Corporate Communications Specialist

At AlixPartners, we solve the most complex and critical challenges by moving quickly from analysis to action when it really matters; creating value that has a lasting impact on companies, their people, and the communities they serve. By understanding, respecting, and honouring the needs of our employees, clients, and communities, AlixPartners actively promotes an inclusive environment. We strongly believe in the value that diversity brings to our experiences and are committed to the perpetual enhancements of initiatives, policies, and practices. We hold ourselves accountable by providing the space for authenticity, growth, and equity for everyone.

AlixPartners has embraced a hybrid work model to provide flexibility and support our employees’ work-life integration. Our hybrid model combines a mix of in-person at an AlixPartners office on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with remote working options for Monday and Friday. 

What you’ll do

The Corporate Content & Communications team operates as a key component of AlixPartners’ broader Marketing & Business Development function. Its purpose is to position, promote and protect the firm’s brand and people, value proposition and reputation to a wide audience of external stakeholders including clients, media, commercial and ESG partners and regulators. Comprised of experienced practitioners with deep communications, content, creative and brand management expertise the team’s key areas of focus are:

• Design and delivery of high-quality brand development
• Content creation spanning the firm’s corporate, industry and service-line
• Media and other external stakeholder

The Corporate Communications Specialist position is a newly created role within Corporate Content & Communications group and will touch nearly every aspect of the team’s day to day responsibilities. It will involve significant collaboration with peers and leadership within the immediate team as well as to working alongside colleagues from other specialist marketing functions. It will also afford regular visibility of the firm’s wider leadership from the office of the Chief Executive down. The role is based in AlixPartners’ London office and reports to the firm’s Director Head of Corporate Marketing. 

The role calls for a talented, informed, and ambitious communications professional able to blend creativity, strategic insight, and operational excellence all while managing a complex agenda and multiple stakeholder groups in a fast-paced environment.

• Identifying and managing key media relationships for the firm, building a relevant journalist database, tracking activity via regular contact, monitoring everyone’s output, and devising tactics and strategies to ensure AlixPartners is regularly front of mind as a valued content contributor, working closely with our external media relations agency and our in-house media relations team globally.
• Monitoring global business news and other relevant outlets to identify comment and opinion opportunities for AlixPartners.
• Working with the team’s content creators behind the firm’s major pieces of intellectual property (including our signature Disruption Index and certain industry focused properties) to identify key messages, create over-arching narratives, and build out high quality supporting communications campaigns both offline and, increasingly, online.
• Providing support and contribution to the firm’s existing CEO visibility program. This will include assisting in content development, social media activation, and preparing for media and other speaking engagements, as well as identifying new content and comment opportunities on current affairs and business issues.
• Providing support and contribution to the firm’s Senior Executive Visibility Program similar to the CEO program (see above bullet).
• Supporting team leadership in identifying, preparing for, promoting, and capturing follow up from the firm’s most high-profile events-based relationships. These include, but are not limited to, The World Economic Forum, WSJ CEO Council, The Times CEO Summit, and Milken.
• Additional responsibilities as identified. This description is not designed to encompass a comprehensive listing of required activities, duties, or responsibilities.

What you’ll need  

The role is an exciting opportunity for a communications professional looking to take the next step in their career. The decisions and actions taken in this role are in pursuit of outcomes which have significant impact on the firm and how it is perceived externally. It requires a highly energetic, motivated, and technically excellent individual with the following attributes:

• Minimum one year of relevant work experience.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Storytelling excellence, a love for writing with first class written and oral presentation skills in English.
• A passion for news and current affairs married to the ability and desire to find ways to align AlixPartners with the stories of the day and pitch the firm accordingly.
• A deep understanding of the value, purpose, and requirements of effective use of social media.
• Intellectual agility, able to take high concept ideas and distil them into compelling, easily accessible outputs.
• Ability to work autonomously and exhibit excellent stakeholder management skills, able to manage and build rapport in all directions.
• Proactive and responsive; able to remain calm and manage multiple large and complex projects simultaneously under time pressure and adapt to changing circumstances using sound judgment as to when escalation is required.
• Core working hours are generally 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM, Monday - Friday; willingness to work outside of normal UK business hours, and as unique projects/needs arise.
• Ability to work full time in an office and remote environment; physically able to sit/stand at a computer and work in front of a computer screen for significant portions of the workday.
• Must become familiar with, and promote and abide by, our Core Values as defined by the AlixPartners’ Code of Conduct and foster an inclusive environment with people at all levels of an organization.

 AlixPartners is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or disability.