Corporate Communications Executive - Birmingham

Main purpose of the job:

Working with the Corporate Communications Manager, the Corporate Communications Executives are responsible for:

External communications:

• Media relations – Supporting the Corporate Communications Manager in the firm’s ongoing media relations work. This will include preparing and distributing press releases, generating and editing articles and enhancing the firm’s relationships with target journalists.
• Core and contact literature - Supporting the Corporate Communications Manager and the e-marketing team in the origination, production, delivery and ongoing management of communications material for clients, targets and other contacts. This includes online and off-line material.
• Website – Providing high-quality content for the firm’s website and publishing it to the site using the firm’s content management system.
• Awards – Preparing awards submissions. This includes gathering, assessing, copywriting and editing material and supplementary information, liaising with internal designers to produce final submissions and providing feedback.
• Legal 500 and Chambers directories - Project managing the annual directory submissions process for Chambers UK and Legal 500. Liaise with the PR partner network to generate submissions in all core areas, proofing, editing and delivering submissions to deadlines.
• Miscellaneous – Providing copywriting and other support on miscellaneous communications projects e.g. words for various directories, advertising copy, beauty parade documents. Competitor monitoring.

Internal communications:

• In-house magazine - Responsible for researching and writing excellent copy and organising photography as directed by the magazine editor.
• Wallpaper – Managing and co-ordinating the on-screen wallpaper slot. This includes taking a brief from internal clients, liaising with designers, presenting concepts and delivering finished designs to meet that brief.
• Chatroom – Managing the monthly chatroom (x10 per year) including promotion of the event, co-ordinating with IT, facilitating during the chatroom and providing follow-up reports.
• Notice boards – Responsibility for the notice board timetable and implementation.
• Internal Communications Network – Providing support to ensure we maximise the potential of this firmwide group.
• Intranet – Finding and writing high-quality content for the firm’s intranet. Using the firm’s content management system. Supporting internal clients in maximising the opportunity to raise / maintain internal profile. Help maintain the corporate communications team’s pages.
• Account management – Implementing communications plans for specific groups and teams.
• Projects – Implementing various internal communications projects for legal and support teams.
• Firmwide forum – Supporting the organisation, content and evaluation of the annual firmwide forum – the senior / managing partner presentations to the firm.

Other information

Each Corporate Communications Executive will focus on specific internal client groups, providing a full communications service to help those clients meet their business objectives.

They will be expected to support and contribute to the team’s strategic advisory sessions and will also be expected to maintain the team’s high standards of technical and service excellence. During the next 18 months we also anticipate introducing new internal communications tools e.g. web-casting.

Person Specification:

• Outstanding media-writing skills, preferably from a business background, with faultless grammar and spelling
• Project management skills
• Self-motivated team player used to working under pressure from multiple clients and delivering excellent client service
• An understanding of the strategic value of communications
• Strong interest in current affairs and the daily news agenda
• Professional firm experience desirable but not essential.

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