Communications and Events Manager

Job Abstract:

I-X’s imaginative and prescient is to ship transformational analysis, instructing and innovation, co-locating employees, college students, and business, to construct a brand new mannequin of co-discovery and co-creation within the digital house. I-X relies within the I-Hub at Imperial’s White Metropolis Campus, which itself is a part of the broader White Metropolis Innovation District, together with cutting-edge start-ups, scaleup firms and business leaders. I-X seems on the subsequent wave of applied sciences primarily based on synthetic intelligence (AI), machine studying (ML), superior robotics, augmented/digital actuality, and well being informatics.

On this position, you may be a core member of I-X’s operations crew, main on the supply of key inside and exterior communications and engagement actions, together with I-X’s social media presence, digital and media print manufacturing, coordination of web site content material and design, occasion promotion and inside participating occasions and content material that promote the work of the initiative. You may be working for a wide range of audiences together with teachers, researchers, college students, the general public, coverage makers and business specialists.

We’re in search of a proactive, inventive and motivated self-starter who can successfully juggle a number of obligations and work to tight deadlines. With sturdy communication abilities, wonderful organisational abilities and an curiosity in shaping a brand new initiative, you’ll use your folks abilities to encourage collaboration throughout I-X with different Faculty networks and past.

You may be a versatile crew participant who’s dedicated to rising I-X’s bodily and on-line neighborhood by being and dynamic work setting that can appeal to folks to return collectively and collaborate.

Duties and obligations

Exterior communications

• Create participating content material for and preserve I-X’s web site, making certain copy is contemporary, compelling and present. Handle the continuing growth of the web site to mirror the altering wants of a rising initiative.
• Develop and ship communications plans and campaigns to showcase I-X’s work, impression, folks, and priorities.

Inner communications

• Facilitate and coordinate efficient collaboration and data sharing by way of quite a lot of inside communications initiatives together with MS Groups, e mail round-ups and newsletters.
• Work with the central Communications division to lift I-X’s profile throughout Faculty.

Occasions

• Plan, handle and ship occasions together with a seminar sequence, socials, visits and delegations.
• Create advertising and marketing supplies together with social media posts, occasion listings, banners, posters and flyers.

Different obligations

• Construct I-X’s repute by championing its model and making certain its right use throughout all mediums and outputs.
• Construct a portfolio of inventive content material together with images and videography to showcase I-Xworking house, neighborhood occasions and actions.

Important necessities

Schooling

• Educated to diploma stage or equal expertise

Expertise

• Expertise utilizing content material administration techniques and former accountability for modifying, updating and overseeing net content material
• Expertise planning, organising and delivering occasions of a variety of dimension and complexity, from workshops to symposiums

Data

• Data and abilities of the Adobe Inventive Suite, particularly InDesign and Photoshop
• Curiosity in AI and the digital world

Abilities & Skills

• A excessive normal of written and oral communication abilities.
• Capacity to tailor communications to completely different channels and audiences.

Additional Data

Hybrid working could also be thought-about for this position.  Workers working in roles which might be appropriate for hybrid working will usually be anticipated to work 60% of their time onsite. The chance for hybrid working will probably be mentioned at interview.