Communications Executive Lcc

UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

We believe the world needs creativity. That's why UAL is a social purpose university, dedicated to nurturing creativity and deploying it to help solve the world's problems.

At the core of our 10-year strategy is a commitment to making the world a better place through our collective creative endeavour, and the Communications Executive at London College of Communication (LCC) will be key to communicating to staff and students our progress and engaging them in this focus.

This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of UAL's first university-wide communications function, bringing together talented colleagues and remarkable stories from our six colleges including London College of Communication and its community of approximately 1,000 staff and 5,000 students, as well as its world-famous alumni. The Communications Executive is part of a college team delivering a shared UAL communications and engagement plan that achieves University-wide goals such as attracting students to study with us, embedding social purpose across the University and improving staff and student experience.

The successful candidate will work closely with the LCC communications team and UAL-wide communications function to source, plan, schedule, write and send a range of communications including newsletters for our staff and students. The role will be an integral part of the team; liaising with different stakeholders across LCC to write and edit compelling and engaging content. The successful candidate will have responsibility for producing and sending newsletters; planning, research and publishing stories and managing content on our staff intranet and student-facing website; producing and commissioning content for visual communication such as through the use of printed materials and digital screens; and assisting at staff and student gatherings to engage our internal audiences. The postholder will also liaise with colleagues in teams including student recruitment marketing, social media, and PR and Media Relations to identify opportunities and ensure the right messages are delivered to the right audiences at the right time.

The role is located in London College of Communication in Elephant and Castle but with some travel to other UAL sites in London and some days home working. It will be line managed by the LCC Communications and Engagement Manager.

About you

We are looking for a communications expert who is passionate and details-focused as a writer and has experience of communications and engagement in complex organisations. The post-holder should have a good understanding of publishing digital content and good practice digital accessibility. We are audience-first and evidence-led, so an understanding of how to measure the success of communications activity and how to structure a campaign is also necessary.

Collaboration is at the heart of this role; both in being a proactive and helpful team player, but also sharing information and working with other teams as part of our new integrated communications structure. The successful candidate will also meet and engage with different staff and student groups throughout LCC to provide communications activity for different areas of the College.

Working at UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.

As a University, we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.