Communications Manager - 12 month FTC

Aztec; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in London is seeking a dedicated communications professional to support strategic internal communications. The role involves managing communication campaigns, engaging with stakeholders, and enhancing employee engagement through innovative communication strategies. Ideal candidates will have experience in PR, strong organizational skills, and a 'can do' attitude.

Benefits

In-house training

Professional qualification enhancement

Qualifications

• Experience in internal communications and employee engagement.
• Deadline-driven and adaptable to changes.
• Background in a creative agency or marketing function focused on communications.

Responsibilities

• Support communications strategy and manage various communication channels.
• Develop a self-serve communications toolkit and optimize technology use.
• Report on campaign success using data analysis.

Skills

Copywriting

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Organizational skills

Verbal communication

Education

Undergraduate degree in marketing or PR

CIM Certificate / Diploma

Tools

SharePoint

Email newsletter tools (Poppulo, Viva Engage)

Microsoft Office

Job description

We’re on the lookout for a passionate and dedicated communications professional to support the Group’s strategic internal communications. We have big ambitions and the Group’s Communications team are looking for a creative, dedicated and strategic communications professional to join the team.

The ideal candidate should have experience in delivering communication campaigns, in addition to developing and managing the operational elements of communications including the corporate calendar, channels and reporting. We pride ourselves on being the Bright Alternative, so we're seeking someone who can help us make our communications and campaigns bold, inspiring, and engaging to align with our ambitious strategy and goals.

This role is ideal for a professional with a background in internal communications, communications operations and employee engagement. We're looking for someone passionate about people, innovation, and technology, who can effectively engage stakeholders to deliver communications whilst driving our communications capability within the business.

Reporting to the Senior Communications Manager, the successful candidate will partner with leaders and teams across the business, working across multiple priorities in service of our ambitious business strategy and cultural evolution programmes.

Key responsibilities:

• Support the Group-wide communication strategy with a focus on creating understanding and alignment with the Group ambition and strategy, demonstrating performance and progress against our 5-year plan.
• Prepare Group communications for a variety of channels including, but not limited to, authoring copy/content for internal campaigns, intranet articles, internal briefings, email cascades, video scripts, announcements, leadership scripts and newsletters.
• Work with the Senior Manager to drive operational improvements in our communications capability including corporate calendar management, channel management, channel development and reporting.
• Work with the communications team and key teams, such as the Academy to develop a self-serve communications toolkit that will support individuals and teams across the business to communicate, increasing the quality, consistency and effectiveness of communications and enhancing our employee engagement.
• Review and suggest the use of technology and innovation to improve our internal communications capabilities with tools such as Copilot and other AI tools.
• Work alongside colleagues in the communications team to ensure that all content is sequenced appropriately both internally to ensure correct prioritisation of comms; and externally to ensure we are sharing the successes of our growth opportunities with our teams.
• Ensure all communications are well targeted, effective, results-driven and produced in an aligned, coordinated and timely fashion.
• Report on the success of communication campaigns and activity, using data and insight to prove delivery against the Group’s strategic objectives.

Skills and experience:

• An undergraduate degree in marketing, PR or CIM Certificate / Diploma would be preferable
• Experience with SharePoint intranets, email newsletter tools such as Poppulo and viva engage would be hugely beneficial
• Highly organised and deadline-driven, whilst remaining flexible to changing demands
• Strong copywriting and editing skills with the ability to create persuasive communications
• Superb verbal communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels
• The ability to quickly establish productive working relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders in multiple jurisdictions
• A ‘can do’ attitude, excellent people skills, team orientated, professional and self-motivated
• Experience of working within a creative agency or marketing function with a communications focus
• Proficient in all aspects of Microsoft Office

We will provide the training, both in-house for relevant technical knowledge and professional qualifications to enhance your professional development. You will need to be quick to learn new systems and great with people, as close working relationships between our colleagues and clients are at the heart of what we do.