Head of Global Press & Communications (12 Month FTC)

Global Communications & Press Strategy

• Own RIXO's global communications and press strategy - annual and seasonal planning across markets, audiences and channels - aligned to wider brand, marketing and commercial objectives.

• Lead communications around collection launches, campaigns, brand partnerships and collaborations, ensuring consistent, compelling RIXO storytelling globally and identifying opportunities to reach new audiences.

• Manage communications relationships with partner brands and their agencies, ensuring collaborations deliver meaningful brand value and cultural relevance.

• Lead the profiling strategy for founders Henrietta Rix and Orlagh McCloskey, identifying high-value media, speaking and thought-leadership opportunities.

• Act as senior spokesperson and guardian of the RIXO brand, ensuring communications remain consistent with its values and positioning.

• Identify potential communications risks and ensure appropriate plans are in place, leading the response to reputational issues or crises in partnership with senior leadership

Press & Media Relations

• Lead global press strategy and day-to-day media relations across UK, US and international markets, managing the Senior Press Manager and maintaining a high-level network of editors, writers and broadcasters.

• Oversee press launches, previews, showroom appointments and editorial seeding, developing compelling press materials and messaging with the wider team.

• Monitor the global media landscape to identify new opportunities and ensure RIXO is consistently represented within the right editorial environments.

Influencer, Creator & Affiliate

• Oversee RIXO's global influencer, creator and affiliate strategy, managing the Influencer & Affiliate Manager, and building authentic relationships with high-value creators and tastemakers aligned to the brand.

• Lead RIXO's affiliate strategy across platforms including Rakuten, ShopMy and LTK, setting commission structures and partner incentives to scale revenue and strengthen high-performing partnerships.

• Identify opportunities to convert influencer relationships into longer-term brand or affiliate partnerships, and own affiliate reporting and performance analysis to continually optimise the programme and partner mix, working with Digital on budget.

VIP, Celebrity & Events

• Lead RIXO's global celebrity, VIP and stylist strategy, combining strong in-house relationships with strategic management of the external VIP agency.

• Build senior relationships with celebrities, VIPs, stylists, agents and publicists, overseeing dressing across red carpet, premieres, editorial and key cultural moments.

• Lead strategy for RIXO's global press, influencer, VIP and brand events - concepts, guest strategies and on-the-day communications - ensuring activity builds long-term relationships rather than one-off moments.

Team Leadership & Budget

• Lead, mentor and develop the global communications and press team, providing clear direction and building a collaborative, high-performing culture.

• Work closely with Marketing, Digital, Retail, Design, Wholesale and Commercial to embed communications into wider business planning, representing the function at senior meetings.

• Own the global communications budget, ensuring spend is strategically allocated and monitored with no overspend, and manage agency/supplier budgets and negotiations.

• Set and report on KPIs across press, influencer, affiliate, VIP and broader communications activity, translating performance into clear business insights that refine strategy.

ABOUT YOU

• Proven experience in fashion Communications / PR, including significant experience working in-house for a fashion brand.

• Experience operating at Head of / Director level or in a comparable senior role, with proven delivery of global communications strategies.

• An established network of senior fashion media, editors, stylists, influencers, celebrities, VIPs and cultural tastemakers, with strong experience across UK and international markets, particularly the US.

• Demonstrable experience managing agencies and external partners, leading and developing a team, and managing communications budgets and reporting against KPIs.

• A deep understanding of the fashion landscape, from media and talent to emerging cultural trends, and know what makes a brand culturally relevant

WHY RIXO?

• Hybrid working: three days on-site each week.

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.

• Generous staff discount across all RIXO collections plus early access to sample sales before anyone else.

• Team socials that actually happen. We celebrate the work and the people behind it.

• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave designed around real life, not policy minimums.

• Health cash plan to cover the everyday stuff: opticians, physio, dental. The things that add up.