Salary range: £40,182 - £42,060 p.a. incl. London weighting (plus fantastic benefits!)
Contract: Fixed term / Secondment with line manager approval (12 months)
Hours of work: 36 hours per week
Location: Civic Centre and other locations from time to time

If you have a talent for creative storytelling, it’s an exciting time to join us.

Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent’s diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here.

The Post

Are you a creative storyteller with a passion for digital content? We’re looking for an enthusiastic and talented individual to help bring our communications to life and connect with diverse audiences across Brent.

In this role, you’ll create compelling, tailored multimedia content to connect our residents to the right services, help drive behaviour change, and boost trust in a dynamic and ambitious council.

Every day will be different as you engage widely with residents, councillors, and stakeholders to help develop content calendars, gain insight and stay ahead of digital trends to deliver engaging, high-impact work.

From our work to support vulnerable children and adults, to our investment in the parks and green spaces that make our residents proud to call Brent home, you’ll be working across all areas of the council, helping to tell the story of the difference our services make to improve the lives of our residents.

The successful candidate will be:

Seizing opportunities to tell the council’s stories across numerous channels.
Ensuring our content is engaging, creative, and tailored to the right audience – delivering messages that resonate, inspire action, and reflect Brent’s tone of voice.
Helping the wider team to plan and deliver creative campaigns across multiple platforms.
Capturing real-life stories through photography, filming, and interviews.
Analysing performance and optimising the council’s content for better engagement.
Contributing to our print materials and publications, including the Your Brent magazine, flyers, and leaflets.
Championing communications best practice, ensuring that the council informs, educates and influences audiences in ways that are effective and represent best value for money.

The Person

What we’re looking for in a successful candidate:

Strong graphic design and multimedia skills
Experience creating content for both print and digital
Creativity, attention to detail, and the ability to meet deadlines
Confidence working collaboratively and communicating ideas
Experience with capturing aerial footage as a trained drone pilot (desirable)

Why join us?

We know people achieve their best when they feel valued. At Brent, you’ll benefit from:

Up to 33 days annual leave (depending on length of service) plus bank holidays
Excellent pension with generous employer contributions (LGPS)
Hybrid and flexible working options available for most roles
Supportive family-friendly policies for parent, guardians, and carers
Health and wellbeing support, including access to eye test support and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
Financial support such as education sessions, childcare deposit loans, and season ticket loans
Travel perks including affordable parking nearby, a Cycle to Work scheme, and great onsite facilities
Learning and development opportunities to help you grow your career
Access to My Brent Rewards with exclusive discounts on shopping, travel, leisure, and entertainment

Closing date: 15 May 2026 (23:59)

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested in this role, we advise that you apply as soon as possible.

Additional Information

If you are interested in applying for this job, please start by clicking the "Apply Now" button below. You must provide a supporting statement as part of your application that clearly shows how you meet the essential requirements on the Job description. We will accept a CV in support of your application, however, you should still provide a supporting statement.

Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.

We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.

The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights, can be found here.

Brent has a positive approach to flexible working.

As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including “non-visible” disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on recruitment@brent.gov.uk.

Job Description

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