Comms Associate

Comms Associate required to sparkle at Alive!

Cast your spell on us

We’re on the hunt for a dynamic, creative and talented communications sorcerer with energy, enthusiasm and an eagerness to grow at Alive!

You’ll have an insatiable desire to create great work, with some great people and share our commitment to creative and classy comms.

Conjuring up comms magic

You’ll be a comms natural, helping to tackle our clients’ challenges with your knowledge, insight and ideas. Whether it’s a crucial public information campaign or an internal change programme, you’ll be confident supporting a project of any shape or style.

You’ll be a consummate copywriter, happy mixing up your styles to produce compelling stories, guides, scripts or blogs.

You’ll be well organised too, working with team members to help implement all elements of a project from start to finish.

What’s up your sleeve?

You’ll have a strong understanding of comms fundamentals and a deep desire to develop your skills in the following areas:

• Messaging development (internal and external)
• Audience understanding and segmentation
• Research, measurement and evaluation
• Copywriting and content production
• Campaign and project management
• Pitch and proposal writing

Supernatural skills

You’ll also possess these vital traits:

• The ability to support and grow client relationships, inspiring trust and respect
• Confident in presenting work, supporting workshops and liaising with clients
• A fundamental understanding of comms challenges
• A friendly and approachable nature
• A natural curiosity and a desire to always know more
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to turn complex information into something sensational
• The confidence and capability to contribute towards original and imaginative ideas
• An ability to prioritise and manage different tasks at once
• Organised, hard-working and calm under the pressure of busy agency life
• A diligent eye for detail and an ability to see the bigger picture
• Passionate about all things creative, eager, ambitious and a great team player

A special alchemy

At Alive, we provide the perfect environment for an enthusiastic individual to flourish.

As a creative comms agency, we’ve delighted clients with bold and brave work for over 14 years. We’ve developed impactful comms campaigns, exceptional employee engagement initiatives, and creative brand and website development for a diverse range of businesses and organisations, such as Sainsbury’s, South East Water, the British Red Cross, Affinity Trust, The Royal Mint, Dogs Trust, Red Noses, and the NEA. We’ve also been super-proud to support many public bodies, including the NHS, local authorities and fire services.

Magical benefits

In addition to the 22 days holiday you’ll get your birthday and the Christmas period off

• Company pension
• 3pm finish on Fridays
• Regular team social events
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to employee benefits platform Perkbox
• Learning and development opportunities

Find out more about us at www.alivewithideas.com

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