Campaign Communications Officer

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About The Role: As we prepare to launch our ambitious Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement campaign in Spring 2027, this is a unique opportunity to play a key role at a defining moment for our team. You’ll be part of a high-profile, organisation-wide effort, helping to bring inspiring stories, creative ideas and impactful communications to life as we engage alumni and supporters in bold new ways. This is an exciting, cross-team role offering the chance to collaborate on a wide range of projects and creative formats. Supporting both fundraising and alumni engagement communications, this position is ideal for a creatively driven individual who enjoys working across the full breadth of a modern communications function. You’ll bring strong design experience across multiple channels and feel confident creating engaging content for fundraising, research, volunteer recruitment and events. We’re looking for someone who is curious, adaptable and energised by variety – someone who can translate ideas into compelling visual and written content. In this role, you will tailor content for diverse audiences across a range of platforms, so excellent attention to detail, strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities and build strong relationships will be key to your success. As a core member of the team, you will help shape the external voice and personality of the Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement (P&A) team, working within clear brand guidelines while bringing fresh thinking and creativity. You’ll be joining a friendly, highly skilled and supportive team during an especially exciting period of growth and activity. This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract for a period of 18 months from the start date. P&A has a hybrid working approach, with a minimum of 40% of time in the office. Typically, this equates to two days per week, but we’re very happy for colleagues to be in more frequently if they so wish.

About You: To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

• Experience of translating organisational activity into engaging and clear content.
• Understanding of communicating with different audiences and understanding their need/interests.
• Active professional interest in content trends and innovations as a means of driving engagement.
• Significant experience of creating video and other image based content, using design software Photoshop and InDesign.
• Experience of the UK charity sector or university philanthropy and alumni engagement.
• Proactive in spotting opportunities and able to work independently.
• Organised and diligent; able to work on multiple projects, prioritising effectively to manage competing deadlines while maintaining attention to detail.
• Confident attending events to capture content and engage with attendees.
• Experience of reporting on email or social media campaigns.
• Experience with Contensis website CMS or Dynamics Marketing App.
• Experience of managing and moderating social media comments.
• Experience of working on a major fundraising or engagement campaign.

Further Information: At King’s, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university. The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension. We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination. When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King’s guidance. We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements, including part-time, compressed hours and/or job shares, as appropriate and in the context of the business needs associated with the role.