Senior Sustainability Communications Manager

Seismic was born out of a collective view that we need a Seismic shift to help change society and fix our planet. We believe that the business community has a huge opportunity and responsibility to help make that happen. We have the vision to help 10 million people work for businesses that are a force for good. Now just over a year old, we are on our way!

What we’re looking for

We are a growing team of Seismic Changemakers, and we are now seeking a new Communications Consultant to help drive forward the next phase of impact and business growth. 

We couldn’t think of a more exciting time to join our team, given our momentum in the market, our recent B Corp certification and our incredible success in the Escape the City Top 100.  Our culture is vital to us, and we are collectively critical to driving it in the way that will enable us to deliver on our 2nd vision statement of making Seismic the best place you have ever worked. 

This is an exciting role in a growing business and will need a high level of energy, motivation, teamship, creativity and organisation to provide the impact we need. 

To find our more about Seismic, head to https://www.seismic-change.com/join-us/

About us

At Seismic, we have 2 key goals within the next 5 years:

• To be the best employer that you have ever had.

• To enable 10 million people to work for B Corps & Net Zero committed companies.

Along with creating impact through everything we do, connecting and building relationships is a core priority for us. This goes for our team too, which is made up of a strong mix of B Corp, Net Zero & ESG expertise throughout the UK and Europe.

We love working with our clients. From start-ups to multinational billion dollar corporations, we are committed to enabling them to prosper by helping them become ever more impactful forces for good.

All that’s missing is you!

The role and its responsibilities

We’re looking for an action oriented individual ready to take on a Senior Communications Manager role that promotes the value of social and environmentally conscious business.  You’ll be delivering an exciting mixture of impact consulting and communications. 

Key responsibilities will involve Project Managing impact communications projects on behalf of our clients. This will include:

• Overseeing the delivery of a programme of comms work.

• External comms - increasing customer/consumer engagement for our clients through their impact stories and ESG strategy.

• Internal comms - Employee engagement in a company's impact agenda and sustainability literacy training.

• Social Media: Managing impact campaigns for our clients on their social channels. 

• Content creation: developing inspiring content, including blogs, infographics, videos and animations.

• Impact Reporting - Preparing clients’ impact reports, collating impact metrics and sharing in a compelling report.

• Copywriting: Writing thought leadership editorial and developing impact messaging and narratives.

• PR: Identifying and sharing sustainability stories with key press, undertaking media relations, securing features and collating coverage.

About you 

You believe that humanity and businesses need to make a seismic shift in the right direction and want to work with a company that is making meaningful change.  You want to champion our clients, helping them to communicate their impact journey. At the same time you want to work in a friendly, collaborative and empathetic team, hand in hand with Sustainability Consultants, together delivering impactful projects for high-profile clients.

You have at least 8 years of communications experience, working with clients to create and deliver a communications strategy. You will have a strong history of impact communications at a Senior Manager level, project managing a team to deliver it, and working on multiple projects or clients at any one time. 

You will be working with our Head of Communications, who will guide and train you, so you will have a supportive mentor and the opportunity to learn and gain new skills and experience. 

The ideal candidate is someone who is a go-getter, not afraid of a challenge, has an entrepreneurial spirit, likes the freedom and creativity that comes with working for a small, high growth team. It is vital that you are self motivated, energetic and a great team player. 

Skills and experience 

• Project Management of impact communications projects

• Working with multiple clients and/or multiple projects

• Managing budgets

• Stakeholders liaison and engagement

• B2B and B2C client delivery experience 

• Impact experience in social and sustainable change 

• B Corp experience would be ideal but not required

• Copywriting and messaging skills

• Social media management and delivery 

• Report writing 

• PR and media relations

• Event organisation (live events, webinars, networking, podcasts, conferences etc).

• Research experience, creating and managing surveys, analysing the data

• Design - Managing creative video and design projects 

• A qualification in marketing/comms is ideal but not essential.

Salary and benefits

• Salary and benefits are competitive and dependent on skills and experience.

• Day off on your birthday

• Seismic Pension Scheme 

• Personal Development Plan with budgetary support.

Seismic is an equal opportunities employer

Seismic recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age. We are building a world class team and we know we need a diverse mix of talented people doing their best work.