Reference: 96116
Date Added: 25 March 2025
Closing Date: 9 April 2025
Job Title: Digital communications officer
Working For: City of London Corporation
Location: London
Salary: £250/day
Length of Contract: 3 months
Job Details
Responsibilities
• Create and deliver a cross-platform content, in collaboration with the wider Corporate Communications Team
• Draft, create and publish content for a range of audiences and channels;
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to evolve and hone our digital presence;
• Use data to optimise our approach to content including sentiment and evaluation reporting to represent the City Corporation users’ voices, influence decision making and inform future work;
• Provide advice to senior managers and others as required on how digital communications and content can help support City of London Corporation Corporate Plan;
• Identify and manage emerging issues and trends which might impact or benefit City of London Corporation;
• Build and maintain strong relationships across the organisation and externally with stakeholders
• Work closely with media colleagues, occasionally providing out of hours support
• Contribute to planning, evaluation documents, reports and other City of London Corporation communications materials and briefings;
Person specification
• Experience of delivering clear, accurate and effective communications and engagement content strategies for a range of digital platforms;
• Excellent written and design skills with the ability to produce clear and accessible content
• Experience of creating digital and social media assets using industry standard tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Canva, Illustrator, InDesign and Figma;
• Experience of website content management systems and search engine optimisation;
• Experience of monitoring and evaluation and using metrics to inform your communications approach;
• Experience of working collaboratively across teams and leading colleagues at all levels and external stakeholders;
• Experience of developing and implementing strategic communications and engagement plans;
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, demanding and unpredictable environment, being able to prioritise your own work, often under pressure;
• Proven ability to identify communications trends and opportunities to build and strengthen our digital footprint;
• Strong interpersonal skills
Desirable criteria
• Experience of working within a finance or professional services organisation and/or campaigns.
Closing Date: 9 April 2025
Interview/Start Dates
Successful appplicants will be informed of the interview process and dates.
The closing time for applications if 11:59pm. We may close the window sooner if we receive a high number of applications.
Application Details
Applicants should send their CV and a covering letter to mark.mistry@cityoflondon.gov.uk
If we receive a high number of applicants we may not be able to acknowledge all individually.
Website: https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-us/about-the-city-of-london-corporation
Additional Notes
26/03/2025 - Closing date extended to 09/04/2025.