Strategic Comms & Content Specialist

About Us At BCD Meetings & Events (BCD M&E), we provide more than meeting and event planning services: we create connections that inspire, motivate and change behavior for our customers. As the world’s most trusted and innovative meetings and events agency, BCD M&E cultivates a culture of people, passion and purpose to drive business forward. Headquartered in Chicago, with locations in 50+ countries across the world, BCD M&E’s team of 1,800+ people are committed to sustainability and driving success for our customers, our business and ourselves. Our values are at the heart of everything we do, and we look for people that want to be a part of something special, can rise to our standards and love to bring their unique perspective to the table. While we can’t guarantee every day will be the best (who can?), we can promise a community of people who genuinely care and lead with empathy, a flexible workplace with awesome perks and challenging work that means something. See what life is about at BCD M&E at bcdme.com/careers About The Role We have an exciting new opportunity for a Strategic Comms & Content Specialist to join our global Marketing team. This role is responsible for executing various global and regional initiatives by delivering a communications strategy that creatively represents the brand, clearly articulates business messages and emotionally engages stakeholders. Do you have the ability to communicate corporate messages in a compelling way? Do you thrive from creating meaningful content and targeted messaging to key audiences? Are you passionate to drive awareness and create brand continuity? Sound like you? Read on! As a Strategic Comms & Content Specialist, You Will

• Collaborate with the Global Marketing team to define a communication strategy and execute tactical plan to drive internal and external initiatives, including but not limited to marketing campaigns and newsletters
• Develop and execute content calendar for corporate communications that drive employee engagement, elevate the brand and reinforce marketing messaging
• Manage the development and distribution of internal and external newsletters
• Discover and deliver messaging to tell our brand story across audiences including customers, prospects, employees and the meetings & events industry
• Develop creative communication campaigns to showcase key value propositions and services
• Collaborate with the digital team to research, develop and analyse effective methods for distributing multichannel, multiformat communications and continuously optimizing existing content to increase impact and conversion
• Review and proof all communications/content deliverables to ensure accuracy prior to releasing for team/client review
• Work with a cross-functional team of industry experts to help coordinate and execute global blog content as needed
• Support senior leadership in articulating corporate messaging (e.g. talking points, blogs, op-eds and other thought leadership and media opportunities) as needed
• Assist with various PR and digital activity including media relations, social media efforts, industry event participation and award submissions as needed

You’re Good At

• Storytelling and can easily engage an audience through content
• Turning business concepts into creative, engaging communication campaigns
• Conceptualising and developing communications strategies to support marketing and business objectives
• Writing and editing with an ability to work independently and collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop content
• Building and fostering stakeholder relationships as an internal brand ambassador and empowering other internal brand champions
• Working well under deadlines and efficiently managing competing priorities
• Adapting to change and direction as global business strategy adjusts to market and customer demands
• Communicating with and guiding executive leaders to ensure messaging alignment
• Working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven and highly collaborative environment (while taking time for having FUN!)

You Might Also Have

• Marketing degree/ qualification
• Experience in Comms in a corporate environment

You Should Know

• This is a UK remote based role with periodic collaboration time in our offices
• Our standard working hours are 9.00 - 5.30 with an hour break, however at times you may need to adjust your working our due to project timelines or collaborating across global teams
• You must have the right to work in the UK

How To Apply Click apply now to be considered THE PERKSFlexible Working We believe that a flexible working environment is key to getting the best out of our teams. We will support you to work where you need to and when you need to, depending on how you work best. Room to Grow Our line of work and business structure challenge our people in a way that inspires growth, with learning and development built into every role. We give individuals ownership over the direction and speed in which they grow. Everyone has a voice We thrive on conversations that spark curiosity and empathy. No matter how big or how small, every voice is heard, considered and respected. Make your move The diversity of roles across BCD M&E’s global locations means that our people often find new adventures during their time with us. Join us as a meeting planner role in the UK, stay for a global marketing career — there’s always room to move. We’ve got you covered Our extensive benefits include comprehensive healthcare, retirement plans, continued education support, diverse work locations, travel and hotel discounts, volunteer and sustainability opportunities and a successful employee recognition program. We’re positive. You’ll love it. It starts from the top. Our leaders lead with positivity, believe in our people and trust us to do the right thing. There will always be support along your journey, in little and big ways.