Marketing & Communications Assistant Atherstone, England
Job description
Providing invaluable support to the Marketing & Communications Manager, you'll help ensure the Aldi personality is always unique, powerful and consistent in the marketplace.
Insightful and knowledgeable, you'll help in all areas of product advertising, marketing and PR. That makes it an exciting and fast-paced team to join. With the ability to think on your feet, react positively to a variety of challenges and cope with anything we throw at you, you'll keep Aldi growing.
We do things our own way at Aldi. But whatever we're doing, we must be getting it right. With a wave of impressive sales figures behind us, we're opening new stores at lightning speed. Which means our marketing and communications need to keep up.
We have a fantastic opportunity available for an Internal Features Reporter to join our team at the Aldi Head Office in Atherstone. The position is a fixed term contract to cover a 12-month period.
The successful canidate will be working collaboratively with Buying, HR, National Sustainability, and various other project teams, you will be responsible for effectively communicating messages, projects and initiatives to our colleagues in the UK and Ireland.
If you’re always striving to improve and want to join a really important part of the business, apply to join #TeamAldi today!
Your New Role:
- Creating ideas, conducting research, developing content, and writing articles for publication to all Aldi colleagues
- Liaising and building strong relationships with our agencies to ensure timely delivery and accuracy in materials produced
- Working across the business to identify opportunities for new content
- Support the team to ensure Aldi colleagues are kept up to date on the latest strategy updates and business performance, and relevant business news
- Ensuring that Aldi colleagues are connected and engaged, reducing barriers to communicate openly and transparently through the internal colleague app (MyALDI)
- Identifying opportunities to boost colleague engagement through the effective execution and delivery of the targeted Communications Plan
- Feedback colleague engagement metrics and responses to the appropriate channels for action
- Continual development of MyALDI and other communication channels
- Control, publish and constantly evolve colleague forums
About You:
- Previous experience as a journalist, reporter, or written content creator
- Experience of reviewing existing systems and processes to identify issues and develop recommendations
- Ability to communicate information clearly and concisely with senior stakeholders, customers, and external parties
- Proven ability to meet deadlines and re-prioritise workload, in a constantly evolving and reactive environment
- Able to manage a varied workload, conflicting deadlines and multiple projects simultaneously
- Organised with an excellent attention to detail
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Able to investigate, analyse and challenge appropriately
- Ability to work individually and as part of a wider team
- Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Skilled in project management
- Professional experience in Internal Communications or a role that requires a high level of accuracy
What You’ll get in Return:
- Salary starting £34,690 rising to £40,510
- Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm, with the opportunity of 2 days a week remote working
- 12-month fixed term contract
- 5 weeks’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- In office flexi-time
- Full training provided
- Pension scheme
- Private employee medical insurance after 4 years
- Company sick pay scheme
- Company maternity, paternity and adoption leave pay after 2 years
- Long service rewards
- Access to MyBenefits, where you can find a wide range of benefits, including our bike to work scheme, shopping and cinema discounts, health cash plan, a FREE will, travel and discounted gym memberships, as well as a host of benefits to support your financial and wellbeing needs
- Access to a free,24/7, confidential virtual GP service for all Aldi Colleagues and their children (under the age of 16)
Aldi is an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce and are dedicated to promoting a culture of inclusion, providing an environment in which collaboration, respect and fairness are essential. We value diversity and are dedicated to treating all of our colleagues and prospective colleagues fairly and with respect.
If you’re ready to join an award winning business that celebrates everyone's achievements, offers competitive pay and creates great working environments, apply today!
