Communications Executive at top UK Law Firm: to £35,000

A prestigious UK Law Firm is looking to hire a new Communications Executive to join the London office on a permanent basis supporting the PR & Communications Manager and the wider team with internal and external communications for the firm.  Responsibilities will include developing and implementing effective internal multi-channel communications campaigns and activities, covering major change programmes, business wins, cross-selling successes, new partner arrivals, business as usual milestones and other initiatives, acting as editor and journalist for the firms intranet & principal channel for firmwide communication, deploying other media & developing other internal communications channels (for example, an app) as necessary to ensure partners and employees engage with firmwide campaigns and understand each other's achievements and client offering, managing internal communications in sync with external activity as necessary – for example, partner joiners & leavers, working with a wide range of BD/Marketing colleagues, Partners and other Fee-Earners, copywriting & editing marketing collateral – including but not limited to regular online newsletters, printed brochures, ads, web copy, events banners, blogs, biographies and social media posts.  Other duties include managing the legal directories process, liaising with the external directories consultant, Business Development Managers and partners/paralegals as necessary to drive year on year improvement, research, write & edit awards submissions, handle external PR, for example drafting press releases, liaising with external PR agency etc, analyse press coverage achieved vs objectives set.  Candidates need to be educated to degree level, have previous communications/PR experience ideally within a professional services organisation and experience in internal communications and employee engagement.