Communications Manager : Senior Management Role
Salary c. £45k + company car + phone + pension/medical insurance

Our client required a Communication Manager to join their team based in Hampshire.

As the Communication Manager your role will be to plan, brief, track, implement and measure the ROI from all communications activities leading a communications team of 6.

Reports to: Head of Marketing

Tasks include
? Develop & manage B2C and B2B communications activities that will drive usage of the client?s products, and customer growth working with creative & media agencies.
? Responsible for effective planning and measurement of all communications activities, building an ROI case for quarterly budget reviews. Track all spend to agreed budgets.
? Manage operational resource impacts of all communications activities.
? Communicate all activities through sales channel of 550 across the UK (field and telesales) producing all point of sale materials.
? Ensure key messages and brand guidelines are adhered to through the organisation.
? Lead, develop and measure the performance of the communications team.

Experience
? Proven communications experience across all media, but with a direct response focus.
? Experience of effectively measuring ROI from communications activities is essential. This will be a key responsibility of the role.
? Managing agencies and large marketing budgets.
? Team management, development and discipline.
? Exposure to sales channels.

Skills
? Highly numerate.
? Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
? Strong networking/influencing skills are vital.
? The ability to explain complex issues, simply and develop clear messages
? Commercial acumen and empathy with the sales approach
? Excellent attention to detail to drive consistency
? Logical, determined approach to problem solving

Person Profile
? Confident & articulate at senior levels
? Able to present to sales channels : this is a key asset to drive communications messages
? Passionate & proactive
? Able to cope with change : we are an evolving challenger organisation!
? Educated to degree level desirable
? Min 5 years? (post-qualification) work experience

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