Communications Manager / Senior Manager in London

Due to the non-partisan nature of the work we do with global governments and partners, all employees need to pass background checks, verifying your identity, education (if relevant), work history, sanctions, criminal record, adverse financial history, right to work, media and social media.

We are the largest global network for governments, used by 500,000+ public servants in 160 countries to find and share best practices and gain skills on critical topics from AI to climate change to emerging technologies.

Apolitical is looking for a versatile Communications Manager to own our contracted communications work, ensuring seamless execution and high-quality delivery for key partners and governments. This role requires project management, writing, attention to detail, and stakeholder management skills.

You’ll be responsible for running and improving communications processes, ensuring that content and campaigns are executed effectively across social media, video and email marketing, and working with our partnerships and events teams. You’ll also be creating communications and marketing content across a range of Apolitical’s learning programmes such as the Government AI Campus, the Government Energy and Climate Campus, new AI powered tools and products, tracking and project managing deliverables, ensuring good knowledge management, and making sure all comms outputs are delivered with excellence.

Enjoy being hands-on with a focus on creating high quality collateral and shipping comms releases.

Are eager to take ownership of creating new systems and processes to help us work more quickly and effectively.

Enjoy thinking strategically about how to make the most of video and social media to build the organisation’s brand with a specific audience.

Can bring a data-informed approach to how you plan and evaluate your work.

Are comfortable and familiar with video editing software such as Premier Pro, FinalCut or AfterEffects.

Can manage multiple projects at once, responding to feedback from multiple stakeholders while taking ownership for the overall outputs.

Enjoy the challenge of writing for different audiences and formats, adapting messages to different contexts and channels.

Are motivated by the idea of working for an ambitious challenger brand that’s hungry to grow and make a positive impact.

Are a communications specialist who wants to focus exclusively on strategy or designing campaigns rather than delivering outputs.

Have never worked with graphic design software like Canva or Figma, or worked closely with design teams. You’ll be delivering lots of carefully-designed assets together with our design team.

Content creation and campaign execution:

• Plan and project manage the execution of communications campaigns, ensuring all deliverables are completed on time and to a high standard.
• Support our busy Events team with communications, working with our Event Marketer to coordinate messaging, collateral, and outreach.
• Monitor and optimise campaign performance, using learnings and analytics to refine content and improve strategy.
• Develop, refine, and distribute marketing and communications collateral, including decks, explainers, reports, press releases, short videos, and promotional materials.
• Lead execution across our priority channels, ensuring consistent, high-quality content and engagement:
• Short videos - editing short videos for marketing and social media platforms, including simple graphic creation.
• Social media – actively contributing to our Asana content calendar, creating social media tiles using our template library, scheduling posts and tracking insights and performance. Ensure that all content is clear, engaging, and aligned with our brand and partnership goals.
• Externally, build relationships with Apolitical’s partners, including communications counterparts, senior public servants and media professionals, to deliver impact through effective campaigns and collateral.
• Internally, ringlead across teams (Partnerships, Events, Sales, Product) to ensure internal alignment, quality and speed of delivery.
• Own and improve communications processes and workflows, ensuring smooth delivery of contracted comms work.
• Maintain knowledge management systems, ensuring key content, templates, and workflows are well-documented, organised, and accessible.
• Track and manage deliverables across multiple client accounts, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.

Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Apolitical is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways.