Marketing & Communications Administration Assistant

About Currie & Brown

Currie & Brown is one of the world's leading providers of project management, cost management and advisory services to the construction industry. Our purpose is to add value that makes building a better future possible and we are differentiated by our people, innovation, expertise and experience. We take a genuinely collaborative and open-door approach to running our business and our people, all the way from first-day apprentice to senior leadership, play their own unique part in our success – and we have fun along the way!

The role: What is involved

In support of the UK & Europe business strategy, the Marketing & Communications Assistant is responsible for supporting the delivery and day to day implementation of our various marketing campaigns and initiatives.

We're looking for a highly organised individual with exceptional attention to detail and a strong desire to develop their professional experience in marketing and communications. Training and professional development will be available as part of our investment in people approach.

We need an excellent writer who understands the importance of embedding our core messages consistently across brand, social media, PR and marketing campaigns and you'll be given exposure to a wide range of tactical activities, including:

• Social media
• Copywriting
• Events coordination
• Internal communications
• Direct mail
• Brand and design
• PR
• Planning and delivery

The role supports both internal and external communications and you will work with our two UK & Europe Marketing Campaign Managers and the UK & European Associate Director, reporting into the Marketing Campaign Manager. The UK and Europe marketing team is part of a wider global marketing team, and you will work closely with colleagues worldwide.

Responsibilities will include:

• Working with the UK & Europe Marketing Campaign Managers to support delivery of marketing, communications and brand-led tactical activities
• Delivering internal communications initiatives, such as, developing news stories, managing intranet updates, webinars and sending region-wide e-mails
• Managing the e-marketing campaign management tool and reporting, Mail Chimp, and leading development of the bi-monthly internal Newsletter to all our staff based in UK & Europe
• Supporting CSR and DEI initiatives and managing internal engagement across the firm
• Ownership of the invoice and budget tracking process, managing payments and monthly budget alignment
• Identifying areas of tailored added value to raise the company profile and brand awareness
• Working with our in-house designer to produce collateral including capability statements, presentations, brochures and social media content – contributing to drafting content, messaging, format and design in line with established brand guidelines
• Supporting the Group marketing team with LinkedIn & Instagram news, writing posts and monitoring metrics
• Leading the monthly Marketing Board Reports for the Regional Managing Directors
• Other duties and tasks or projects as required.

Role Requirements:

• Experience of working in a marketing and communications team, either in-house or agency-side
• A growth mindset, passionate about marketing and internal communications
• Excellent writing skills, with superb attention to detail
• Highly organised and the ability to multi-task and meet tight deadlines
• A team player with the drive to succeed and learn new skills
• Fluency in Microsoft Office.

• Desirable:
• Undergraduate university degree and / or experience in marketing and communications
• Working towards a professional qualification e.g. CIM, IDM, CIPR
• Experience of SharePoint and InDesign an advantage, but not essential
• Work experience within the built environment, or curious to learn more about our industry.

About our Marketing & Communications Team

Based in the UK, we're a newly-formed team of four (including this role), focused on integrated marketing communications to support brand awareness, lead generation and internal engagement across our UK and Europe business, working closely with sector leads and regional managing directors. We are part of a wider group marketing team, led by our global marketing director, with members across our wide range of international offices, from Portland to Mumbai. We are a highly professional, collaborative and honest team, focused on delivering marketing communications that bring our purpose – to add value that makes building a better future possible – to life for our clients. We are based in a brand new, award-winning building at 150 Holborn, alongside others that form a part of the Sidara collaborative, enabling a fantastic engaging and social working environment. We have a strong set of organisational values, an open and honest culture and a genuine commitment to DEI. There are many opportunities to support our CSR and social value activities across the UK.

Benefits:

We're committed to providing an inclusive, open working environment with a focus on investment in people, supporting learning and development and wellbeing. We understand that you can't support our ambitions and deliver value to our clients unless we deliver value to you. We offer flexible working, enabling a balance between coming into the office to build relationships and stimulate creativity, and working from home.