Communications Executive

Our communications team aims to increase the profile of our Institutional Retirement business with industry decision makers as well as ensuring our senior leadership team a voice in the industry. You will help the business to provide proactive market commentary, build relationships with journalists and increase our share of voice.

This role involves a combination of content drafting, project management, campaign work, reporting and administration. You'll have the opportunity to work closely with senior stakeholders and experts from across our organisation. Examples of responsibilities include writing draft article outlines, press releases and social media posts, monitoring press coverage, monthly reporting, liaising with PR agencies, curating presentation materials, and project management for communications and marketing campaigns.

What you'll be doing 

• Assisting in the production of original content, including media materials such as presentations, press releases, expert commentary, and briefing notes to support the business in delivering effective external communications. This will entail writing draft campaign plans, article outlines, and speaker bullets, to facilitate the publication of content in a timely manner.
• Maintaining and updating our social media channels and managing a regular flow of creative content output. This includes drafting social media, scheduling regular posts, working with visual media to create compelling graphics and reporting.
• Co-ordinating and organising a range of media PR interviews and events to help build relationships with key journalists within our target media.
• Reporting and measuring the success of our external communications activities to inform our decision-making and strategy – including documenting media coverage, tracking PR metrics and the maintaining PR database.
• Co-ordinating responses for incoming media enquiries and other queries to help ensure a timely resolution wherever possible.
• Co-ordinating our content approval and sign off process to ensure conduct risk, compliance and advertising standard policies are followed.
• Supporting our marketing and internal communications activities as required to ensure our messaging is fully aligned across external and internal channels.
• Ensure communications are reviewed and approved by individuals who have the appropriate knowledge, skills, and expertise, and that such approval is recorded.

Qualifications:

Degree level or equivalent industry experience

Knowledge:

Good working knowledge of current digital communications channels.

Highly proficient using Office 365 applications (particularly PowerPoint, Word and Excel) plus an ability to learn new systems.

Experience:

Communications experience.

Experience of using content management systems to manage and create web content.

Experience of using professional social media platforms and analytics tools.

Experience of working with budgets and invoice management.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills and confidence to liaise with a variety of internal and external stakeholders at all levels.

Creatively driven, with excellent attention to detail.

Strong presentation skills: both in terms of producing/editing slide decks and presenting materials to stakeholders at all levels.

Excellent project management skills and ability to prioritise whilst managing several projects simultaneously.

Ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks is essential.

A team player willing to get involved in all aspects including associated administration.

Benefits:

When you commit to Legal & General, we’ll commit to you too. That means we’ll recognise and reward your hard work, your performance and your contribution.

If you join us, you’ll get access to some great benefits, including private medical insurance, at least 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and Income Protection. You can participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice. We’re also proud to offer competitive family leave. 

You’ll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes. And then there are the many discounts we offer that you can take advantage of – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online offerings. 

About the business area:

Securing pensions over the long term can be a challenge for many businesses. Our ambition at Legal & General Retirement Institutional (LGRI) is to help companies and pension scheme trustees honour their defined benefit pension promises to their employees. We’re helping companies settle their pension liabilities so they can focus on growing their businesses, as well as helping to support their members’ financial security in retirement. And we’re investing for the long term to back our pension promises. In the last 30 years we’ve written more UK business than any other insurer, and we currently look after more than half a million pension policyholders. We're the UK’s longest-serving active bulk annuity provider, and a market-leading, multi-award winning business. 

The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.

Since 1836, we’ve grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands. 

We’re all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.

We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.

At L&G, you’ll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we’re supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.

Today, there’s over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?

Great minds don’t have to think alike, so we welcome voices from all backgrounds. Bringing together people with different life experiences helps us build empathy with our customers and drive innovation.

We don’t just talk about it, we actively promote diversity and equitable opportunities for all. That means our employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status. In fact, we embrace every dimension of diversity to reflect the customers and communities we serve.

We think it’s important to create an inclusive environment where we can all belong, contribute and drive progress, where you can develop and grow, and be empowered. We want you to use your voice to help us build a better tomorrow.

We all work differently, and have different needs, which is why. we’re always open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Likewise, we’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs during our recruiting process.

So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we'd love to hear from you.