Internal Communications Manager

Summary

Join Sterlington, a growing international law firm, as their Internal Communications Manager! This full-time, remote position requires a dynamic individual passionate about entrepreneurship and sophisticated work. You will build and develop the firm's communications infrastructure, ensuring that the remote-first, international teams feel connected. The role involves leading internal communications, liaising with external PR agencies, and embedding the firm's people strategy. You will manage internal communication channels, collaborate with various internal teams, and support key internal events. Success in this role requires strategic communications experience, particularly in multi-jurisdictional projects, and strong written and oral communication skills.

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience of leading strategic communications projects – desirable if these projects were run multi-jurisdictional
• C.6+ years’ experience working within a communications role with some of this experience gained at Manager level
• Experience of working in a remote-first environment
• Vendor analysis, selection, and implementation experience around internal communications / intranet platforms
• Exceptional written, oral, and presentational skills in English
• Persuasive and inspiring in their communications style and effectively influences stakeholders at various levels within the Firm
• Highly adept at prioritizing a busy workload with multiple stakeholders
• Comfortable working in a diverse, fast-paced, international business

Responsibilities

• Takes the lead in working with HR to establish a communications strategy for the business change and people strategy initiatives
• A core part of this role is to ensure that the remote, international teams feel connected and heighten their collaboration as we continue to experience high growth
• Owns and manages all internal comms channels and platforms (newsletters, apps, emails, intranet, webinars etc)
• Collaborates with internal teams on firm or global team-wide comms across multiple areas (HR, D&I, IT, accounting etc)
• Works closely with external PR agencies and other external partners to manage and execute external communications, including media relations, press releases, and proactive storytelling initiatives that elevate the Firm's brand presence in the market
• Supports on key internal events and get-togethers, including comms & planning
• Understands the overlap between communications and brand
• Can visualize and concisely explain communications concepts to wider team members to ensure ideas reflect our brand
• Designs and rolls out a ‘town-hall’ programme, to provide our global team members with senior leadership updates
• The comms manager will be confident in their written and oral presentation skills and will take a lead on MCing these events
• Proactively seeks to make recommendations to improve ways of working and suggests ideas and process improvements across the team and the firm
• Acts as the primary point of contact for external communications, ensuring that our external messaging is aligned with our internal narrative and supports the Firm's strategic objectives

Preferred Qualifications

Working knowledge of professional services (partnerships) environment would be advantageous, given our organizational structure, however it is more important that the candidate demonstrates their ability to work across different countries, noting cultural and communications nuances