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Senior Communications Executive

Are you passionate about creating engaging communications and sharing impactful stories, helping to raise the profile of a global organisation on a mission to engineer a better world?

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple projects with accuracy, creativity, and a collaborative approach?

Could you be our next Senior Communications Executive, delivering exceptional campaigns and working to engage audiences around topics such as sustainability and digital futures?

Up to £37,000 Permanent / Full Time Stevenage with Hybrid Working

If you’re a modern marketer with a commercial mindset, driven by curiosity, learning, and meaningful impact, this could be the place where you grow too. You’ll be joining a large, supportive marketing and communications community — a team of 40+ professionals, giving you the chance to learn from experienced peers, share your own expertise, and grow through collaboration.

Hybrid Working Arrangement – As part of our hybrid approach, you’ll need to be in the office twice every week, with Thursday as an essential requirement to support collaboration and connection across the marketing team.

What you'll be doing

As a Senior Communications Executive, you’ll be a highly visible member of our dynamic and fast-paced Corporate Communications team, playing a pivotal role in managing and enhancing the internal culture and reputation of the IET, one of the world’s largest professional engineering and technology organisations. You’ll deliver impactful internal and external communications that connect with a wide range of audiences, including members, volunteers, colleagues, journalists and wider society, that help bring our purpose to life.

As a well-rounded and experienced communications professional, you’ll be a natural collaborator with creative flair who can bridge internal and external messaging. Your role will help align these two strategically important areas through targeted campaigns, compelling news content, and thought leadership, and you’ll be comfortable using a mix of traditional and digital channels. Externally, your work will help unify our voice across key engineering and technology topics that matter to our members, and, internally, you’ll play a key part in promoting a culture where colleagues feel empowered, informed, and valued.

What we hope you can bring to the role

We’re looking for a talented communications professional with a proven ability to deliver impactful campaigns and editorial content across both internal and external audiences. You’ll be confident working with senior stakeholders, adept at switching between audience groups, and ready to manage multiple priorities in a busy, changing environment.

If you’re passionate about storytelling, have excellent writing and editing skills, and can spot communications opportunities others might miss, this is the role for you. Experience in stakeholder communications, internal engagement, journalism or PR will stand you in good stead, as will familiarity with engagement channels such as on an intranet, planning a Town Hall and getting creative to support content and engagement for live events.

A little more about the role

• Design and deliver impactful communications campaigns that support the IET’s strategy and programmes, across both internal and external audiences.
• Research, write, and develop on-brand content for traditional and digital platforms, including news stories, blogs, and contributing to editorial for our membership magazine.
• Write speeches and presentations for senior representatives, including the Chief Executive and IET President, ensuring clear and impactful messaging.
• Confidently brief and support internal and volunteer experts ahead of key internal events, media or public engagements, ensuring they deliver aligned messaging.
• Act as an intranet champion, helping develop effective internal communications channels to engage and inform colleagues.
• Stay informed on current engineering and technology news, identifying opportunities for the IET to engage. Create and execute social media strategies that protect and enhance our reputation.
• Develop engaging stories on engineering and technology, liaise with journalists, and manage media enquiries. Deliver the full PR mix, including press events, influencer engagement, and media packs.
• Track communications performance metrics to measure impact and identify areas for improvement, ensuring we remain a leading voice in the sector and drive engagement from within.

A little more about what we’re looking for

• Experience in communications, PR, or journalism, with a track record of delivering effective campaigns across a range of audiences, both internal and external.
• Confident stakeholder management skills, including briefing senior leaders and managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills to assess performance and recommend improvements.
• Excellent attention to detail, with strong copywriting, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Familiarity with communication tools, for example on an intranet, media database and across social media platforms.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor content for different channels and audiences.
• Strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple priorities.
• A proactive, collaborative attitude, with a willingness to learn and contribute to a team environment.

We’d love to get to know you

Is Imposter syndrome creeping in? Don’t worry – we’d rather hear from you this time than not hear from you at all!

Download the full job description for a little more information about the role; but also, keep in mind that we’re open to discussing flexible ways of working, including reduced hours and working in an agile way, supported by a hybrid working framework that allows you to find the best place to do your best work.

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