Communications / Marketing Officer

Our client is a large local government organisation and looking for a comms / marketing professional to join their team

This is initially a 3 month contract which maybe extended for the right applicant

You will

Deliver and manage proactive and coordinated communications and marketing activity to support individual projects and initiatives within the BGDP programme.

Develop and deliver marketing campaigns that support the overarching communications strategy for the BGDP programme, as well as individual projects.

Create engaging visual and video/audio content, as well as Plain English copy for different channels.

Use a range of channels including in-person and digital to engage with the public, stakeholders and staff.

Evaluate communications and marketing activities to ensure effectiveness and value for money, identifying opportunities to optimise performance and feeding insights back to teams.

Manage creative and professional services to ensure effective delivery of all marketing activities, such as design, print, videos.

In-depth knowledge and experience executing marketing campaigns, including the full channel mix, campaign planning and delivery Experience

Communications, consultation, marketing, or media experience • Proven experience of creating, successful digital content and managing social media channels

A track record of managing effective multi-channel marketing and communication campaigns.

Experience of working with project teams to define objectives, develop messaging, recommend channels, and deliver a suite of campaign collateral and communications activities

Evaluating campaign performance against objectives, and making recommendations to improve future performance Skills and Competencies

Excellent writing skills and ability to adapt copy for a range of audiences

Able to translate complex/technical information into Plain English • Good interpersonal skills; able to work confidently with internal and external stakeholders

Ability to work creatively to produce engaging content for online and traditional channels

Excellent planning, project management, budgeting, and organisational skills

The ability to work on own initiative, taking ownership for own workload and progress projects, escalating to line manager when appropriate

Experience of planning and delivering integrated communications campaigns across a range of channels including print, digital, events and PR

Experience of briefing external agencies and handling an internal sign-off process

PLEASE NOTE THIS ROLE IS INSIDE SCOPE OF IR35

HYBRID WORKING AVAILABLE