Communications Specialist

**COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST**

London - Liverpool Street (Hybrid working)

**Who are we**:
McCann Worldgroup, part of the Interpublic Group, is one of the world’s largest marketing communications networks. Our operations are united across 100+ countries by a single mission: to help brands play a meaningful role in people’s lives. This commitment focuses on creating work that earns a role in people’s lives by being interesting, evocative, and useful. It’s powerful and effective creativity that helps clients grow their brands and businesses.

The Regional Communications team, based in London, directs internal and external communications efforts to build the reputation of the agency network internally and externally. We now have an exciting opportunity for a Communications Specialist to join the team.

**The Role**:
The Communications Specialist is responsible for assisting the regional Communications team in managing our internal and external communications. Specifically you'll be responsible for:

- Fielding regional, local and global network requests and assignments
- Drafting, developing, and managing the production of communications materials such as website, social media content, bios, video reels, etc, presentations and internal newsletters. You'll have the scope to develop skills in external press release creation.
- Facilitating and coordinating regional events for leadership and clients - virtual and offline
- Support senior executive regional communications priorities
- Support the regional team in all major areas and projects
- Knowledge management of all regional communications assets - bios, photos, fact sheets, press clippings, press materials, agency fact sheets, event calendars, award calendars, press assets etc.
- Scheduling meetings for team and key stakeholders

**Your background**:
The Communications Specialist will be able to demonstrate:

- Some prior experience in advertising, marketing, communications, and/or public relations. A Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism or Media Studies would be advantageous.
- Extremely organized and detail-oriented with proven project management skills.
- Advanced interpersonal and problem-solving skills, with an ability to anticipate, identify, communicate and resolve problems
- MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Keynote) required.
- Desktop publishing skills ie Photoshop/Adobe/InDesign
- Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn experience

**Diversity & Inclusion**:
At McCann Worldgroup, we believe that Diversity & Engagement are foundational to achieving our mission of helping brands play a meaningful role in people’s lives. As a globally integrated community that influences and shapes culture, our talent must reflect the multicultural marketplace we serve. And we know that when employees of all socially and culturally diverse backgrounds and identities feel empowered to share their unique perspectives at work - game-changing and market-leading ideas come to life. To that end, and in service to cultivating such empowerment, we strive to create the conditions that foster a sense of connection, belonging and shared purpose among those who come to work in our agencies.

We do this by developing internal and external global initiatives to reach our goal of embedding inclusive practices into everyday business decisions and interactions. Our efforts include, but are not limited to:
1) Leveraging strategic partnerships to source and create a pipeline of diverse talent,

2) Curating bespoke programs and events to engage emerging diverse talent

3) Utilizing proprietary tools to mitigate bias during the recruiting process,

4) Providing our hiring managers and recruiters diversity training as well as effective talent acquisition tools

5) Supporting internal affinity groups and external community programs serving marginalized groups, and much more.

**McCann Worldgroup is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. We embrace diversity in all its form. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.**

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