Digital Communications Manager
SOS UK
UK (Remote)
£45K/yr - £49K/yrIn-housePart-timeMid level
1 day ago
Communications Officer
Derby, UK (Hybrid)
£31K/yr – £36K/yrMid LevelFull time
Posted 2 months ago
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Job Summary
Lead and coordinate insight-driven promotional campaigns while managing media relations and internal comms to advance council objectives.
- Own campaigns and messaging across PR, focusing on delivering against business objectives
- Manage media desk activity and nurture relationships with local and national press
- Write press releases, statements, and media content with a strong newsroom sensibility
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Developing and delivering insight-based, creative promotional communication and marketing campaigns, that deliver against our business objectives.
- Work on the Council’s busy media desk, liaising and working closely with local and national press.
- 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.
- An interest, and experience, in filming and editing short form video is useful.
- Work across our internal communications channels to keep our colleagues up to date.
Requirements
- strong backgrounds in communications and PR
- experienced communications professionals
- confident, diplomatic and enthusiastic
- experience of writing news articles, press releases, statements and other media content is essential
- experience of working with and managing media relations
- 37 hours a week
- Fixed Term until 31 August 2027
- Location: The Council House/Hybrid Working
- Hybrid Working
- Contract Type: Fixed Term until 31 August 2027
Preferred
- An interest, and experience, in filming and editing short form video is useful.
Benefits
- Flexible work/life balance scheme (depending on your role)
- Modern office environment (depending on your job location)
- Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
- 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays (depending on contract)
- Local Government Pension Scheme (depending on contract)
- Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
- Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
- Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
- Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support
- Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network
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.
