Communications Delivery & Planning Manager

Ellwood Atfield; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent communications agency in Greater London is seeking a highly skilled communications professional to oversee the development of integrated communications strategies. The successful candidate will utilize extensive media planning and problem-solving skills to enhance internal communications and ensure brand consistency across all channels. Ideal applicants must have experience in a high-profile setting, demonstrating strong organizational and influencing abilities to drive effective communication initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experienced in media and communications planning in a high-profile organization.
• History of working preferably in retail or a government-funded organization.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain the rolling year planner for integrated communications.
• Manage the content hub and ensure governance adherence.
• Ensure efficient processes across the communication function.
• Oversee team budget and performance metrics.
• Maintain and enforce brand guidelines across all activities.

Skills

Media and communications planning

Innovation and creative problem solving

Strong communications planning ability

Influencing and account management skills

High organization skills

Job description

Overview

This position sits at the heart of the communications, brand and corporate affairs function and will be responsible for the overall communications plan, advising on campaign and production planning and implementation. You will have a helicopter view of all communications and brand activity, ensuring that key messaging and external communications activity is coordinated throughout the business.

Reporting into the Communications Delivery Director, the successful candidate will need to use a wealth of communications expertise and insight to support the development of an inclusive, ambitious and commercial culture throughout the organisation. This is a key influencing role, aimed at ensuring robust and measurable plans are in place and tracked against all communications activity.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in media and communications planning ideally in a high profile organisation and preferably with experience in retail and / or a government funded organisation.

Responsibilities

• Creating, producing and maintaining the rolling year planner and ensuring integrated communications planning is in place to maximise activities
• Owning and managing the content hub and ensuring adherence to governance principles across the department
• Ensuring ways of working processes are adopted and maintained across the function
• Managing team budget and performance measurement metrics
• Being the key guardian of the brand guidelines, including how they are effectively adopted across all delivery and production

Key experience / traits

• Extensive experience in an internal communications role
• Good track record of innovation and creative problem solving
• Highly organised, adept at handling a number of different projects and priorities at once
• Strong communications planning ability
• Strong influencing and account management skills and commercially astute
• Committed to creating value and the drive to follow through from beginning to end with all communication activity