Internal Communications Executive

Employer: University of the Arts London
Location: Hybrid – UAL High Holborn/Home
Salary: £38,359 to £47,109 per annum
Contract: Full time
Hours: Full time

Job description

The opportunity

UAL is looking for an Internal Communications Executive.

Working in University of the Arts London’s (UAL) central internal communications team, you will engage our staff community of over 6,000 colleagues across 6 Colleges and 4 Institutes to champion our social purpose values and deliver UAL’s ten-year strategy. 

You will coordinate and deliver integrated communications about UAL’s internal and strategic activities across key channels, identifying story opportunities and promoting strategic change initiatives. 

You will act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and partner with teams across UAL, from our People Group to our Social Purpose Lab, to consult and deliver communication plans that connect our communities to our vision and celebrate successes of our staff and students. 

Your expertise will be instrumental in fostering a culture of transparent, informative and inclusive communications, enabling our colleagues to understand the University’s direction and how their own work contributes to UAL’s success.

About you

You will have: 

• Experience in a similar communications role of generating and evaluating effective communication messages and campaigns based on audience insight (for example, our annual staff survey).
• Experience of managing internal digital communication channels such as an employee intranet or newsletter.
• Experience of advising senior leaders and stakeholders to consult and deliver communication plans.
• Able to write, script and commission high-quality and visually impactful communication materials in a variety of formats, including editorial and video. 
• Working knowledge of video filming, editing or design packages would be welcome (desirable).

If you have any queries about the application process or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact the Resourcing Team at Socialpurposestaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

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