Job Description

The Communications Specialist role is an exciting opportunity to be part of a cross-studio communications team, supporting Architype with new business development, events, marketing, social media and PR. The role will be responsible for the creation and release of content to represent the practice and communicate our core values and ethos to the wider industry.

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Job Title: Communications Coordinator
Category: Architecture, Business Support
On-Site / Remote: Hybrid

Key Responsibilities

Job Responsibilities

Winning new work

· You will understand the process of tendering for new work and be able to support the whole team in bidding for new work as necessary. This can mean tracking and researching opportunities across the UK, co-ordinating bids, writing bid content and assembling bid and tender documents in Affinity / Adobe suite. Training in Affinity/Adobe can be provided, but excellent writing skills are essential

· You will work closely with the Communications Manager (based in Edinburgh) and a small team of local Associate Directors based in each studio promoting business development for Architype, alongside the wider team. This will include supporting client and lead development using a CRM system; tracking and providing information on networking and insight events of interest to encourage attendance or securing speaker slots; attending events on your own if required; and support for presentations.

· You will manage our own events, for example B2Bs or networking events, and help identify new opportunities to contact clients and potential clients through event attendance and speaker opportunities.

· You will be able to provide support and guidance to the team for new work interviews and presentations and be able to develop effective PowerPoints.

· You will be a confident proofreader and be able to review and critique bids and other materials.

· You will attend regular cross-studio meetings with the communication team.

· You will assist and/or lead in the creation and delivery of client development plans.

· You will support the wider communications team in regular reporting and tracking of activities.

Communications, Marketing & PR Activities

· You will be responsible for creating written and visual communication content for projects and practice promotions - including digital and print content

· Development of media and social media communication strategies and collateral, including press releases, case studies, blog articles, social media or promotional material

· Development of Awards entry material in coordination with the project teams.

· Responding to media enquiries and developing pro-active media strategies

· Co-ordinating photography/film of key projects and assembling award entries

· Supporting the management of our visual assets through Open Asset

· Using Microsoft Teams and SharePoint to track and manage your own workload and projects

· General communications and new business activity as required by the team

· You will be responsible for / assist with updates to the website when required.

· You will be responsible for / assist with sector research and specific marketing plans.

· You will support the wider communications team in regular reporting and tracking of marketing and PR activities.

Experience and Qualifications

Job Specification

· Graduate or equivalent level qualification (desirable)

· Two to three years’ experience in a communications/marketing environment (essential).

· Experience in architecture/design/built environment sector (desirable) · An understanding of how to develop business relationships and win work (desirable)

· Excellent communication skills. Able to adapt appropriate tone of voice in verbal and written language to suit different audiences (essential)

· Excellent writing skills (essential)

· Excellent organisational and project management skills. Able to regularly update management team and colleagues on progress against key activities and plan work to complete tasks to agreed deadlines (essential)

· Excellent team member. Able to support the rest of the communication and architectural teams in achieving key goals, sharing information regularly and supporting fellow team members (essential)

· Computer literacy (essential in MS Word/email - desirable in Affinity/Adobe and other systems)

· An interest in design and sustainability (essential)

· Enjoy working in a busy team environment – able to juggle differing priorities and workloads to meet key deadlines (essential)

· Commitment to alignment with Architype’s core values as a creative, ecological, progressive community (essential)

Benefits

· A competitive salary aligned to industry standards. Depending on where the successful candidate lives, our current salary bandings for this role are:

Hereford/National base rate: £25,000 - £34,000

London/South East enhanced: £28,000 – 37,500

Edinburgh/the Lothians/Fife enhanced: £26,500 – 36,000

· 37.5-hour week – flexible/hybrid working possible

· 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)

· Pension benefits of 3% employer contribution

· Company health scheme

· Cycle to work scheme.

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SE1 1PP, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

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HR2 8AD, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom

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EH6 7BG, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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