Corporate Communications Manager 7 Month FTC

About the role

You will be responsible for championing the corporate purpose and supporting the strategic business priorities of Aberdeen Group. You will play a key role in the delivery of corporate communication projects including development of our Annual Report and Accounts and financial calendar activity; communications support for C-Suite stakeholders; management of the Group's social channels and website; participation in communication workstreams for key commercial projects; and crisis management scenarios. The key objective of your role is to ensure the corporate narrative is clear, consistent and effectively delivered across our corporate channels. Your business expertise and industry knowledge will also play a critical role in maintaining the credibility of the team to manage relationships and collaborate across the business.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of the wider External Communications team to ensure Aberdeen's purpose and strategy is appropriately promoted and understood, across all audiences
• Successfully lead key corporate projects and forums to coordinate critical and complex communication requirements
• Lead on the creation of content in a variety of formats appropriate for corporate communication channels, including Aberdeenplc.com and corporate social media channels
• Provide direct communications support to C-suite stakeholders including script writing, briefing notes and other long and short-form content
• Produce and manage corporate communications content, including support for full year and half year results, Annual Report and Account production and Annual General Meeting key presentation deliverables
• Collaborate and co-operate with colleagues in Marketing, Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations and throughout the business to ensure effective co-ordination and promotion of activity across the business
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and coordination of key business messages across channels to ensure delivery of strong and consistent messages to all stakeholders
• About the Candidate:
• Corporate communications experience, financial public relations or investor relations - particularly in corporate reporting and script writing Business and industry aware, with strong global asset management and UK savings and wealth knowledge and experience an advantage
• Strong writing skills to draft highly effective and insightful corporate content
• Comfortable challenging and discussing complex issues and able to clearly articulate the key messages in writing or verbally for all stakeholders
• Strong track-record of effective co-ordination of project delivery
• Aware of listing and disclosure rules and experience managing confidential information

Benefits

Additional Information

Job Description At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK's leading Wealth & Investments group. Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry's best talent. Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society. We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent. Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients' evolving needs: interactive investor, the UK's second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them. Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers. Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

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