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Specialist Recruiter vs In-House Hiring | What’s Best for Your Business?

After a challenging period, hiring activity appears to be rebounding, with Symphony Talent’s 2025 Talent Acquisition Report highlighting that 53% of organisations expect to ramp up their recruitm...

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Building High-Performing Cultures in Remote Teams

Culture and retention go hand in hand, and while working environments are largely kick-started by leadership, they’re sustained with effective communication. However, many organisations have face...

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The Importance of Resilience in Marketing & Communications

All organisations are going through the same macroeconomic challenges at the moment, and major flux driven by AI, emerging technologies, geopolitical events and other factors. The pace of change ...

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Top Marketing, Communications & Digital Roles for H2 2025

With emerging technologies, global turmoil, climate change and more all impacting the business agenda, it’s no wonder that the pace of evolution seems dizzying at the moment. The same trend is o...

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6 Things You Need to Protect Your Brand in a Crisis

All organisations will at some point encounter a crisis that they will need to navigate their way through. Whether that’s brought on by poor corporate performance, the behaviour of an employee, or...

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5 Transferable Marketing Skills That Every Business Needs

In an ideal world, all employers would have marketing and communications teams stocked with niche experts for specific roles, but in reality, the skills-short nature of the modern employment mark...

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5 Marketing Soft Skills Every Business Needs

In previous blogs, we have covered some of the competencies required by marketing teams for specific roles. However, we are all operating in a climate defined by flux and change, and businesses th...

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5 Affiliate Marketing Skills All Businesses Should Be Seeking

Organisations have an increasing array of options and methods at their disposal to promote services to target audiences. A key tenet of modern engagement is affiliate marketing, and while not new...

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The Role of Sustainability in Modern Marketing

We have previously analysed the role of marketing and communication in climate change, and highlighted how teams can offset their carbon emissions, however, sustainability itself is a core tenet o...

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How to Attract and Retain Marcomms Talent

It’s no secret that broader economic conditions have unbalanced the hiring market over the past year, with supply of professionals outweighing demand from businesses that have been uncertain about...

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CRM Manager Job Description | Template

Template Department/Section: MarketingDirect Reports: CRM ExecutiveReporting Into (Line Manager): Head of MarketingCRM Manager Job Description The CRM (Customer Relationship Management) Manager is...

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Using Internal Communications to Build High-Performing Working Cultures

Effective internal communication is crucial for organisations of all shapes and sizes and is a key element in driving overall business success and creating environments where people thrive. Employ...

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6 Brand Management Skills All Businesses Should Be Seeking

To the vast majority of businesses, their brand is everything. As advertising guru David Ogilvy once said, ‘a business without a brand is like a person without a personality’ and an organisation...

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What Is the Role of Communications in M&A Activity?

The US author Terry Goodkind once said that ‘reality is irrelevant, perception is everything’, and while that’s only partially true when it comes to merger and acquisition (M&A) activity, an attr...

Head of Corporate Affairs Job Description | Template

Template Department/Section: CommunicationsDirect Reports: Media Relations Manager, Public Affairs ManagerReporting Into (Line Manager): Director of CommunicationsHead of Corporate Affairs Job De...

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How to Measure the Efficacy of Internal Communications Activity: Top Tips for Internal Teams

Internal communications is integral for business success and, without it, employers would struggle to keep their staff updated and their activities and views aligned with company objectives. But, ...

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How to Be an Effective Corporate Spokesperson: Top Traits and Examples to Avoid

A corporate spokesperson serves as the face of a brand and is perceived by the wider public as embodying its values, which means they play a pivotal role in the external reputation of any organi...

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What SEO Specialist Skills Should Businesses Be Seeking?

The modern marcomms world, like almost every other walk of life, is becoming increasingly digitised, meaning that having SEO expertise within marketing teams is absolutely vital for any organisat...

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Building a Marcomms Team From the Ground Up: What to Keep In Mind

Even if an organisation doesn’t have an established marketing and communications team, most will generally have at least an individual or small unit responsible for these areas. However, some fi...

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5 Key Factors to Consider When Choosing the Right Recruitment Agency

Choosing the right recruitment agency is a critical step in finding top talent for your organisation. With so many options available the choice can be overwhelming, and it can be challenging to ...