External Communications Manager

Our client is a leading and award-winning international commercial law firm with offices in Liverpool, Manchester, London, Leeds, Piraeus, Singapore, Monaco and Hong With more than 850 people including 185 partnersand legal directors, the firm delivers advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum, from non-contentious advisory and transactional work, to all forms of commercial

They act as a trusted adviser to a wide portfolio of clients across a wide range of specialist sectors: from transport and logistics and international trade, through to retail, insurance, marine, health, education, manufacturing, public sector and banking and financial

Job Role:External Communications Manager

Hours:MondaytoFriday, 35 hours per week, 09:00 17:00

As the winner of Working Families Best UK employer for Flexible Working Award 2020 , we are happy to consider flexible working opportunities to help you balance your work and home

Department:Business Development and Marketing

Location:Flexible Two days a week in the Liverpool office

Benefits

Our client understands that incentives go far beyond a good salary, so we have created a comprehensive benefits package tailored around our

Here are some examples of what we offer:

• 25 days annual leave
  
• Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown
  
• Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme
  
• 2 charity volunteering or pro bono days
  
• Flexible, agile and home working
  
• BUPA
  
• Permanent health insurance
  
• Flexible pension scheme
  
• Medicash
  
• Enhanced family leave policies
  
• Life assurance
  
• Annual travel season ticket loan
  
• Dress for your day policy
  
• Training and development opportunities
  
• Financial contribution towards home working equipment
  

Role overview

Introduction to the role:

You will help us plan and roll out a number of marketing campaigns and communications plans designed to elevate our brand and raise awareness of the firm s legal Never losing sight of our objectives, you will manage key stakeholders from across the business to ensure projects are delivered on time and within

Introduction to the team:

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career in a busy and varied professional services environment as part of a growing Communications

Sitting within the Business Development and Marketing department and reporting to the Head of Communications, you will help us meet the firm s wider growth objectives through the successful delivery of a number of

Key responsibilities:

• Assist the Business Development and Marketing team with the creation of integrated marketing campaign plans, advising on appropriate tactics for social media and other external channels
  
• Drive the delivery of campaign activity through the effective management of internal and external stakeholders, including Business Development and Marketing team members and our Digital agency
  
• Chair regular campaign meetings and record/report on campaign progress, suggesting recommendations for improvement
  
• Support the Digital and Events team on the delivery of external marketing communications, eg eshots and newsletters via copywriting, sense-checking and proofreading
  
• Manage the external communications calendar and ensure that content and communications plans are created for events, sponsorships, awards and so on
  
• Work with other colleagues to generate content for external communications channels, such as blogs, articles, videos etc
  
• Oversee all social media activity and manage the Social Media and Communications Executive
  
• Work closely with other Comms team members, namely the PR Manager and Internal Communications Manager to ensure content is repurposed across all appropriate channels
  
• Act as a brand guardian, ensuring all external content produced by our client is on-message and adheres to our guidelines
  
• Other general tasks such as assisting the team with drafting communications eg press releases and proofreading as and when required
  

What we are looking for

Essential:

• Experience in managing an organisation s social media channels
  
• Knowledge of digital marketing techniques, such as PPC and paid social media marketing
  
• Previous experience of delivering multi-channel campaigns
  
• Understanding of the marketing mix and the role of different tactics and channels in a campaign
  
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to produce succinct reports for project teams
  
• Ability and confidence to effectively manage various stakeholders at different levels, including external agencies
  
• Exceptionally organised with the ability to work to hard deadlines
  
• Strong attention to detail
  
• Strong written communication and copywriting skills and experience
  

Desirable:

• Line manager experience
  
• CIM qualification or equivalent
  
• Experience in professional services
  

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or

We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied

We is an equal opportunities All applications received by the firm will be considered based on their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of ;

Disability Support

We are a Disability Confident employer, which means that we will make reasonable adjustments to help you perform at your Please contact the Huntsman Group Team and tell us ifyou require any adjustments to the application or interview

We welcome applications from individuals that are looking to return to the ;

All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre-employment screening, including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring ;Any offer of employment made is conditional upon completion of all ;

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as

Trust- Innovation- Collaboration- Respect