Communications Assistant

We are seeking a full-time Communications Assistant to raise More in Common’s profile, and help to take our communications strategy to new heights.

More in Common is a research agency working across the US, UK, Germany, France, Brazil, Spain and Poland to tackle polarisation and division. More in Common leads and supports initiatives to build more united, inclusive, and resilient societies. Our mission is to understand the forces driving us apart, help societies find common ground and bring people together to tackle shared challenges.

We provide a full suite of research services including polling and focus group research; evidence reviews and secondary data analysis; audience mapping and audience strategy; strategic communications strategy and campaign development. More in Common are members of the British Polling Council.

This unique values-based lens to our quantitative and qualitative research means we can understand not only what the public thinks of the big challenges facing British society today – but crucially why they think it. Our insights help leaders in government, the media, business, and civil society to develop better strategies and communications – particularly in reaching disengaged communities far from the Westminster/London bubble – and to better navigate tricky and divisive issues.

We’ve helped national institutions such as the BBC, British Library and National Trust to better understand their audiences, we’ve helped partners in government and civil society with the set‑up and delivery of the Homes for Ukraine scheme, and we’ve supported a range of partners to test their policy proposals from the National Farmers Union to Rethink Mental Illness among many others.

• Launching a new training arm with a range of training programmes based on the Seven Segments - which this role will lead.
• Understanding the key dynamics of local elections in England and Scottish and Welsh Parliament elections, and the political landscape continues to fracture.
• Embedding our new Seven Segments with a wider range of organisations, including developing new products and training offers to help people understand the segments.
• A deep dive into our ‘Dissenting Disruptor’ segment who are disillusioned with mainstream politics and driving the rise of Reform UK.
• Working with a range of partners to help them understand their audiences and bring their key policy aims in line with public opinion, on topics ranging from sustainable transport, to international development aid, to social media regulation and more.
• Helping navigate declining trust in institutions, for example exploring why trust in universities and science appears to be falling.

We are seeking a full-time Communications Assistant to raise More in Common’s profile, and help to take our communications strategy to new heights. Working closely with the UK team, the post holder will support proactive media outreach, translate our research into clear and compelling content, and help disseminate our findings to journalists, partners and other key audiences.

The Communications Assistant role involves the following indicative duties:

Help translate More in Common’s research into concise, media-friendly insights, including drafting press releases and supporting colleagues to pitch stories to the press.

Writing compelling content for our blog, newsletter and social media channels.

Helping to promote our Opinion Brief newsletter and achieve our target of quadrupling our subscriber list by the end of 2026.

Expanding More in Common’s media network; helping to build new relationships with journalists while maintaining and updating our existing mailing list.

Building our long-term media grid, looking ahead to key upcoming moments in the news cycle and feeding ideas into our…