Head of Campaigns

You'll play a key role in helping Sky shape and communicate its near and long term financial plans to the executive management team, which will require partnering with various business team members across our markets to interpret and analyse financial performance.

What you'll do:

- Bring to life Sky’s big product, TV, sport, innovation and CSR moments for our Sky colleagues.
- Lead a team of five to support on the ideation, development and execution of internal campaigns and launches
- Own the creative approach to create moments to engage and excite colleagues about pivotal developments at Sky
- Be responsible for the mix of channels that carry our internal communications, including our company intranet, Yammer and our digital outlets
- Oversight and ownership of the content that is published across those channels
- Drive the channel strategy and influence the wider business and comms partners with findings and outputs from Comms Audit
- Be an active contributor to the Internal Communications management team, working with your peers to plan and coordinate activities across different areas of the business
- Manage the budget allocated to campaigns and channels
- Present plans and campaign recommendations to senior partners and exec.
- Collaborate closely with colleagues across marketing, PR, events and other departments to ensure a joined-up approach to internal and external initiatives
- Manage our communications agency to ensure they deliver creative and innovative, cost-effective campaigns with engagement and measurement in mind
- Closely evaluate the success of each initiative or launch and provide insight and recommendations on how to continuously improve how we engage with colleagues
- Drive continuous improvements across our processes and results through post implementation reviews and monthly insight's forum.
- Prioritise work effectively, enabling the delivery of high-quality work at pace by using the team resources as required
- Mentor and coach the wider Internal Communications team

What you'll bring:

- Experience of working in-house or agency-side on employee communications
- Excellent team management skills combining high standards with empathy, encouragement and motivation
- A collaborative approach with proven ability to work cross-departmentally and cross-functionally.
- A curious, creative mind that strives to do things differently
- Outstanding writing skills with a nose for news
- Excellent presentations skills
- A strong understanding of the mix of communications channels and their success in reaching employees
- The desire and ability to work and deliver at pace in a fast-moving, exciting environment
- Ability to prioritise, guide decision-making and positively influence partners

Working in the Internal Communications team at Sky puts you right at the heart of the business. Part of the Corporate Affairs function, we’re amongst the first to know about new products, forthcoming TV shows and the next pivotal moment in the sports calendar. Our people are also our customers - and our biggest advocates - so it’s important that they understand and champion the innovations and amazing content that Sky produces. It’s our job to bring that to life for them. It’s also critical that they feel connected to the business, our leaders and understand their contribution to the success of the business and our culture.

Being part of Internal Comms is a varied, exciting and uplifting experience that is fast-paced and exciting. If you love being at the centre of things, thrive on bringing things to life in ways that surprises and delights people and want the creative freedom to try new things, then our team is the place for you.

The Rewards:
There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

- Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
- A generous pension package
- Private healthcare
- Discounted mobile and broadband
- Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

How you'll work:
We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.

We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.

Your office base:
Osterley:
Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There’s also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

On campus, you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Inclusion:
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