Hanover Communications
Director (Maternity Cover) | Corporate Communications | London
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About Hanover
Hanover is an award-winning communications consultancy that advises enterprises, institutions, and individuals on building recognition and enhancing reputation.
From our offices across Europe and the Middle East, we adopt an integrated approach that connects the dots across channels, audiences, and issues.
Our collective of smart, curious people think differently and live by a shared mission, purpose, vision, and values. These shape how we work, not just with our colleagues, but with clients and partners too.
Our mission is to “rewire communications for impact” and harness its transformative power to advocate, trailblaze, and make a difference.
We do this by igniting and empowering the potential of every individual within our company, recognising that each person is a unique spark, capable of creating extraordinary impact. We believe that by nurturing and harnessing the collective brilliance of our people, we can drive innovation, foster an uncommon work culture, and make a positive difference to society.
Embracing the complete range of skills and services across the communications spectrum without constraint, we create the best outcomes for our clients and deliver world-class work.
Position Overview
We are looking for a strategic and commercially driven Director to lead and grow a high-performing team within Hanover.
This is a senior leadership role responsible for:
- Driving sustained growth
- Delivering impactful client solutions
- Positioning Hanover as a leader in the communications industry
The role operates across teams, markets, and service areas, ensuring an integrated and forward-thinking approach to client delivery and business development.
Responsibilities
Key Duties
- Provide inspirational leadership aligned with Hanover’s mission, vision, and values, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and accountability.
- Play a critical role in expanding the client base, growing revenue, and identifying new business opportunities, while maintaining the highest standards of client service.
- Lead key client relationships at a senior level, providing strategic counsel and overseeing the development of high-quality communications strategies.
- Ensure successful delivery across accounts while staying attuned to media, digital, and communications trends.
- Focus on team leadership and talent development, keeping the team motivated, high-performing, and capable of delivering best-in-class work.
- Contribute to Hanover’s wider business strategy, collaborating across teams and geographies.
- Maintain a strong focus on productivity and billability, allocating time efficiently across client work and contributing directly to revenue targets.
- Support wider team performance in achieving productivity and profitability goals.
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Primary Responsibilities
- Lead and manage senior client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor and escalation point for complex client issues.
- Design, sell, and oversee the delivery of high-quality communications strategies informed by insight and expertise.
- Take ultimate responsibility for the success, performance, and growth of key client accounts.
- Oversee and manage the team’s new business pipeline, setting the strategic direction and driving delivery against targets.
- Identify and secure new business opportunities, including organic growth within existing accounts and new client acquisition.
- Build and maintain a strong external network to generate business opportunities and enhance Hanover’s market profile.
- Provide inspirational leadership, promoting Hanover’s values and fostering an inclusive, high-performing team culture.
- Collaborate across Hanover teams and international offices to deliver integrated client solutions.
- Ensure the highest standards of quality across all client deliverables through rigorous review and oversight.
- Lead the financial management of the team, including:
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Revenue tracking
- Profitability review
Requirements
Applicants should possess the following:
Key Skills & Experience
- Significant experience in communications, with a strong track record in a senior leadership role, ideally within an agency environment.
- Proven ability to lead and grow client accounts, delivering strategic counsel and high-quality service.
- Demonstrated success in driving new business, including:
- Developing pipelines
- Converting opportunities
- Strong commercial acumen, with experience managing:
- Budgets
- Forecasting
- Revenue growth
- Exceptional leadership and people management skills, including experience in:
- Developing and mentoring senior team members
- Deep understanding of the communications, media, and digital landscape, capable of translating trends into client value.
- Excellent strategic thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
- High attention to detail and commitment to delivering excellence in all client outputs.
- Collaborative mindset, with experience working across:
- Teams
- Disciplines
- Geographies
- Proactive, driven, and solutions-oriented approach, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
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Benefits
Hanover offers a robust benefits package alongside a competitive salary:
Core Benefits
- Annual performance-related bonus, plus additional bonus potential linked to:
- Recruitment
- New business
- Long service
- 25 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays)
- Private healthcare and dental insurance
- Travel insurance
- Company pension plan (including 5% employer contribution)
Additional Opportunities & Initiatives
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Flexible working policies, including eligibility to apply for a sabbatical after 2 years’ service
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Summer Fridays finish (3 pm): Early Friday finishes recognising effort upon completion of annual tasks (set at 4 pm after completion)
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The Hanover Academy: Features:
- Training
- Coaching
- Mentoring
- Reverse-mentoring opportunities
- Generous training budget
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International secondments and collaboration with:
- Offices across the AVENIR GLOBAL network
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Wellbeing programme:
- Pre- and post-maternity leave coaching
- Working parents’ group
- Subsidised gym membership
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Culture Club:
- Rich social calendar year-round
- Corporate social responsibility (CSR) activity
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement
Hanover Communications is an equal opportunities employer, committed to creating and upholding a fair, inclusive, and diverse work environment.
- We promote equality and diversity as essential to high performance and a thriving culture.
- Stand by our strict no-tolerance policies against discrimination and harassment in all forms.
- Committed to equity for all individuals regardless of:****
- Race
- Ethnicity
- Religion
- Beliefs
- Age
- Sex
- Gender
- Gender identity or expression
- Sexual orientation
- National origin
- Disability
- Marital or pregnancy status
- Genetic background
- Any other attribute protected under company policy or law
Accessibility & Data Privacy
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We ensure accessibility throughout the hiring process. For support requests during application, contact: recruitment@hanovercomms.com for reasonable accommodation.
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Hanover is part of AVENIR GLOBAL, a powerhouse of specialist communications consultancies across EMEA and North America, ranking among the top 15 largest communication firms worldwide.
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