Group Communications Coordinator

THE BIG PICTURE:

VCCP is the Challenger Agency for Challenger Brands. An independent, 1,250-person strong creative company, that exists to transform its clients fortunes by disrupting the categories they operate in.

VCCP is fully integrated, with deep capabilities in data and analytics, brand strategy, communications, customer experience, media, production and distribution. The company was founded in 2002 in London, with offices in New York, San Francisco, Singapore, Shanghai, Sydney, Madrid and Prague.

Our London office has been shortlisted for Campaign magazine’s Agency of the Year almost every year for the past decade, topping the new business table 9 years out of the last 10.

OUR CULTURE:

The VCCP Group has a unique culture, and we are looking for people who will make a positive contribution to this, therefore the candidate must have the following attributes:

• A collaborative nature
• An entrepreneurial spirit
• Take pride in their work
• An honest approach
• Be un-precious and able to recognise that a good idea can come from anywhere
• Take responsibility

OUR PURPOSE:

So what do we actually do? Put simply we exist to transform the fortunes of our clients by challenging and disrupting the categories they operate in. It’s why we describe ourselves as the challenger agency for challenger brands.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

VCCP is looking to recruit a Communications Coordinator to join the Marketing & PR team in London, which forms part of the larger New Business team. No day on the team is the same. You will support the running of the group’s digital channels as well as assist our marketing and PR efforts, logging any press coverage, helping to keep our calendar up to date, and supporting on campaign launches.

We work in a very fast-paced environment and are looking for someone that is keen to learn, highly creative, and confident. You’ll need to be a self-starter and social native (have a genuine interest in TikTok, LinkedIn, Instagram and X). You will be key in helping the comms team run smoothly on a day-to-day basis!

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Media outreach: Using Agility and Google you will monitor and track media in print and online, including newspapers, magazines, broadcast, news and blogs for any brand coverage across the group and our companies and specialist capabilities.
• Media performance - You will help to compile informative and insightful reports and assist in helping the team with key PR strategies.
• Journalist engagement: Build and maintain relationships with leading marketing titles. Coordinate and manage PR mailouts for journalists.
• Team coordination: Help to manage administrative aspects of the team, such as regularly updating and developing the global communications and content calendars.
• Track deliverables, take meeting notes and follow up with action points for all team meetings.
• Assist in the day-to-day running of VCCP social media channels and caption creation (Instagram, X, LinkedIn and TikTok).
• Support the team with community management, replying to social media DMs and comments to help build our community.
• Help with copywriting and content creation that showcases VCCP’s campaigns, culture and industry news.
• Assist with the creation and publishing of written materials such as website content, news stories and other promotional materials.
• Sharing news and campaigns with the new business team and lead on gathering and publishing out internal global newsletter.
• Assist the New Business & Event Executive for internal events from time to time.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• You are either a university graduate or have at least a year’s worth of work experience.
• You have strong writing skills and you are a whizz at spelling and grammar, with meticulous attention to detail.
• You will have a love for all things social and be confident using TikTok, Instagram, Linkedin and X as well as being active on social yourself.
• You must be personable, and be willing to build strong relationships and be able to communicate well with others.

ATTITUDE:

• A proactive and challenger mindset.
• Resilience to keep going in a fast paced environment.
• Strives for excellence.
• Can do attitude.
• Approachable and personable.
• Builds rapport and is able to quickly establish excellent working relationships.
• Team player.

If you’re new to your career but ambitious, driven and crazy about marketing and PR, then we want to hear from you!

VCCP DE&I STATEMENT

We believe that DE&I is about creating a strong culture of inclusion within our agency, where everyone can thrive and be their authentic self. VCCP is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or ethnicity. If you require any adjustments during the application or interview process, please let us know via joinus@vccp.com.