Work closely with the Director of Corporate Affairs and Corporate Affairs leadership team in coordinating and managing key Corporate Affair moments, campaigns, and annual calendar of activity
Ensure high-quality outcomes on time, regularly providing updates, insights, and lessons learned across the business
Build and maintain strong networks across the different DS Smith divisions and functions, as well as the wider Packaging Corporate Affairs Team
Manage communication activations to support business objectives, demonstrating benefits of modern 2-way engagement strategies
Constant campaign and project management, including updates to Corporate Affairs, EMEA Leadership Team, etc.
Measure and analyze campaigns and projects, using insights to inform future activities and drive continuous improvement.

Degree level education, or equivalent, with a preference for graduates of Communications
Strong knowledge across a full range of face to face, digital, print and broadcast communication channels to reach a mix of connected and non-connected employees
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with cultural awareness, sensitivity to the audience and medium in use
Passionate storyteller and content creator, able to mine for stories across a European wide network of stakeholders – from commercial to operational teams
Able to turn complex information into brief, relevant and engaging content to reflect the nature of the stakeholder, audience and message
Excellent technical skills in applications such as Poppulo (or similar Email client), Qualtrics, MS suite, Adobe (InDesign and Premiere) and digital collaboration and engagement tools
Excellent project management skills
the ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously, while able to be resilient and deliver results under pressure and to tight deadlines
Experience of collaborative working and building strong relationship to influence stakeholders to enable the delivery of effective communication activations.

Communications Coordinator – Corporate Affairs

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