UK and Europe Marketing & Communications Assistant

Description:

About The Role
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!
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 deliveryThe 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 a competitive package of employee benefits including pension, private healthcare, flexible working, 25 days’ holiday with the option to buy additional days, plus £400 a year towards a gym/healthy living membership, and much more. We also offer flexible working, enabling a balance between coming into the office to build relationships and stimulate creativity, and working from home.

About The Company
Currie & Brown is a world-leading provider of project management, cost management, and advisory services, covering the full range of public and private sectors. Our purpose is to make building a better future possible. We help clients navigate volatility and unpredictability, providing the certainty that enables better, more sustainable built environments for all. Our services reflect the complexity of physical assets’ uses and integrated lifecycles, addressing every aspect, from concept, design and construction to the assessment of best-value options for ongoing use, maintenance, operation and eventually deconstruction and disposal or re-use.
With principal offices in London, Dubai, Hong Kong, Mumbai, New York and Shanghai, we operate across 69 offices throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, India and the Middle East. Currie & Brown is a proud member of the Sidara collaborative.
Currie & Brown is an equal opportunity employer. As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. Currie & Brown UK is also proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant, which represents a promise by the company that those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly