Communications Officer

Derby, UK (Hybrid)

£33K/yr – £36K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 8 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and deliver insight-based promotional campaigns, manage the media desk and support internal communications across channels, working with local and national press and a broad communications team.

Lead creative campaigns aligned with business objectives
Foster strong media relations and cross-channel collaboration

Job Description

Responsibilities

As one of our Communications Officers, you’ll be responsible for developing and delivering insight-based, creative promotional communication and marketing campaigns, that deliver against our business objectives.
You will also work on the Council’s busy media desk, liaising and working closely with local and national press.
You’ll also work across our internal communications channels to keep our colleagues up to date.
The roles may include very occasional weekend and evening working.
If you’re customer-focused with a creative outlook, possess a wide range of skills and experience across communications and marketing with plenty of initiative and enthusiasm, we’d be excited to meet you and welcome you to the team.

Requirements

Experienced communications professionals to join our ambitious Communications and Marketing team.
This is a great opportunity for candidates with strong backgrounds in communications and PR, who are confident, diplomatic and enthusiastic.
Good PR skills, a strong news sense, and experience of writing news articles, press releases, statements and other media content is essential, as well as experience of working with and managing media relations.

Preferred

An interest, and experience, in filming and editing short form video is useful.

Benefits

Flexible work/life balance scheme
Hybrid working
Modern office environment
Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays
Local Government Pension Scheme
Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support

Derby City Council

We're proud of Derby and want to make it an even greater place to live, work and visit – a city which is safe, strong and ambitious: Safe - where people are safe and the vulnerable are put first and supported.Strong - where people work together, can enjoy good health and wellbeing throughout their life and feel that they belong to a thriving community.Ambitious - where we support our children and young people to achieve their full potential, skills are valued, jobs and businesses are growing and we have the infrastructure to create a city for the future.Our Council values illustrate the way we want to work to achieve our vision for Derby as a safe, strong and ambitious city:Being the best – we create an environment where we constantly strive for better ways of doing things, through creativity, forward thinking and learningBrilliant customer experience – we put all our customers at the heart of everything we doCan do – our positive attitude means that we find ways of achieving excellent results for our customers, partners, stakeholders and colleaguesHonesty and respect – we will behave ethically and embrace diversity while treating everyone fairly.

Founded in 1997

Derby, England, GBR

2.2K employees

www.derby.gov.uk