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We are working with a private equity backed financial services business who are looking to hire a Communications Manager to take ownership of the company's internal communications.
Role is hybrid with 2 days in the office in London.
Client Details
The business operate in the pensions space and are a high growth, private equity backed firm where internal communications plays a vital role in making sure employees are engaged and aligned with the company brand and goals.
As part of the Marketing and Communications team this role plays a critical role in helping support brand awareness and drive employee engagement across our network of regional offices.
Whilst this role will be particularly focused on internal engagement, you will also be required to support on the external communications, working with our retained PR agency to review content, responding to the fast-changing new agenda and advising on opportunities for the brand to maximise opportunities to build its brand both internally and externally.
Description
Key responsibilities of the Communications Manager:
- Work with our Head of Communications to support the development and delivery of our communications strategy
- Driving the creative content calendar for a variety of internal communications channels including newsletters, emails and intranet, delivering key messages which align to strategic priorities and our purpose and values
- Employ a clear and consistent tone of voice in developing compelling content and exploring new ideas to communicate with the company's network
- Build strong and collaborative working relationships with internal stakeholders includingPeople and Culture team, office heads and senior teams across the business
- Measure, refine and make recommendation to maximise the impact of our internal communications activities
Profile
The successful candidate for the Communications Manager role:
- 5+ years of B2B communications experience, preferably within professional or financial services
- A good understanding of internal communications channels and experience with SharePoint and being the lead for intranet updates
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, complemented by a passion for writing
- Good stakeholder engagement, with the ability to think creatively and effectively communicate and influence a variety of stakeholders across multiple locations
- Prompt delivery - work quickly and thoroughly against very tight deadlines
- Multi-tasking - prioritise and deliver a varied and high-volume workload and pragmatism. Comfortable with change priorities
- Collaboration - work across a range of teams to inspire confidence and trust in people and the process
- Able to influence - collaborate with a range of stakeholders to persuade them to embrace, and contribute to, internal communications strategies
- Some experience on external communications - social media or media relations
- Ideally will have worked in financial services or professional services
Job Offer
Competitive
