Marketing Communications Assistant - (6 months initial contract)

Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, driving transformational change within our clients.  We use proven technology, specialist teams and domain expertise to build solid technical foundations across platforms, data, and business applications.  We have a passion for using technology to solve business problems, working in partnership with our clients to help in achieving their goals. 

About the role: 

As a Marketing Communications Assistant, you’ll have the opportunity to be part of meaningful projects that drive innovation and sustainability in the energy sector. This role is perfect for someone eager to contribute to large-scale initiatives, supporting efforts that make a real impact on both the environment and the communities we serve. You’ll collaborate closely with a team dedicated to delivering clear and engaging communications that highlight the success and progression of cutting-edge projects.

In this role, you’ll help shape how stories are shared, promote internal knowledge-sharing, and highlight key achievements. Your work will involve everything from creating and curating content to analyzing the effectiveness of communications, ensuring that messaging resonates across a wide audience. If you’re passionate about contributing to important projects and developing your marketing skills, this role offers the perfect platform.

Here's what the role looks like:

• Collate and curate content for newsletters, ensuring internal and external communications stay engaging and informative.
• Develop success stories that spotlight major achievements and milestones in critical energy projects.
• Create and maintain guides with helpful hints and tips for users of our internal communication tools.
• Analyze communication data and provide insights to improve engagement and performance.
• Manage SharePoint content by creating pages and ensuring information is up-to-date and accessible for internal teams.
• Support ongoing marketing efforts by contributing to a variety of content and communication projects as needed.

Requirements

• Excellent writing and content creation skills, especially in newsletters, success stories, and informational guides.
• Creative mindset with a keen eye for detail
• Ability to multitask and manage various projects simultaneously
• Basic understanding of digital marketing principles and strategies
• Experience in SharePoint content creation (i.e., building pages and managing updates).
• Familiarity with communication analytics, with the ability to extract and present actionable insights.
• Relevant degree in Business Administration, Communications, or Marketing, or equivalent experience.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and graphic design software (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite) is a plus.

Benefits

At Sword, our core values and culture are based on caring about our people, investing in training and career development, and building inclusive teams where we are all encouraged to contribute to achieve success.  

We offer comprehensive benefits designed to support your professional development and enhance your overall quality of life.  In addition to a Competitive Salary, here's what you can expect as part of our benefits package: 

• Personalised Career Development: We create a development plan customised to your goals and aspirations, with a range of learning and development opportunities within a culture that encourages growth. 
• Flexible working: Flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance.  We can’t promise to always be able to meet every request, however, are keen to discuss your individual preferences to make it work where we can. 
• A Fantastic Benefits Package: This includes generous annual leave allowance, enhanced family friendly benefits, pension scheme, access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes, an employee assistance programme, discounted cash plan and more…. 

At Sword we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, ensuring that all applicants receive fair and equal consideration for employment, regardless of whether they meet every requirement. If you don’t tick all the boxes but feel you have some of the relevant skills and experience we’re looking for, please do consider applying and highlight your transferable skills and experience. We embrace diversity in all its forms, valuing individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Your perspective and potential are important to us. 

If we can do anything to help make the hiring process more accessible, please let our talent acquisition team know when you apply so we can support any adjustments.