Communications Officer

Reports to: Communications Manager
Hours: 37.5 hours
Contract: Permanent
Annual Leave: Starting on 25 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays

About the Role:

The Communications Officer will serve as SAS’s primary lead on email marketing, making this an ideal role for a proactive communicator with outstanding copywriting skills who can also manage the technical processes required to deliver successful email campaigns. As part of the Communications team, a central function within the charity, you will join a dynamic group of five professionals responsible for maintaining and developing the SAS brand, managing communication channels, producing and overseeing content creation, and providing crossorganisational communications support. While email marketing will be your area of expertise, you will contribute to the full range of SAS’s communications activities.

This is an exciting time to join SAS as we embark on a CRM implementation project, transitioning from Campaign Monitor to Microsoft Dynamics. The successful candidate will receive support to swiftly develop, execute, and manage email marketing campaigns on this new platform. SAS’s core campaign issues, including sewage and plastic pollution, are currently at the forefront of the political agenda. This role offers a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious communications specialist in the early stages of their career to take on significant responsibilities and make a meaningful impact on SAS’s communications, helping to protect the UK’s rivers, lakes, seas, and oceans.

 

What You’ll be Doing

In this role you’ll:

• Lead the development of emails for SAS’s core subscriber list, both proactive and reactive

• Collaborate across the organisation to advise and support email marketing strategy and execution

• Develop, manage, and refine SAS’s email automations

• Maintain and segment SAS’s email subscriber list, serving as the organisation’s lead for the email marketing platform (currently Campaign Monitor, transitioning to Microsoft Dynamics)

• Track, analyse, and report on email campaign metrics

• Continuously seek and implement improvements in email marketing strategies

• Work collaboratively and flexibly with colleagues within the communications team to effectively deliver the team’s objectives

• Act as a brand guardian

• Respond to ad-hoc requests and undertake any other duties within the scope, spirit, and purpose of the post Location This role will be  Our hybrid working model means you can enjoy the benefits of both office based and remote working. Reasonable adjustments as well as specific officebased needs will be considered for those with long term health conditions and disabilities.