Communications Assistant, Penguin Brand London, England
Job description
Are you looking to take the first step in a career in the exciting world of Communications?
We’re hiring an Assistant to join our fast-paced Communications team, which sits in the central Brand department, at the heart of Penguin Random House UK.
About the Penguin Brand Communications team
Our team is responsible for telling our company story, protecting our reputation and promoting our brand, to our colleagues, our industry and our readers. We’re looking for a Communications Assistant to help us achieve this by supporting the wider team deliver their day-to-day tasks and projects.
The opportunity
This opportunity isn’t like some of our other publicity or communications roles as you won’t be working on individual books or authors. Instead, the role is based in our central communications team and will focus on telling the story of our company to our key audiences including employees and future talent.
In this role you’ll ensure our colleagues are always informed about the latest company news by keeping our buzzing intranet and weekly newsletter jam-packed of useful and engaging content. You’ll help our colleagues feel connected to each other across multiple teams, sites and channels, and inspired about our publishing and our purpose through creative campaigns and experiences. This includes leading on our company-wide book club, managing our staff book sales, and providing support for important internal events, such as our regular CEO briefing and inclusion speaker series.
When we need to tell our story to the outside world, you will also be on hand to support press and digital media communications too, whether that’s pulling together media lists, updating website copy, media monitoring or drafting external copy.
You’ll also help us keep on top of things as a team – whether that’s making sure our content calendar is up to date, using analytics to measure the impact and reach of our communications, or helping us maintain our relationships with colleagues across all parts of the business.
If that’s caught your attention, here’s what we’re looking for in you…
You’ll have an interest in developing your career in communications, and in learning about different communications tools and best practice – always thinking about how to use these to improve what we do- You’ll have an interest in our brand purpose and the importance of books and reading, and a desire to connect these with our colleagues and the outside world
- You’ll be organised and have the ability to plan for and manage multiple priorities
- You’ll have great communications skills and are open to connecting and building relationships with lots of different people across the company
- You do NOT have to have any prior experience in communications, PR or publishing
How to apply
If you’re curious to learn more, please apply with your CV and cover letter by 23:59 on Sunday 21st May. As part of your cover letter, please answer the following question:
Why do you want to pursue a career in communications?
Our hybrid working approach
PRH is currently experimenting with hybrid working and involving colleagues across the business to shape our future ways of working. The needs of our teams and individuals are different, so we’re not taking a one-size-fits-all approach.
This role is based in London and there’ll be some in-person meetings. The exact balance of office to remote working will depend on the nature of your role and team needs, and we are open to discussing this through the recruitment process.
What you can expect from us:
Our employees are the heart of our business. We have a range of benefits to reflect our commitment to our employees, some of which are:
- 27 days paid holiday entitlement in year one (plus bank holidays), increasing a day each year up to 30 days
- Medical cover
- Life assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Discounted gym membership
- Generous pension scheme
- Summer working hours (role dependent)
- Volunteering policy and charity matching
- Employee Assistance programme
- Mentoring programme
- Extended gender neutral parental leave
- Access to books and eBooks across Penguin Random House UK
- Each site has trained mental health first aiders
- We plant a tree for every new employee to our business
Our creativity is inspired by different perspectives, so we want our culture to be one of belonging, where everyone feels welcome and where differences are celebrated.
As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we're part of the offer an interview scheme. This is where disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role can opt in to get to the next recruitment stage. There may be some situations where volume of applicants means we can't take all eligible candidates to interview.
We want to make sure disabled applicants can be their best at each step of the recruitment journey. If you need adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to get in touch with us at http://[email protected]. Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your adjustment request. Find out more about our approach here: http://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/applying-for-roles-with-a-disability
We partner with The Book Trade Charity, who provide financial assistance for people looking to get into the publishing industry; you can find more information and talk directly here: https://btbs.org/grants
Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.
Company: Penguin Books Limited
Country: United Kingdom
State/Region: London
City: London
Postal Code: SW11
Job ID: 260124
