Senior PR Consultant (Agency-side) with corporate client focus
3-5 years
Skills to master
- Transition from client service to in-house strategic advisor, develop deep understanding of internal politics, and master the 'ghosting' aspect of executive voice.
You're ready to move on when
- Managed high-profile corporate clients and advised their senior leaders on communications strategy.
- Has a strong track record in media relations and crisis communications for corporate entities.
- Understands the nuances of corporate reputation and executive positioning.
- Is looking for a more embedded, strategic role within a single organisation.

11Where this role leads

The long view:Your journey here is about becoming a master of influence and narrative. Whether you choose to lead larger teams, specialise further, or pivot into broader strategic roles, the experience you gain as an Executive Communications Manager will set you up for a truly impactful career.

Pay & demand

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The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Executive Communications Manager is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

12The team that's yours

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

Zavmo is a hyper-personalised AI learning platform. Twelve virtual tutors, each with a different way of teaching, and one orchestration agent that picks the right one for the moment. So every single lesson is shaped around you, your role, and the way you learn. Not a course everyone sits through. A conversation built for you, and no one else.

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13What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

Position the commissioning organisation to embrace changeLevel 7

Applied to your work in Executive Communications Manager

This unit aims to enable learners to analyse the impact of changes and trends on commissioning organisations, support organisational responses, and recognise the potential impact of future developments.

How the thinking builds

Remember
Understand
Apply
Analyse
Evaluate
Create

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One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

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Evidenced on your work in Executive Communications Manager

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

C-Suite Confidence RatingHow confident our primary executive stakeholders are in your strategic advice and the quality of communications delivered.After the Q2 executive comms review, the CEO rates your team's support a 9.5, citing a smooth all-hands and impactful investor messaging.Maintain >9/10 average rating across all primary executives
Team Productivity & Output VolumeThe total volume of high-quality executive communications pieces (speeches, internal memos, external articles) delivered by your team.In Q3, your team produced 5 keynote speeches, 8 internal all-hands scripts, 4 external thought leadership articles, and 6 critical internal announcements, totalling 23 pieces.Deliver 20-25 major comms pieces per quarter (across all supported executives)
Executive Media Mentions (Positive/Neutral)The number of positive or neutral media mentions for your supported executives in key industry publications and news outlets.After a targeted thought leadership campaign, the CTO's positive media mentions increased by 12% compared to the previous year, with no negative coverage.Increase positive/neutral mentions by 10% year-over-year for key executives
Internal Message Recall & ClarityThe percentage of employees who can accurately recall and understand the key messages from executive internal communications.Following the Q4 all-hands, a pulse survey showed 85% of employees correctly identified the company's top three strategic priorities for the next year.Achieve >80% recall and clarity score in post-comms pulse surveys

These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.

Your passport

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Every credit you earn and every fluency you build adds up: evidence where it counts, carried with you. Zavmo keeps the map: where you are, where you're heading, and the next step, at your pace, around your life. From Executive Communications Manager to Director, Executive & Leadership Comms (L6), and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 6 · in progressAI Fluency→ Director, Executive & Leadership Comms (L6)→ your design

Where this takes you

Your journey here is about becoming a master of influence and narrative. Whether you choose to lead larger teams, specialise further, or pivot into broader strategic roles, the experience you gain as an Executive Communications Manager will set you up for a truly impactful career.

See Your Progress GrowIllustration

Executive Communications Manager

Narrative Architecture & Storytelling
Executive Voice & Persona Synthesis
Crisis Communications & Rapid Response
Change Management Communications (Kotter/ADKAR)
Stakeholder Mapping & Influence Strategy
Message Measurement & Sentiment Analysis

This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

14The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Executive Communications Manager is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

Director, Executive & Leadership Comms (L6)
3-5 years
One level up
- M&A Communications Strategy: Leading comms for mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.
- Investor Relations Comms: Deep expertise in financial communications and regulatory disclosures.
- Global Comms Strategy: Overseeing executive communications across multiple geographies.
- Reputational Risk Management: Acting as the ultimate arbiter of reputational risk for the company.

Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be real, executive communications is demanding. You're always juggling multiple C-suite personalities, tight deadlines, and the need for absolute precision. What if you could cut down on the grunt work and focus more on the strategic stuff? That's where AI comes in. We're not talking about replacing you; we're talking about giving you a superpower.

Our team is actively experimenting with AI to make our lives easier, and we want you to be at the forefront of this. Imagine having a smart assistant that can take care of the tedious bits, leaving you free to focus on the nuanced strategy, the executive coaching, and the truly impactful storytelling. This isn't just about efficiency; it's about elevating your role.

First Draft Automation

Use generative AI (like ChatGPT-4 or Claude) with custom instructions to create initial drafts of routine communications. Think weekly updates, event recaps, or even first passes at internal announcements. The AI handles the structure and boilerplate, giving you a solid starting point to add your executive's unique voice and strategic nuance. It's like having a super-fast junior writer.

