An important part of High-Rise being awarded B Corp Certification in 2024 was showing our commitment to the people that work for us. This included being evaluated on issues such as financial security, health and safety, wellness, career development, and engagement and satisfaction.
Join our team
As a B Corp, we’re counted among businesses that are leading a global movement for an inclusive, equitable and regenerative economy. You can read more about B Corp and see the detail behind our overall score of 97.9 here.
Our values:
Our values were created with and chosen by our team and guide our work at High-Rise Communications:
- We create purposeful impact
- We care about people and planet
- We lead with compassion
For more on our values see our About us page.
Our employee benefits include:
- Competitive salary with transparent pay bands and pay points
- 36.5 hour week with an early 4.30pm finish on Friday
- Hybrid working with the ability to work from home two days per week
- 24 days annual leave per year (FTE) plus bank holidays
- Apple laptop and mobile phone
- Free breakfast every Tuesday
- Free social drinks every other Thursday
- Modern Huckletree offices in Ancoats with show and bike rack facilities to encourage cycling to work
- Out of the office team days to plan, recharge and spend time together three times a year
- Green pension advice provided to all employees
- Westfield Health health and cash back plan, including cashback for dentist, physio and dentist appointments and scans
We are always looking to do more:
There are some areas where we are looking to improve ahead of our next B Corp assessment in 2027. These include:
- Enhancing our maternity, adoption and paternity benefits
- More team activities
- Increasing our proportion of older and part-time workers
We’d love to hear from you!
Like the sound of working at High-Rise? We’re always looking for good people to join our growing team. Feel free to email [email protected] and introduce yourself. Tell us a bit about who you are and your experience to date.
Current Vacancies
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Account Executive – Permanent
Salary: £25,725 (36.5 hours per week – full time)
Deadline: Friday 17th January 2025
Who are we?
We are High-Rise, a communications agency based at Huckletree in the heart of Ancoats, delivering purposeful communications for purposeful organisations. We have recently become a certified B Corp and are a Real Living Wage employer.
Working with us
High-Rise are a small team of enthusiastic, award-winning PR and media strategists, content creators and campaigners who care about making a difference. We offer a dynamic and creative work environment, fantastic clients that are working to make a difference and lots of training opportunities, along with regular salary reviews and chances to progress in your career.
We care about our employees, their wellbeing and their development, and are committed to providing them with the opportunities needed to flourish. Our work is exciting, fast-paced, and rewards creative thinking.
We are looking for
We are looking for somebody with corporate PR agency experience who is ready to take the next step in their communications career and shares our vision and values. You should be organised, hard-working and understand what makes a story and how to amplify that message to create impactful and purposeful communications.
You should have experience of assisting on campaigns, collaborating as part of a team, as well as working independently when required, and should have the confidence to put forward your own ideas and contribute to brainstorming sessions, and have experience handling corporate clients.
Ideally you will have digital and social media skills and be keen to take the lead on our email newsletter, blogs and internal social media.
We welcome applications from candidates who are currently under-represented in the Public Relations industry.
We’d like you to have
- At least 12 months experience in a PR agency role
- Experience pitching to journalists, pitching ideas and contributing to progress meetings
- Experience reporting to clients and helping ensure work is on track and progressing well
- Proven PR results
- Digital and social media experience would be an advantage
- The confidence to put forward your ideas and contribute to creative discussions – your opinion will always be welcome!
- Excellent written English and ability to write for a professional audience
We offer
- Apple laptop and phone for work
- Fun working environment with free breakfasts on Tuesdays and social drinks on Thursdays
- Regular training opportunities
- Work socials
- Employee wellbeing scheme
- Regular salary reviews and opportunities for development
- Based at Huckletree in Ancoats – close to the Northern Quarter and good transport links
- Early finish on Friday (4.30pm) for full-time employees
- Ability to work from home two days per week (Tuesday-Friday)
- We are a green pension pledge employer
Think you’d make a good fit? Apply today by emailing [email protected] by Friday 17th January 2025