Communications Manager

Would you like to continue your career in a supportive, collaborative and innovative company?

Do you enjoy working as part of an enthusiastic, passionate, and collaborative team?

Join our Communications team

The story of Softcat is one driven by an unprecedented ‘people‑first' culture that celebrates talent, champions potential and delivers customer‑centric technology solutions that support business ambitions. As such, employee engagement, high knowledge share, productivity and creative collaboration sit at the heart of what will drive future growth and both employee and customer satisfaction.

Softcat is a £1billion+ technology solutions business and trusted partner to names like Apple, Microsoft, and Adobe. This senior Communications Manager role leads the strategy, planning, and delivery of internal and external communications, shaping company‑wide messaging, protecting and evolving brand voice, and ensuring communications activity drives measurable impact.

• Deliver and drive the communications strategy, ensuring alignment with wider business and marketing objectives.
• Lead the planning and execution of integrated internal and external communications campaigns, from concept through to delivery and evaluation.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, providing guidance on messaging, tone of voice, positioning, and communications approach.
• Oversee the creation of high‑quality content across all channels, ensuring consistency, clarity, and alignment with brand and business priorities.
• Monitor, analyse, and report on communications performance, using data and insights to optimise strategy and demonstrate impact.
• Manage and prioritise complex communications requests, taking ownership of high‑profile or business‑critical activity.
• Act as leadership within the Communications team, supporting best practices and contributing to overall team performance with line management responsibility.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices, using insights to inform communications strategy and recommend improvements.

• Hybrid working – 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home
• Flexibility around start and finish times within the day
• Flexibility around school pick‑up and drop‑offs

We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, you will be supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives, and embraces every background. We also acknowledge that confidence gap and imposter syndrome are real and can get in the way of meeting fantastic talent, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we would love to hear from you!

If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Any information you share on your application will be treated in confidence.

• Pension
• Share incentive plan
• Life Assurance
• Holiday
• Trips
• Vouchers
• Partner/family Benefits
• Maternity, Paternity and Adoption support