Internal Communications Channels Assistant

Practice Group / Department:

Marie Fryatt

Job Description

We're Norton Rose Fulbright - a global law firm with over 50 offices and 7,000 employees worldwide. We provide the world's preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. As well as the relevant skills and experience, we're looking for people who are innovative, commercial and value the work that they do. To attract the best people, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work, have a sense of belonging, and realize their full career potential. We value difference and actively promote a culture of respect for each individual, encouraging and creating inclusion. Our new hybrid working model allows our people to have more flexibility in the way they choose to work from both the office and a remote location, while continuing to deliver the highest standards of service. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies and provide access to programmes and services aimed at nurturing our people's health and overall wellbeing.

Our Newcastle office is currently recruiting for anInternal Communications Channels Assistant. As well as the relevant skills and experience, we're looking for people who are innovative, commercial and value the work that they do. We celebrate multiple approaches and points of view and believe diversity drives innovation, so we're building a culture where difference is valued.

The Role

The Internal Communications Channels Assistant is an important part of the PR and Communications team within the law firm's Marketing and Business Development department. This individual works closely with the EMEA Internal Communications Manager and Executive to design and produce engaging content across a variety of Internal Communications Channels, including the firm's intranet (Athena).

This role, based in our innovative and fast-growing Newcastle office, reports into the Internal Communications Manager, and will work alongside the PR team, the Social Media team and the global / regional comms team.

Key Responsibilities

Working closely with Internal Communications team members and colleagues in other Business Services teams, the role covers a range of essential communications tasks. Key responsibilities include:

• Act as the key EMEA contact for the Intranet (Athena), including the daily management of Intranet story posting, page updates and creation
• Design support for internal presentations (PowerPoint), emails (branded templates), newsletters, plasma screen / Athena carousel creation and ad hoc campaigns
• Sourcing imagery and visuals to support written content and internal campaigns
• Monitoring the Internal Communication team's inbox and requests
• Support the Internal Communications team on EMEA news, including collection of news story leads (e.g., via marketing / comms team), follow up, posting across the various channels. This includes supporting ad hoc communication campaigns as they come up
• Support the EMEA Internal Comms team to deliver an effective channel strategy, which facilitates dialogue amongst employees and the EMEA leadership and Partners. As part of this, help to develop and evolve our EMEA comms channels (Athena, newsletters, Teams channels, monthly meeting decks, plasmas etc.)
• Act as a quality control for communications, ensuring alignment and consistency with branding and strategic messaging, complying with Brand / House Style

Skills and Experience Required

• Degree or equivalent level in marketing, comms related field preferably with a focus on design / digital channel creation (Intranet / SharePoint knowledge)
• Design experience and / or an eye for good design. Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign or similar preferred
• Strong PowerPoint skills and proficient in all Microsoft Office applications
• Strong organisational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet required deadlines
• Good verbal and written skills
• Creative and strategic thinker with an innovative mind and a "can do" attitude
• An affinity with digital media and emerging technologies that relate to communications
• Collaborative and enjoys working as part of a high-performing and international team
• A strong interest in learning more about professional services marketing and communications
• Appreciation and respect of the cultural and linguistic diversity of a large global organisation to ensure Internal Communications strategies are inclusive

Our clients come first and whilst we have a high performance culture and work hard as a team, in return we offer range of competitive benefits including:

• 25 days hols + Bank hols - Buy up to 5 days
• GP Service
• Bupa Healthcare
• Pension
• Flexible working

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

To attract the best people, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work, have a sense of belonging, and realize their full career potential.

Our new enabled work model allows our people to have more flexibility in the way they choose to work from both the office and a remote location, while continuing to deliver the highest standards of service. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies and provide access to programmes and services aimed at nurturing our people's health and overall wellbeing. Find more about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion here.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams. We strive to create an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any tailored adjustments or accommodations, please let us know here.