The ScaleUp Institute is seeking a Communications Officer to join our growing team, reporting to the Head of External Affairs and working closely with the CEO.

The ScaleUp Institute (SUI) is a private sector, not-for-profit organisation focused on collaborating with Government, policy makers, corporate partners and educational establishments to make a real and identifiable impact in helping our UK high growth businesses to grow further and ‘scale up’.

Main functions of the job

• Manage full spectrum of external communications (Newsletters, ambassador updates, blogs, social media, web / social media, etc.)
• Manage media opportunities and content, including press releases; trade publications, SUI website, etc.
• Work on SUI strategic events and thought leadership publications, including Annual Review, Indices and Insights
• Work on communication strategies in conjunction with the Head of External Affairs and CEO including speech writing; specialist articles, etc.
• Work closely with partners in developing content/ comms opportunities
• Work closely with local areas and stakeholders including the development of regional events
• Liaise with external designers for content production (digital and print)

Key Requirements

• Graduate or equivalent professional experience with 2+ Years’ experience in related roles
• Excellent communication and copywriting skills and a communications specialist
• Experience in corporate and public communications, digital marketing and project management
• Media engagement
• Experience of working in a research and policy organisation, trade association, membership organisation or start-up would be desirable
• Experience of working within the business or finance industry is a plus
• Detail oriented and quality obsessed
• Excellent communication (oral and written) and presentation skills
• Outstanding organisational and planning abilities; project management
• Excellent command of English
• Experience in Wordpress, basic graphic editing and content production (or willingness to learn if you’ve used an alternative website CMS in the past)
• Solid understanding of project management principles
• Computer literacy including MS Office suite and Google Docs/Drive functionality
• Photo and video-editing software experience is an asset

For a full description of this opportunity, please follow this link: http://www.scaleupinstitute.org.uk/job/communications-officer/