Pr & Communications Executive

**Company Background**

Encon & Nevill Long is the leading independent UK distributor of thermal and acoustic insulation, interior systems, fire protection, roofing, construction products and external façade materials.

As the Distributor of Choice, we take pride in providing the highest level of service and support. Our workforce of approximately 600 people includes specialist teams dedicated to our key market sectors and adding value to every project.

**The Opportunity**

Are you a PR enthusiast and natural communicator looking for a new challenge and opportunity to advance your marketing skills and career with a growing business? Then look no further Join our fantastic team and make your mark with stand-out ideas and copy to support and enhance our brand positioning across our stakeholder groups.

**The Role**

Reporting to the Group Marketing Strategy & Communications Director, this exciting new role requires a creative thinker, strong copywriter and confident driver to shape and deliver key messages about our people, business and teams via our internal communication platforms and external PR.

Key Relationships

Externally: Product suppliers, Customers, Creative agency, Printers and associated organisations

Internally: Marketing team, Branch Directors, Specialist teams, Commercial teams

**Behaviours**:

- Strong copywriting and communication skills.
- Effective planning and excellent organisational skills.
- Good marketing and writing initiative.
- Attention to detail.
- Comfortable in a fast-paced environment and working to multiple or tight deadlines.
- Able to multi-task, keep track and work accurately and calmly under pressure.
- Personable and strong team player with a ‘can-do’ attitude, building effective working relationships across our teams.
- Confident working with relevant stakeholder groups for the effective completion and delivery of our PR or internal communications.
- Able to learn quickly about new markets, and grasp issues and key business topics.
- Able to travel to industry as required with access to own transport.

**Skills**:

- A Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Communications, Marketing or a business-related discipline
- At least 2 years’ experience in a PR or marketing role, preferably B2B
- Fluent English, articulate and with demonstrable experience and skills in copywriting and editing
- Strong proof-reader
- Experience working with the full marketing mix: offline, online, social and digital
- Experience of and familiarity with the main B2B social media platforms and channels
- Competent across all Microsoft Office packages
- Good and confident telephone manner

It would be an advantage, but is not essential, if you also have some experience of, or exposure to, the construction sector.

**Key Responsibilities**

**External PR**:

- Research, write and distribute press releases, news stories and case studies.
- Brainstorm fresh ideas for PR content to ensure our external communications stays innovative, dynamic and relevant, and reflects our business specialisms and values consistently and effectively.
- Maintain media schedules, media lists and magazine subscriptions to ensure we have access to all relevant publications for our specialist areas.
- Liaise with trade media, monitor media coverage, analyse and report results to demonstrate the effectiveness of PR campaigns and ongoing activity
- Plan, manage and deliver a proactive social media schedule that reflects interesting and engaging content about our business, teams and specialisms. This includes briefing and working with our external creative agency as required to develop supporting imagery, assets or materials.
- Ensure all news items, blogs, articles and case studies are adapted for our website, uploaded in a timely way and clearly visible and accessible on all relevant pages.
- Develop, coordinate and complete a quarterly company e-newsletter and other relevant e-shots to echo and reinforce key PR messages.
- Maintain up-to-date mailing lists for the effective delivery of our company e-news to target audiences
- Coordinate digital or printed material as required to support PR activity.
- Work closely with our Marketing Campaign Manager to ensure our PR is integrated with other marketing plans as relevant to maximise awareness and reach eg events, sponsorships, trade shows, branch news.
- Ensure all PR and associated work is completed and distributed in accordance with our brand guidelines.

**Internal Communications**:

- Guardian of all internal communication documents to ensure they remain relevant, to brand, up-to-date and accessible across all required platforms.
- Manage, coordinate and develop new internal communications in line with business objectives and plans.
- Manage and coordinate our internal e-news and quarterly printed newsletter. This includes proposing ideas for developing our internal communications, so it stays fresh, dynamic and interesting.
- Content management of our Intranet acr