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Business Area: Change Management

Role: Communications Executive – 12 Month FTC

Location: London. Flexible working available.

Reporting to: Communications Manager

Hours of work:

Monday to Friday, 09:30 - 17:30. You may be required to work additional hours to facilitate project implementations around the firm's global offices.

Department/Role Overview:

To manage the successful transition of business change.

Main responsibilities:

• Working with the Business Services Transformation (BST) Programmes to build up knowledge and create content for the communication campaigns.
• Produce media content including video recordings and podcasts.
• Support the Communications Manager with the delivery of the communications strategy for the Business Services Transformation (BST) programme.
• Building relationships with Project Managers and Change Managers to understand the key milestones and associated comms across the programme workstreams.
• Support the Communications Manager to engage with the Programme Managers and other business leads to ensure the communications strategy and plans meet expectations.
• Bring communications expertise to the project team and raise awareness of the benefits of managing communications effectively.
• Liaising with the firm's Internal Communications team and coordination with communication plans for other programmes.
• Ensure comms are delivered in a timely fashion.
• Manages internal programme team communications to ensure knowledge and updates from all programmes are shared and upholds a sense of cohesion (Programme community).
• Coordination of content for the transformation newsletters.
• Ensures communication plans are kept up to date.
• Support the Communications Manager to arrange local presentations.
• Support the organisation and execution of internal events.
• Support the organisation of internal videos.
• Liaising with the design team to ensure appropriate materials are delivered on time.
• Updating content for online channels.

Risk and Control: Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with our regulatory requirements and internal policies.

Essential skills and experience:

• Ability to produce media content including, video recordings and podcasts.
• Good knowledge of the editing skills to produce a high quality video or podcasts.
• Has good design skills to produce impactful design and photography/images that help to story tell.
• Must be an avid storyteller.
• Exceptional writing skills with the ability to take complex messages and turn them into simple, easy to understand communications.
• Strong editing and proofreading skills.
• A good eye for detail; ability to work accurately and effectively even when under pressure.
• Ability to adapt and quickly pick up new ways of working.
• Experience working in internal communications.
• Evidence of building strong and lasting relationships with stakeholders.
• Experience of managing or supporting a communications plan.
• An understanding of change management and project management principles.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively across all levels both verbally and in writing.
• Experienced in dealing with ambiguity and adapting to changing circumstances.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Uses initiative – proactive and has a 'can do' approach.
• Effective time management.

Desired skills and experience

• Ability to build internal company websites that entice the intended audience.
• Strong experience of using communication tools and applications to create content.
• Knowledge of graphic design and editing programmes e.g. Adobe Photoshop.
• Video editing experience with Camtasia.
• Experience of creating and editing podcasts.
• Script writing.