Communications Officer

Job description

POSTING END DATE: 27/03/2017
ADVERTISED SALARY: £30,000 - £35,000
An ever-evolving heritage. A truly exciting future. Two of the world’s most iconic brands. Jaguar Land Rover is revered across the globe. Continually pushing the boundaries of innovation and redefining the benchmark for excellence, we set the standards others want to follow. We want to keep it that way too. Which is where you join the journey.

LOCATION: Coventry, West Midlands

WHAT TO EXPECT

Jaguar Land Rover faces a challenge. With so much information – useful or otherwise – available to today’s consumers, it’s becoming more difficult for businesses to make an impact and be heard above the noise. Conversations about the Jaguar Land Rover brand now come from all stakeholders of a business: employees, customers, retailers, suppliers, investors, and other business partners – each of them telling some aspect of the story of the brand.

Within this role, you'll be a tremendous asset to all our activities aiming to protect and significantly enhance the reputation of Jaguar Land Rover by supporting the development and implementation of corporate communication strategies and key messaging across the world. Your role will be vital in implementing technology stories and positioning the company as a credible voice in technology and innovation. You'll support the delivery of Jaguar Land Rover’s business and PR strategy to enhance our brand reputation, drive conversation, and deliver great coverage through multiple channels.

Part of this role will revolve round finding the exciting stories to tell that will engage all key audiences, and you’ll be the contagion of our corporate and brand stories back into the plants with which to engage, galvanise, and excite our stakeholders. You’ll build and communicate the corporate narrative across all channels to build Jaguar Land Rover as the most admired and respected brand, and you’ll also assist in the establishment and effective communication of technology key messages, especially to support the individual strategic themes. Finally, you’ll initiate, research, and write press and communications materials to ensure a proactive presence on the desks of business, technology, and other correspondents.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

To be successful in this role, you'll need to have excellent communication skills (both spoken and written), be commercially astute and used to working in a business environment, and have an in-depth knowledge of key communications and engagement practices, both tactical and strategic. You’ll come to this role with previous experience in events management as well as a strong ability to organise and prioritise your workload in order to meet tight deadlines. A good level of IT competence in programmes such as MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint will also be required alongside a solid background within PR and communications. Additionally, you’ll should have the capability to manage sensitive communications issues.

BENEFITS

Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you’ll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan, and a performance-related bonus scheme. All this and more makes Jaguar Land Rover the perfect place to continue your journey.

Jaguar Land Rover is committed to equal opportunity for all.

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