Publicis Groupe UK is a marketing and digital transformation business made up of 5,000 talented and versatile people with expertise in media, creative, influence, technology and data, working across 21 agencies.

Publicis Groupe UK creative agencies include Saatchi & Saatchi, BBH, Digitas, Leo Burnett and Publicis•Poke. Also, within the stable are PR agencies MSL and Kekst CNC and sustainability consultancy, Salterbaxter. Publicis Media is home to Zenith, Starcom and Spark Foundry as well as specialist practices PMX, Performics, Publicis Sport & Entertainment and Publicis Content, providing expertise across media strategy, investment, data and technology.

Langland, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness and Digitas Health serve clients across health and wellness, science and medicine. They combine expertise across advertising and branding, clinical trial experience, data and analytics, technology, medical strategy and education and public relations and policy. 

At the core of Publicis Groupe’s data and technology offering sits Epsilon which provides personalisation at scale through CORE-ID, its proprietary data tech platform.

Publicis Sapient is the business transformation arm of Publicis Groupe, marrying technology, data sciences and business consulting with engineering and creativity, it helps clients transform digitally.

Publicis Groupe UK clients include BT, McDonald’s, ASDA, Tesco, L’Oreal, P&G, Kellogg’s, VW UK, Reckitts Benckiser, Samsung and Disney among others, encompassing six of the UK’s top 10 advertisers.

Employees share a common purpose, consistent ways of working and a financial structure that encourages collaboration.

In 2015 Publicis Groupe introduced the Power of One. Simplifying the traditional agency structure, the model removes silos between agencies and disciplines to put clients’ needs at the heart of the structure.

Publicis Groupe UK has offices in Chancery Lane, Television Centre in White City, Baker Street, Turnmills in Farringdon, Windsor, Teddington and Dublin, and people based in Edinburgh.  Publicis Groupe has a presence in more than 100 countries and employs nearly 84,000 people worldwide.

Our Commitment
As part of our dedication to create an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Groupe UK is committed to equal access to opportunity for people without regard to race, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion. 

We’re looking for an internal communications manager to cover a 3 month sabbatical. 

This individual will help plan and deliver engaging internal communications for Publicis Groupe UK.

Key Responsibilities Include:

You will play a central day-to-day role in connecting the different areas of our business, working closely with our talent team to share our initiatives, news and events, and bringing them to life for our 5,000 employees through a variety of internal communications.

• Lead internal communications strategy, driving campaigns and initiatives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to produce regular internal newsletters.
• Update content on UK pages of AI platform, Marcel.
• Maintain databases and materials for internal communications.
• Ensure alignment of internal communications with business messages, updating internal issues book.

• You are a journalist, copywriter or communications professional.
• You’re a great communicator and collaborator.
• Excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills, including the ability to source and craft stories from a range of sources and stakeholders.
• Be familiar with using a variety of content management systems.
• You are clear, direct, and understand how to adapt communications both written and verbal depending on your audience.
• Organised and scrupulous about meeting deadlines.
• Able to develop rapport, trust and great working relationships with all colleagues in a complex work environment.
• Engaging, positive with an infectious enthusiasm, someone that people naturally gravitate to, want to be around and work with.
• Flexible, at home in a fast-paced environment with the ability to think on your feet, work in an agile manner and adapt to changing requests.

Please see the full job description here and apply to discuss further with a member of our talent acquisition team.

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office-based three days during the working week. 

We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process.

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