Communications Executive, Group (External Communications)

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.

We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.

We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.

Our Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best. 

Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day.

L&G's Corporate Affairs team is central to how we communicate our purpose, values and impact. As a Communications Executive, you’ll play a key role in supporting our group-level media relations and external communications. This is a great opportunity to join a collaborative team, contribute to high-profile campaigns, and grow your career in a fast-paced and purpose-led organisation.

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting with delivering media relations at group level – including drafting briefings, Q&A, press comments, conducting media research, dealing with press enquiries
• Working with the Group media relations team to identify creative content ideas, including story angles and media opportunities
• Working with the Senior communications manager to ensure effective day to day management of the PR agency, including taking part in PR calls and supporting with delivery of actions
• Leading on monitoring, summarising and sharing media coverage with relevant internal stakeholders. This includes upkeep of monitoring logs and evaluation
• Supporting with cross corporate affairs projects and delivery such as planning and campaign delivery
• Managing media budget tracking and PR document organisation. Strengthening external communications processes. Upholding governance, compliance, and ethical standards
• Ensuring communications are reviewed and approved by individuals who have the appropriate knowledge, skills, and expertise, and that such approval is recorded

Who we’re looking for:

• Limited knowledge of external and employee communication, campaigns, PR approaches, and media relations practices and tactics
• Understanding of UK asset management, finance or investment industry
• Knowledge of business and finance media landscape
• 2+ years of experience financial services or corporate PR
• Experience in media management – e.g. drafting press releases and comments, media monitoring, dealing with written media enquiries, drafting Q&A, media research
• Team player, with a strong work ethic, who takes a collaborative and joined-up approach to tasks
• Organised and detail-oriented, with the ability to prioritise effectively, multi-task quickly and efficiently, adapt to new situations in a fast-paced environment

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all. 

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time, term-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can. 

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.