Junior Consultant

We’re a team of strategists who shape and disrupt policy narratives.

Cast from Clay is a communications consultancy for those who work on policy change. Most good ideas in the world of policy never make it to the desk of a decision maker. That’s where we come in. We help clients figure out what to say, to whom, and how – in a way that can move things forward.

The job

No two days at Cast from Clay are the same.

One day you might be working on a policy campaign, guiding a client how to adapt their language to make it more engaging and influential. The next you could be working with a not-for-profit shaping their brand identity, marketing strategy and helping launch their new website.

We’re not expecting you to come in and lead client accounts from day one, but over time, our goal is to coach you into a place where you can. We’re looking for someone who is intellectually curious. If you love exploring ideas, their impact on the world, and understanding how people relate to them, you’ll fit right in. We’re looking for someone who is naturally interested in politics, or the processes by which change happens. We don’t care what your political views are, but you need to have some.

Perhaps most importantly, we’re looking for someone who wants to learn and grow, who is hungry for career progression, and who gets a kick out of working hard and doing amazing things.

Essentials

We’re looking for someone who has all of the below:

• One or two years experience in a communications agency (preferred) or in a communications-related role.
• Good writing skills, and experience creating and producing engaging content (e.g. on social media, video storytelling, web, events, print or similar).
• Good project management skills and ability to deliver tasks to an agreed timeframe.
• A degree that they enjoyed doing – ideally in a related discipline (politics, philosophy, communications, marketing etc.)
• A proactive approach and a strong work ethic.

What we offer

We offer a competitive benefits package for all our positions, including enhanced parental leave, sabbaticals, and training budgets.

• Office: we work from our offices in Kennington on Tuesdays and Thursdays. You’re welcome to use the office more frequently than that if you wish.
• Home office allowance: we’ll make a £150 contribution towards kitting out your home workspace.
• Flexible working: tell us how you work best and we’ll do what we can to make it happen – including if you want to spend time working from abroad.
• Monthly team socials: we like spending time together so every few weeks we come up with ideas for things to do together. That’s included board games over pizza, ice skating, movie nights, playing a VR game together and going on llama safari at our local city farm.
• Training: you’ll get up to £1,000 annual training budget to spend on your professional development.
• Pension: we will pay 5% of your salary, matching the 5% you pay, to make a total of 10% annual contributions.
• Holidays: we offer 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays, and we close the office over Christmas.

Interested?

If this sounds like you, please send an email to [email protected] with the subject line “Application: Junior Consultant”. Please send us:

• 100 words on an idea that means something to you and why
• Your CV (no more than 2 pages)

Some things to bear in mind:

• We expect to receive a lot of applications to this role. If you want to stand out, include a (logical) reference to Cast from Clay in your CV.
• We don’t mind you using generative AI to help you wordsmith your submission, but if you use AI to come up with the 100 word idea – and we can tell – we’ll disregard your application. We’re looking for an idea that’s personal to you, not a generic one.
• Please do not send us a long covering letter alongside your CV and 100 words – we will not read it.

Things to note

You need to have permission to work in the U.K. already – we cannot sponsor visas for this role.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, class, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.