Communications Manager
Camden, London

About the Roundhouse

The Roundhouse is an iconic music and arts venue in Camden. Since the 1960s, we’ve opened up space for creativity to empower people and communities - day in, night out. We’re on a mission to raise the creative potential of the UK, so we give young people and artists the space to experiment, develop skills, and be part of incredible moments that go down in history.

We are now looking for a Communications Manager to join us on a full-time, permanent basis, working 35 hours per week.

The Benefits

- Salary of £36,400 per annum
- 25 days’ holiday per year plus bank holidays pro rata
- Pension scheme
- Cycle to Work and Tech Scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Health Cash Plan
- Group Life Assurance
- National Arts Pass
- Staff discount at our bar and café
- Complimentary staff tickets

This is an exciting opportunity for a compelling storyteller with experience delivering communication campaigns across multiple channels and working with high-profile figures to make an impact with our iconic music and arts venue.

In this key role, you’ll be at the heart of our mission to empower young people through creativity, using your skills to amplify their voices, showcase our vibrant community and the groundbreaking work we do with over 9,000 young people annually.

What's more, we believe that when our team thrives, so does our mission. With generous annual leave, great benefits and an array of health and wellness perks, we ensure you have the time, resources and support to bring your best self to work every day.

So, if you want to use your creativity and storytelling skills to inspire and connect audiences, read on and apply today!

The Role

As a Communications Manager, you will lead the delivery of high-impact creative external and internal communications campaigns to raise the profile of our work with young people.

Playing a vital role in telling the wide-ranging story of the organisation and achieving our business goals, you’ll develop communications strategies, produce engaging content and manage relationships with media, ambassadors and key stakeholders.

You’ll manage our growing ambassador programme, onboarding, identifying opportunities and acting as a contact at events to enhance the profile of our work, and ensuring young people at the heart of all our communications and everything we do.

Additionally, you will:

- Monitor the news agenda and identify and pursue opportunities for coverage
- Manage the administration for the Communications Team

About You

To be considered as a Communications Manager, you will need:

- Experience working within communications leading, managing and delivering communication campaigns across multiple channels
- Experience delivering high-profile communications campaigns, working with journalists to gain media coverage and utilising LinkedIn to raise the profile of an organisation
- Experience working with ambassadors and high-profile figures (or similar) – and their agents, from their support of an organisation to managing their attendance and appearance at events
- The ability to produce engaging and compelling materials including press releases, reports, briefings, award submissions etc
- Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills
- Good IT skills, with experience using content management systems, Google Suite or equivalent

The successful candidate must have a current and acceptable DBS check or be willing to undertake one due to the nature of the role.

The closing date for this role is 23:59, Sunday 29 September 2024.

Other organisations may call this role Senior Communications Officer, Marketing Manager, PR Manager, Media Relations Manager, or Public Relations Manager.

Webrecruit and the Roundhouse are equal opportunities employers. We value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants. We believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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