Aquent
External Communications Associate [AQ-19280]
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External Communications Associate | EMEA Culture, Creators & Entertainment
Drive multi-market campaigns and highlight creator culture across EMEA for a world-leading digital media platform.
Are you a proactive PR professional passionate about digital culture, content creators, and entertainment? We are seeking an External Communications Associate to join a central regional communications team at a tier-1 global streaming and technology platform. In this role, you will lead proactive campaigns that highlight cultural moments, prove the legitimacy of digital creators in the broader creative industry, and connect storytelling directly to commercial growth.
What’s In It For You
- Competitive Pay: £37.50 per hour (PAYE).
- Time Off: 33 days paid holiday per annum (pro-rata, inclusive of bank holidays).
- Flexible Working: Hybrid model (3 days onsite in Tottenham Court Road, London / 2 days remote).
- High-Impact Scope: 6-month contract (maternity cover) driving major calendar moments across key European and Middle Eastern markets.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Drive proactive EMEA-wide comms campaigns celebrating digital culture, creators, and niche communities (e.g., educational creators, cultural film festival presence).
- Project-manage major annual flagship campaigns, including global and regional top-trending End-of-Year video lists across 5–6 key EMEA markets.
- Build social-first and traditional media narratives that prove creator impact to key opinion formers, policymakers, and advertisers.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Global Comms, Regional Partnerships, Marketing, and local in-country PR teams (UK, France, Germany, MENA, Nordics, etc.).
- Synthesise research, survey data, and trend insights into compelling pitch angles, press materials, and social content.
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What You’ll Bring
- 5–8 years of experience in consumer PR, entertainment comms, or tech PR (in-house tech company or top-tier PR agency experience preferred).
- Multi-Market Scope: Proven experience executing campaigns across multiple international territories or coordinating with local country teams.
- Hybrid Comms Expertise: Equal fluency in traditional media relations and social-first content creation/strategy.
- Self-Starter Mindset: Ability to navigate a complex, fast-moving matrix organisation with minimal oversight and strong proactive initiative.
- Proactive Culture Focus: Background in consumer/creator PR rather than corporate communications or crisis management.
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Client Description
Our Client is a multinational technology company, specialising in Internet-related services and products; including online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. The atmosphere is relaxed with a diverse and innovative culture. Opportunities for growth and progression and networking with like-minded people across the business and beyond.
Aquent is dedicated to improving inclusivity & is proudly an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from under-represented groups & are committed to providing support to applicants with disabilities. We aim to provide reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, to those with a medical condition, disability or neurodivergence.
Other Requirements
This role is open for a limited time. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted ASAP. Application deadline: COB Friday, 25th September 2026
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