Brand & Comms Lead

About First Mile

First Mile is a leading UK sustainability services provider and certified B Corp, delivering waste management and recycling solutions to more than 40,000 business customers nationwide. Operating across retail, hospitality, commercial offices and mixed-use estates, the business combines technology-enabled services with established recycling infrastructure to drive high recycling rates, transparent reporting and measurable environmental impact.

Backed by Warren Equity Partners, First Mile has ambitious plans for both organic and acquisitive growth and is actively pursuing opportunities to strengthen its market position through strategic acquisitions — including the recent addition of Greenzone Facilities Management to the Group. It's an exciting, fast-moving environment where our people play a central role in supporting growth, integration and delivering an exceptional service to our customers.

Role Purpose

The Brand & Comms Lead owns and grows First Mile's external brand, relationships and communications nationally. This is a new role, created to fill a gap in the Marketing team for external relationships, brand positioning and communications.

First and foremost, this is a relationship role. The Brand & Comms Lead builds the associations, networks and partnerships that put First Mile in front of the right people, including trade bodies, national groups, industry association