PR & Social - Corporate Communications Executive (12 Month FTC)

Hermes; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working from Morley

Competitive benefits package

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Hermes is seeking a Communications Executive (Colleague & Courier) to join our Communications team in a hybrid role based around Leeds Morley. You will deliver engaging internal communications to support our Quality campaign and broader business priorities, creating compelling content, supporting events, and bringing our culture to life across colleagues and couriers.

You’ll craft content across channels, identify stories, and build strong stakeholder relationships to ensure a consistent content

Qualifications

• Degree educated or equivalent industry experience in Communications, Marketing, PR or related field.
• Experience in a communications, content or internal communications role.
• Excellent copywriting, proofreading and editing with great attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in large or complex organisations preferred.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in fast-paced environments.
• Experience working cross-functionally with a range of stakeholders; comfortable with data and reporting on communication performance.
• Strong organisation and planning skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (PowerPoint, Excel, Teams).
• Experience using Copilot or other AI tools would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engaging internal and courier communications that support our Quality campaign and business priorities.
• Create compelling content across multiple channels aligned to our brand.
• Identify and develop colleague, courier and community stories into written, visual and digital content.
• Support social media and internal communications content plans.
• Build relationships with stakeholders to create a pipeline of content opportunities.
• Bring fresh ideas to campaigns to improve engagement.
• Write briefs for in-house teams and external agencies.
• Maintain communication channels, distribution lists and templates.
• Manage communications planners and produce monthly engagement reporting.
• Research, draft and distribute communications materials across the business.
• Assist with briefings, presentations, events and campaign collateral; ensure timely distribution.
• Travel to other sites to support key moments and events.

Skills

Storytelling

Copywriting

Written communication

Verbal communication

Stakeholder management

Multitasking

Cross-functional collaboration

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Communications/Marketing/PR

Tools

Microsoft Office

Copilot / AI tools

Job description

We are looking for a Communications Executive (Colleague & Courier) to join our Communications team. In this exciting role, you will help deliver engaging internal and courier communications that support our Quality campaign, designed to strengthen service excellence across our operations. You will create compelling content, support events and campaigns, and help bring our culture to life through creative and impactful communications that reach colleagues and couriers across the business.

What You will Do

• Deliver engaging communications that support our Quality campaign and wider business priorities
• Create compelling content across a variety of channels, ensuring messages are clear, engaging and aligned to our brand
• Identify and develop colleague, courier and community stories into engaging written, visual and digital content
• Support the development of social media and internal communications content plans
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the business to create a consistent pipeline of content opportunities
• Bring fresh and creative ideas to campaigns, helping us find new ways to engage our people
• Write briefs for our in-house creative teams and external agencies to support campaign delivery
• Maintain and update internal communication channels, distribution lists and templates
• Manage communications planners, track campaign activity and produce monthly engagement reporting
• Support the research, drafting and distribution of communications materials across the business
• Assist with operational briefings, presentations, events and campaign collateral
  Ensure communications are distributed accurately, professionally and on time
• Travel to other sites to support key business moments and events

What We are Looking For

• Degree educated or equivalent industry experience in Communications, Marketing, PR or a related field
• Previous experience in a communications, content or internal communications role
• A genuine passion for storytelling, communications and content creation
  Excellent copywriting, proofreading and editing skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working within a large or complex organisation would be advantageous
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Experience working cross-functionally with a range of stakeholders
  Comfortable working with data and reporting on communication performance
  Strong organisational and planning skills
• Proactive, adaptable and able to identify opportunities to improve engagement and communication effectiveness
• Strong relationship-building skills and a collaborative approach
  Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including PowerPoint, Excel and Teams
• Experience using Copilot or other AI tools would be beneficial

What We Can Offer You

• Hybrid working from Morley
• The opportunity to develop your communications career within a growing national business
• Exposure to a wide variety of campaigns, projects and stakeholders
  A creative, collaborative and supportive team environment
• Opportunities to contribute ideas and make a visible impact across the organisation
• Competitive benefits package and wellbeing support