Communications Assistant (Discover! Creative Careers)

Discover Creative Careers (DCC) is a government funded, industry led programme providing specialist information, advice, and guidance about careers in the Creative Industries (CIs) to young people aged 11-18 years, and those that support their careers decisions. DCC provides online resources, in-person events and training throughout the year, culminating in the annual award-winning Discover! Creative Careers Week in November. It focuses on young people in 77 priority areas across England identified as those facing the greatest disadvantage, supporting schools and colleges to meet several Gatsby benchmarks.

Since launching in 2018, it has connected with over 150,000 children and young people via industry talks, workplace encounters, lesson plans, and industry informed resources, all of which are hosted on the Discover! Creative Careers website. It also hosts a range of toolkits including the popular  Careers Finder. The website is the only site to bring all subsectors of the creative industries together and deliver content that is entirely informed or created by industry partners. 

The Communications assistant (Discover! Creative Careers) is a newly created role for 2025-2026 responsible for supporting the expanding communications function and the Communications Manager (Discover! Creative Careers) to deliver the continued implementation of the Discover! Creative Careers communications strategy until March 2026, ensuring promotion of the programme and its aims reaches and engages with its key target audiences and stakeholders through a range of channels.

The post holder will support with ongoing story capture, activity promotion, thought leadership, and strong partner liaison to aid the effective delivery of the various programme components across various channels and in partnership with the strategic communications teams at Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS).

Contract: Fixed Term to March 2026, Full time

Salary: £25,210 per annum

Reports to: Communications Manager (Discover! Creative Careers) x2

Click here for the full Communications assistant (Discover! Creative Careers) job description.

The ideal candidate will have the following:

Essential:

• Experience of writing accurate and engaging copy and implementing content across various channels
• Experience of time-limited programmes
• Ability to work proactively, diplomatically, and supportively as part of a team
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal), and the ability to communicate with a wide range of people
• Highly developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to work proactively with people at all levels, including apprentices and employers
• Ability to work well under pressure in a calm, methodical and organised manner
• Able to work independently and prioritise workload to meet fixed deadlines
• Experience of using website CMS, CRM systems for data segmentation and e-marketing, social media content creation and scheduling
• Experience of Adobe Creative Suite
• Basic video editing experience
• Proactive with a ‘can do’ attitude

Preferred:

• Experience of working on careers, training and/or education programmes
• Experience of working in the creative industries
• Experience of using Adobe Creative Suite (mainly InDesign and Premiere Pro) and HubSpot

Other skills and attributes:

• Empathy: Able to build positive relationships and provide appropriate support to apprentices.
• Communication: A strong and confident verbal communicator, comfortable engaging with individuals across different organisations and sectors.
• Integrity: Consistently upholds high ethical standards and integrates these principles into project work and professional relationships.
• Judgement: Able to assess situations effectively, making informed decisions independently where appropriate, and knowing when to seek advice or support.
• Problem-Solving: Approaches challenges with creativity, resilience, and innovation, remaining solution-focused even when faced with obstacles.

ScreenSkills offers benefits including: 

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• EAP - Access to financial, physical and mental wellbeing support
• Season Ticket Loan
• Eye Care scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to Reward Gateway – popular retailer discounts
• Life Assurance

To apply: Please submit a completed ScreenSkills job application form and CV to jobs@screenskills.com. Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

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In the last two years we have helped 48,447 people across: eLearning, training, events, bursaries and stepping up programmes such as Trainee Finder, that’s why having diverse talents and being an organisation where colleagues feel included is crucial to us. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering after a career break, women, people who are LGBTQ+, minority ethnic people, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, from a less advantaged socio-economic background as well as any other under-represented group.