Responsibilities Include (but are not limited to)
- Ability to provide proactive consultation to the client on integrated marketing and communications methods (paid, owned, earned or shared)
- Identifying areas of improvement related to client delivery, such as streamlining organizational processes and pursuing further education related to the clients’ business.
- Works with the account managers and account leaders to ensure they understand the ultimate objectives of both strategy and tactics
- Developing ideas for integrated work and content across print, digital and social media
- Ability to craft strong creative, media, and brand narratives
- Demonstrates an increasingly working knowledge of multiple channels and how to execute programs across channels
- Build and maintain media lists, create, pitch, and coordinate news release templates and distribution
- Compile, measure, and track metrics across multiple platforms
- Developing strong working relationships with clients as well as Vested team members
- Reviewing work being produced by the team to ensure output is up to Vested standards
- Works toward becoming an expert on their client's business and Vested’s role as a strategic communications partner
- Supporting the team by assisting with research and brainstorming sessions
- Preparing account service-related documents such as meeting agendas, meeting reports, proposals and other client communications and correspondence
- Ability to manage multiple projects, tasks and deadlines simultaneously
Ideal Candidate will have:
Expressed knowledge and interest in financial services, public relations or integrated marketing communications
Bachelor's in Marketing, Public Relations, Communications, Journalism, or at least 4 years of related working experience
Previous financial services PR or Marketing Communications experience, preferably with clients across personal finance such as mortgages, savings, insurance and banking
Experience in media monitoring, list building, trend spotting, conducting outreach, and monitoring for coverage
Experience of media relations efforts, including developing and drafting pitches and long-form content
Shows ownership over their work - quickly works to correct mistakes and focuses on delivering high-quality output
Leverages existing skill sets and proactively identifies how to tap into these skills on behalf of clients
We are a fully flexible agency but due to the nature of this role, we are seeking candidates in the London area who can operate from our London office as needed. Hours are Monday through Friday, starting at 8 am GMT
Skills Required
- Bachelor's in Marketing, Public Relations, Communications, Journalism, or at least 4 years of related working experience
- Previous financial services PR or Marketing Communications experience, preferably with clients across personal finance such as mortgages, savings, insurance and banking
- Experience in media monitoring, list building, trend spotting, conducting outreach, and monitoring for coverage
- Experience of media relations efforts, including developing and drafting pitches and long-form content
What We Do
Vested is a world-leading integrated marketing and communications consultancy focused exclusively on the financial services industry. We were founded in 2015 with a mission to help shape a better financial services system that is more accessible, transparent, and sustainable. Today, Vested is the world's fourth-largest financial services agency, comprising over 100 employees widely recognized for their industry expertise, creativity, and passion for financial services. Our team is proud to do work that drives our mission forward - from uncomplicating finance through creative advertising campaigns to raising awareness of fintech disrupters working to make finance more accessible. From branding to social to creative to PR and more, we’re in the business of solving problems for the world’s most important financial brands. Group Vested encompasses a prestigious portfolio of companies, including the cutting-edge tech platform Qwoted, the global network of 1,000+ senior financial marcomms leaders Financial Narrative, investment fund Vested Ventures, and our content and design hub, Finance Studio. Recognized as one of the industry's Best Places to Work, our unwavering goal is to become the most valued and sought-after brand in financial marketing and communications. With our own in-house Chief Economist and proprietary educational program, VestED, every team member, at any level, has continuous learning and up-skilling opportunities. As a “Vestie”, you become an owner, an entrepreneur, a builder, and a value creator. At Vested, we are proud to do the right thing, even when it's hard. We are relentlessly curious and consistently challenge the status quo. Join us as we lead the way in transforming the industry and delivering exceptional results for our clients.