Sentiment Analysis Acceleration

Feed open-ended employee survey comments, Glassdoor reviews, or social media chatter into an AI tool. It'll instantly categorise themes and analyse sentiment (positive, negative, neutral). This replaces hours of manual reading and tagging, giving you rapid insights into how messages are landing and where potential issues might be brewing. You'll get to the 'so what?' much faster.

Executive Briefing Synthesis

Use AI to summarise long analyst reports, competitor earnings call transcripts, or complex technical documents into concise bullet points. This rapidly builds the 'backgrounder' document you need to prep an executive for an interview, a board meeting, or a major presentation. No more sifting through hundreds of pages; get the core insights in minutes.

Tone & Style Adaptation

After writing a core message (say, a blog post for the CEO), use AI to instantly adapt it for different channels and audiences. Prompts like 'Turn this into a 3-tweet thread' or 'Rewrite this for a skeptical engineering audience' can generate multiple versions in seconds. This ensures message consistency while tailoring the delivery, saving you loads of time on repurposing content.

Common questions

How do you become an Executive Communications Manager?

Common routes in include Senior Executive Communications Specialist (L3/L4) (3-5 years), Communications Manager (Generalist, L4) from a large organisation (2-4 years) and Senior PR Consultant (Agency-side) with corporate client focus (3-5 years). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can an Executive Communications Manager progress to?

This role can lead on to Director, Executive & Leadership Comms (L6) (3-5 years), depending on the skills you build.

What level is an Executive Communications Manager in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 6 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for an Executive Communications Manager?

Increasingly, Advanced AI for Comms Strategy & Personalisation. These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

Most of them were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.

There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.

And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.

What it costs

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

A single career-coaching hour costs more than a month of this, and it ends when the hour does. Zavmo doesn't. It's £70 a month, about £2.30 a day, for a companion that knows an Executive Communications Manager, works on the job you actually do, and keeps going at your pace rather than a timetable's.

Searching and planning stay free. You only pay when you start learning.
Your credits are yours. Regulated, and they don't vanish when a subscription ends.
Cancel any time and billing stops. No notice period, no minimum term.

Your path, personalised

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.

This route runs to 2 national skill standards. That is a real journey.

Zavmo shapes a learning experience as unique as you are. It fits how you learn, your pace and the work you already do. Every step stays benchmarked to recognised national standards. That’s the plan for becoming an Executive Communications Manager: personal to you, and it still counts. The first steps are free.

Independent research finds well-designed intelligent tutoring performs nearly as well as one-to-one human tutoring: VanLehn (2011), Educational Psychologist.

A private tutor in the UK averages £35–40 an hour . Zavmo is £70/month.

A Zavmo curriculum screen: a three-month plan of nine units, ninety credits, each one an Ofqual-regulated unit the learner can tick or untick before starting. — A real plan on learn.zavmo.ai: Ofqual-regulated units, credits, and a three-month run at your own pace.

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15Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 6

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

Other roles in Public Relations Communications

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

The skills you'll hone here—strategic communications, executive advisory, team leadership, crisis management—are highly transferable. You could move into similar senior communications roles in other industries (e.g., finance, healthcare, government), or even leverage your strategic insight into broader leadership or consulting positions.

Not sure this is the right direction?

Work out what you actually want from work first, then come back and see which roles fit it. Takes about ten minutes.

You're not behind. You're right on time. The shift is only just beginning. Your role won't look the same in two years. Be the one who leads the change, not the one it happens to. Build my plan, free Here's the first ten minutes: a 2-minute confidence check → your personalised roadmap → meet the tutors matched to you. No card, cancel any time. No card. Build your plan, see your roadmap and meet the twelve tutors matched to you. All free. When you're ready to start learning, it's £70 a month, billed monthly. Cancel any time and billing stops.

Executive Communications Manager

What's rising in its place

Advanced AI for Comms Strategy & Personalisation

Skills this role draws on

Technical

How you actually get there, here

Senior Executive Communications Specialist (L3/L4)

Communications Manager (Generalist, L4) from a large organisation

Senior PR Consultant (Agency-side) with corporate client focus

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

Roles this leads to

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

A conversation, not a course

No two people run this the same way

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Your journey here is about becoming a master of influence and narrative. Whether you choose to lead larger teams, specialise further, or pivot into broader strategic roles, the experience you gain as an Executive Communications Manager will set you up for a truly impactful career.

Everything else the record holds

The career path, and where it branches

Director, Executive & Leadership Comms (L6)

Where AI is starting to help

First Draft Automation

Sentiment Analysis Acceleration

Executive Briefing Synthesis

Tone & Style Adaptation

Common questions

You’ve started things before

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.