Jay Vickers

Experience

• 

  Plymouth Community Homes

  Feb 2012 - now

  • Developing, implementing and evaluating internal and external communications initiatives across the organisation.• Working as part of the Communications Team to promote PCH and contributing to the delivery of the organisation’s strategic business plan. • Providing professional advice and support to PCH employees at all levels on all aspects of effective two-way communications and the marketing of services. • Working with departments to identify and plan stories, driving the news agenda for the organisation and maximising positive media coverage. • Identifying and exploring possibilities for commercial activity in line with PCH’s status as a social enterprise. • Prompting positive and accurate media coverage of PCH activities and initiatives by researching, drafting, clearing and circulating media releases, arranging media opportunities and developing good relations with the local, regional and specialist media, as well as working with national media where required. • Providing fast and accurate responses to enquiries from the local, trade and national media. • Writing and editing high quality copy for publications, websites and adverts and to manage the production of internal and external publications.• Managing, creating, commissioning and overseeing the production of video content aligned to PCH brand including managing relationships with film makes and processing the internal demand for film. • Maintaining and up-to-date knowledge of current issues, best practice and tools relating to marketing communications, particularly in digital communications, to provide expert advice, guidance and support to the business. • Taking lead responsibility for internal communications for the organisation – scoping, producing, and delivering an internal communications strategy.• Developing and delivering staff training courses for social media and website content management where required. Show less • Good Communication Skills, both verbal and written • Knowledge of and experience in using social media • Experience of uploading and editing information on a website • An understanding of social housing • Excellent Planning and Organising skills • Ability to build strong relationships with people at all levels, both internal and external to the business• Excellent concern for accuracy • Customer focussed and friendly • Tactful and Diplomatic with an ability to handle sensitive and confidential information• Well-presented and able to represent the organisation• Ability and willingness to study to gain a qualification without supervision Show less

  • Senior Communications Officer

    Oct 2018 - now

  • Communications Officer

    Aug 2016 - Oct 2018

  • Communications Assistant

    Sept 2015 - Aug 2016

  • Governance Assistant

    Feb 2012 - Sept 2015