Trainee Executive, Brunswick Arts

Opportunity

As a Trainee Executive (6 month contract), you would form an integral part of the Brunswick Arts team, providing support across the Brunswick Arts team in London and helping with the day to day running of client accounts amongst other key tasks. This post suits recent graduates with a passion for the role of arts and the Creative Industries, or those with some experience of working within the cultural sector or related communications posts.

As a Trainee Executive, you will deliver timely news updates and research to inform our work, and in doing so you will develop a strong understanding of clients’ businesses. Brunswick Trainee Executives are the eyes and ears of their teams; they prepare key client documents and often lead on research, working alongside our research teams.

Our work at Brunswick Arts

Brunswick Arts is an international communications consultancy dedicated to promoting and managing the reputation and interests of cultural, charitable and corporate organisations around the world. For more than twenty years, international clients have relied on us to manage and build reputation and profile, manage crises and engage with stakeholders. As one of the sector offerings of Brunswick Group, a strategic advisory firm focused on critical issues, we can respond seamlessly and effectively to clients’ needs wherever they are in the world.

Key Responsibilities

• Media monitoring – national broadsheet newspapers, art and design trade, consumer, lifestyle and online outlets
• Social media monitoring – on select issues and clients, trend analysis
• Proof reading and drafting media materials, background documents and media lists (using our tools)
• Effectively handle logistics around media and client meetings, announcement days, and other client events. Attend client meetings as requested
• Background research to support the Partner and Directors for networking and new business meetings
• Identify and assess media and visibility opportunities for clients; generate ideas for campaigns and appropriate outlets; pitch stories
• Participating in the coordination of, and attending Brunswick Arts events.
• Acting as an ambassador for, and building the network of Brunswick Arts – e.g. attending exhibitions, previews and performing arts events
• Support on client diary management for senior team
• Provide support on varied ad-hoc, administration tasks.

Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies

• A passion for the arts, demonstrated by an in-depth knowledge and/or prior experience in their field(s) of interest.
• Ability to operate effectively in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional research, writing and communication skills.
• Ability to think strategically and creatively, with strong problem-solving skills and detail orientated.
• Confident and polite phone manner; professional approach to interacting with clients.
• Ability to multitask efficiently and manage competing priorities and stakeholders.
• Proficiency in MS Office, particularly Word and PowerPoint
• Clear understanding of social media platform uses by arts organisations (Instagram and Twitter)
• Ability to speak a foreign language advantageous (preference for European languages, Arabic).
• Self-motivated and an eager learner.

Our Benefits

In addition to life assurance, group income protection, and employer pension contribution, we offer: 

• Annual discretionary bonus based on company and individual performance.
• 25 days’ annual leave entitlement (excluding bank holidays) plus an additional day of leave for your birthday.
• Private Medical Insurance for yourself and your dependants, including access to a digital GP service, Menopause plan and Healthline.
• Family Leave policies - Maternity, Paternity, Shared Parental & Adoption.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Headspace for Work membership.
• Financial wellbeing benefit schemes – Season Ticket Loan, Tenancy Deposit Loan and Cycle to Work.
• Eye Care – annual eye examination and contribution towards glasses.
• Annual Flu Vaccinations.
• Corporate Gym Memberships at discounted rates for local gyms.
• External Partnerships – offers and priority booking through the National Theatre.
• Complimentary artisan coffee, tea and snacks, served by our own barista in our café.
• Daily breakfast and lunch served twice a week in our café.
• Lunch & Learn training sessions.
• Regular social, cultural and charitable activities.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Maintaining and strengthening a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace are pillars of Brunswick’s culture and key to our future success. Valuing and supporting every colleague as an individual while helping them reach their full potential is critical to attracting and developing our greatest strength – our people. By embracing our differences and diverse perspectives we create richer experiences within our firm and enhance the quality of the ideas and advice that we deliver to our clients.

Brunswick is an equal opportunities employer and our Equal Opportunities Policy is available on request.

About Brunswick Group

Brunswick is a critical issues firm. We advise the world’s leading companies on how to navigate the critical issues they face and engage with their critical stakeholders.

Our purpose is to help our clients play their role in the world more successfully. We help the leaders of the world’s great value-creating organizations operate successfully across the increasingly complex and fast-changing arenas of finance, politics and society at large.

Brunswick is one firm globally, operating as a single profit centre. This allows us to respond seamlessly and effectively to clients’ needs wherever they are in the world.

Background

Founded in London in 1987, Brunswick’s global partnership has grown organically to 27 offices in 18 countries. We began as a M&A and financial communications firm and, over time, expanded our capabilities to provide expert advice to our clients on a range of business critical issues. We invested in new offices, sector teams and practice groups including investor engagement; shareholder activism; governance; regulatory and public affairs, including geopolitical; crisis; litigation; social issues including climate change and diversity, equity and inclusion; cybersecurity, data and privacy; employee engagement; digital communications; opinion research and analysis, and; creative services.

Our CEO is Henry Timms, based in New York. Our Chairman is Sir Alan Parker, based in London.