Communications & Marketing Assistant

London, UK

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Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the flow of internal and external communications for a growing professional services brand, while keeping events, onboarding, and office operations running smoothly.

  • Content and channel ownership: publish and manage content across internal comms, social media, and marketing channels with calendars and on-schedule delivery.
  • Executive and events support: plan and execute onboarding, invitations, venue logistics, attendee communications, and office events.
  • Operations and brand hygiene: manage merchandise, monitor inboxes, provide reception support, and quality-check materials for brand consistency.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Publish and manage content across Apollo's internal communications, social media and marketing channels, ensuring activity is delivered accurately, consistently and on schedule.
  • Coordinate communications activity, maintaining content calendars and supporting journalist interviews, appointments, campaigns and marketing team meetings.
  • Support the onboarding experience for new joiners, including coordinating headshots, introductory content and engagement activities.
  • Assist with the planning and delivery of internal and external events, managing invitations, attendee communications, venue arrangements, logistics and event administration.
  • Manage branded merchandise inventory and coordinate distribution across teams, events and business initiatives.
  • Monitor shared communications inboxes, responding to or directing enquiries appropriately.
  • Proofread and quality check communications and marketing materials, ensuring accuracy, consistency and alignment with Apollo brand standards.
  • Provide reception and facilities support during busy periods, including welcoming visitors, supporting meeting arrangements and assisting with office events.

Requirements

  • Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy, with a track record of producing high-quality work and spotting errors before content, communications or materials are distributed.
  • Strong proofreading and quality control skills, with confidence reviewing grammar, formatting, spelling, links, dates, names and brand consistency.
  • Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines and competing requests without compromising quality.
  • Experience supporting communications, marketing, social media, digital content, newsletters, events or employee engagement activities within a professional environment.
  • Strong written communication skills, with the ability to create, edit and adapt content for different audiences and channels.
  • Confidence using Microsoft Office applications, particularly Outlook, Word and PowerPoint, alongside digital communication platforms.
  • The ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues across different teams and levels of the organisation.
  • Experience within insurance, financial services, professional services or another regulated environment would be beneficial but is not essential.
  • A collaborative and adaptable approach, with a willingness to support a broad range of communications, marketing, events and business support activities.

Preferred

  • Experience within insurance, financial services, professional services or another regulated environment would be beneficial but is not essential.

Benefits

  • We offer a competitive and thoughtfully designed reward package that reflects the value of our people. This includes a fair and attractive salary, discretionary bonus, and a comprehensive benefits package - including 31 days' annual leave, a non-contributory pension and private medical insurance.
  • Hybrid & flexible working
  • We also run a programme of events, training and initiatives designed to recognise both the challenges and opportunities that come with building an inclusive workplace.
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Apollo

Apollo was launched in 2009 to provide clients and brokers with an agile and entrepreneurial insurance partner. The Apollo name recognised the success of one of its founding investors, Neil Armstrong, who in 1969 was the first person to walk on the moon.We are an innovation inspired insurance platform offering insurance products across property, casualty, marine, energy and transportation, specialty, reinsurance, and Smart Follow teams via Syndicate 1969. Through Syndicate 1971, ibott, we offer digital and embedded risk programmes, whilst our Strategic Partner Syndicates business supports new Lloyd’s entrants from initial concept to full managing agency services. What makes us different? Our wide range of products put us in a unique position where our entrepreneurial approach and service excellence delivers creative and flexible solutions for our clients and partners all in one place as we continue our exciting growth journey. Apollo is a great place to work with an inclusive culture where everyone is welcome, included, and can thrive. Our workplace is collaborative, supportive and innovative, and we strive to produce the best results possible, together. Opportunities exist to develop our employees’ key strengths and we are supported in ways that matter to each individual. In addition to generous employee benefits, flexible working is fully embraced and utilised. We understand that no one colleague is the same and that each of us has our own responsibilities and roles outside of our working life.“We attract and retain the highest quality talent by developing a team atmosphere where opportunity exists for our employees and partners.” David Ibeson, Group CEO

Founded in 2009
London, England, GBR
363 employees (10 in marketing)