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Marketing And Communications Manager
Posted 1 day ago by TACT (The Adolescent & Childrens Trust)
The Marketing and Communications Manager role involves overseeing marketing strategies and communications for an organiz...
- Rate Negotiable
- Category Undetermined
- Work type Remote
- Location Blyth, Northumberland
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Sign UpNeed Program Strategist / Manager / Business Manager Must Any Food Industry Expe...
Posted 4 days ago by Radiantze
We are looking for a Program Strategist with extensive experience in the food industry to lead the design and management...
- Rate Negotiable
- Category Undetermined
- Work type Remote
- Location Remote
Marketing And Communications Manager
Posted 4 days ago by TACT (The Adolescent & Childrens Trust)
The Marketing and Communications Manager role involves overseeing marketing strategies and communications initiatives fo...
- Rate Negotiable
- Category Undetermined
- Work type Remote
- Location Blyth, Northumberland
Contract role: InterSystems Health Connect integration engineer at USA (Remote)...
Posted 4 days ago by Yochana IT Solutions
The role of an InterSystems Health Connect integration engineer involves designing, implementing, and supporting healthc...
- Rate Negotiable
- Category Undetermined
- Work type Remote
- Location Remote
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About Our Remote Working Communications Contract Roles
What does a communications contractor do?
Organisations bring in Communications contractors to plan, create, and deliver internal and external communications across corporate, change, crisis, and stakeholder engagement programmes. The scope of work ranges from developing communications strategies and messaging frameworks through to writing and distributing content across channels including intranets, email campaigns, press releases, social media, and executive briefings. Communications contractors are widely used during organisational transformation programmes, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory change, and crisis response, where the volume and sensitivity of communications activity exceeds the capacity of in-house teams.
Effective communications contractors combine strong writing ability with strategic thinking and stakeholder management skills. The ability to translate complex or technical subject matter into clear, audience-appropriate messaging is the core competency. Experience with internal communications platforms such as SharePoint, Staffbase, or Poppulo is increasingly expected. For external communications roles, media relations experience and an established network of journalist contacts are valued. Senior contractors are expected to advise leadership teams on communications strategy, manage sensitive messaging around restructuring or regulatory issues, and coordinate across multiple workstreams and channels simultaneously.
What is the market like for communications contractors?
The market for Communications contractors is a broad and consistently active market, with demand spread across the public sector, financial services, healthcare, and large corporates undergoing change. Internal communications work dominates the contract market, driven by the volume of transformation, restructuring, and cultural change programmes that require dedicated communications support. Change communications is the single strongest sub-specialism, with contractors who can embed within programme teams and manage the people side of technology and organisational change in particularly high demand. External communications and PR contract roles tend to be shorter and more reactive, often arising around product launches, crisis situations, or regulatory announcements.
What does 'remote working' mean for communications contractors?
Remote contract roles are delivered primarily from the contractor's own location rather than the client's premises. In the UK contractor market, "remote" covers a range of arrangements, from fully remote with no on-site requirement through to predominantly remote roles that involve periodic travel for workshops or stakeholder meetings, typically a few days per month.
Remote contracts can show different rate patterns compared to on-site or hybrid positions. In some cases, remote working reduces location-driven rate premiums; in others, rates remain aligned to the employer's location or market benchmarks. As with all contract roles, rates are primarily driven by scope, expertise, and delivery expectations rather than working arrangement alone.
The availability of remote contracting varies by role and sector. Technology, data, and digital roles offer the broadest remote opportunities, while financial services and government clients more commonly require hybrid arrangements. Contractors evaluating remote opportunities should clarify on-site expectations before accepting, as definitions of "remote" vary between clients.
How much do communications contractors usually earn when working remotely?
Contract rates for communications roles typically range from £350 to £650 per day, depending on the scope of the role, required expertise, and the delivery expectations of the engagement. Remote roles may sit at different points within this range depending on the employer's location and whether any on-site attendance is required.
How many remote working communications vacancies are there on Quality Contracts?
Over the past twelve months, we have tracked over 150 communications contract roles across the site. Around 50% of the jobs currently listed on Quality Contracts offer some sort of remote or hybrid working arranegment. Data reviewed up to June 2026.