Communications Executive

Title: Communications Executive

Location: London City

Salary: Competitive + Benefits 

The Vacancy

Do you want to join a leading international, independent real estate consultancy with an all together different approach? Are you a Communications Executive looking for that next step in their career?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Communications Executive to join the Business Development team reporting to the internal communications manager with a dotted line to the external communications manager. This is a hands-on role for someone who loves writing, is digitally savvy and thrives on variety. You’ll play a key part in how we communicate – inside and out – by managing content across our website, social channels, internal platforms and campaigns in our Dynamics CRM.

If you’re organised, ideas-driven and great with words, we’d love to hear from you. 

The key responsibilities for the role:

Content & Campaigns

• Plan, write and edit compelling copy for articles, insight pieces, social media and email campaigns

• Own our content calendar – helping shape it, keep it on track and deliver it

• Research topics and interview internal experts to shape and draft content

• Write and build CRM campaigns (email) using Dynamics

• Lead, take ownership and deliver smaller ‘hub’ campaigns
• Work with and brief inhouse design team to create visual content e.g. video, infographics, gifs.

Digital & Social Media

• Keep our website fresh and up to date – adding and editing content via our CMS

• Plan, write and post regular content to our social channels (mainly LinkedIn),engaging with industry news and amplifying employee stories

• Track performance and provide insights on digital and social metrics

• Support colleagues across the business to raise their digital profile, particularly on LinkedIn

Internal Communications

• Coordinate and produce Hollis Insider, our internal newsletter, on a fortnightly basis

• Help update our content calendar and keep it aligned with our strategic goals and values

• Keep our intranet fresh and up to date including adding and editing content, reviewing branding etc.

• Help manage our internal comms tools including office screens and Viva Engage

• Draft and edit content for internal updates and engagement campaigns

• Support on internal campaigns, employer branding and employee initiatives

• Help measure engagement and identify gaps

Other bits you’ll get involved in

• Stakeholder engagement – carefully manage stakeholder relationships, setting expectations and delivering on agreed commitments

• Support on award entries – writing, editing and managing timelines

• Assist with delivery of wider marketing and strategic comms projects in partnership with the marketing director (e.g. new website build)

• Help ensure our brand is consistently applied across templates and collateral

Skills & Experience required:

• Relevant work experience in marketing, social media or communications

• Degree educated, minimum 2:1

• Strong interest in the built environment and the role of real estate in shaping a better world

• A confident writer with excellent attention to detail

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Excellent social media and digital marketing skills

• Strong organisational and planning skills

• Comfortable working across multiple channels and formats

• Digitally savvy and eager to learn about our platforms and develop a self-taught expertise

• Curious, proactive and keen to learn

• Team player who enjoys collaborating with others

• Creative flair with an eye for detail

• Planning and time management

• Commercially aware

• Analytical and willing to learn reporting

The Company

Hollis is a leading international, independent real estate consultancy. We work with owners, occupiers, developers and funders, across both private and public sectors, to help them get more out of their real estate, at every stage of the property life cycle.

We’re a multi-skilled team of surveyors, engineers, ESG consultants, project managers and technical specialists operating across the UK, Ireland, Germany, Spain and The Netherlands.

We have a unique way of working and believe that people do things better by doing them together. We aim to do the right thing, be clear, transparent and find some fun along the way.

Why join us?

We are hardworking, progressive, successful and fun. We’re independently-owned and independently-minded, not afraid to give honest advice or to be ourselves. We aim to achieve the right balance for you, delivering excellent client service whilst supporting you in fulfilling your potential and achieving your goals.

We offer a highly attractive salary and a generous benefits package including:

• Life assurance and private medical insurance

• Season ticket loan

• 5% Employer pension contribution

• 25 days of holiday and an extra day off on your birthday

• Cycle to work scheme, retail vouchers, gym discounts and more

• EV car scheme

• Longevity awards

Hollis operates a hybrid-working policy giving employees the opportunity to work between their home and our offices, where their job allows it. In addition, employees are encouraged to request flexible working hours when needed and we work hard to accommodate where we can.

We are a sociable bunch and host pay day drinks, quarterly lunches, quiz nights and cultural and sporting activities to socialise and have fun with your colleagues. We also give back and take part in numerous charity events all over the country throughout the year.

We’re Inclusive

Together we welcome, we embrace, and we celebrate our differences. Our aim is to provide a diverse and inclusive workplace which supports and cares for all our employees, including those from underrepresented or non-dominant groups. We’re focused on a culture of inclusion; where all barriers including prejudice are removed from our working environment; and where all our people are empowered to be the best they can be.

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you would like the opportunity to join Hollis but your past experience is not an exact match, we encourage you to apply anyway as you could be the right candidate for this role or another role within the company.

If you require alternative formats of our documents or need to apply offline, please get in touch with the talent acquisition team: [email protected] or call us on 020 7622 9555.