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Diageo Communications Specialist & Event Coordinator in Budapest, Hungary
Job Description :
Job title: Communications Specialist and Event Coordinator
Location: Budapest
Contract term: Permanent
Level: 5C
About us
Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness. With over 200 brands in 180 countries and a global network of entrepreneurial individuals, our teams blend a diverse range of experience, knowledge and skills. We connect customers and consumers to our iconic products and create innovative experiences that bring people together to celebrate life.
About the role:
GBO and Diageo Budapest play a critical role in Diageo’s success - the work that we do touches every employee, in every part of the world, every day.
The delivery of excellent communication and engagement activities plays an important part in helping Diageo employees and stakeholders understand our strategy, how we support Diageo’s goals, and the way we work in the organization, including how we and the business can best work together for mutual success.
The Communications Specialist will work with employees from across Diageo Budapest to orchestrate the delivery of communications and engagement within the Budapest office.
The incumbent will report to the GM of Diageo Budapest and have a dotted reporting line into the Communications and Engagement Lead.
The Communications Specialist will work closely with the Communications and Engagement Lead and the Corporate Relations Director Eastern Europe to ensure best practice communications and timely execution of global and local activities and project communications to the business.
The Communications Specialist will work with employees from Diageo Budapest to orchestrate the delivery of communications across the teams.
This role requires the individual to build good relationships with the representatives of Diageo Budapest’s functions and demonstrate the ability to understand a wide range of programmes and activities.
Leadership Responsibilities
Has visibility of some project communications; able to see all business-facing communications, including newsletters, Mosaic, Yammer, posters and other media.
Management and development of internal and external media channels including e-newsletter, relevant Mosaic sites, Yammer, posters, leaflets etc. to engage the Budapest community in our performance
Support on management of engagement plans
Support the Communications and Engagement Lead and Diageo Budapest GM/LT in executing the Budapest communications strategy in line with annual business objectives
Provide communications support to the Corporate Relations team and its stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.
Ensures that communications are timely, relevant and accurate and channels are as streamlined and as efficient and as effective as is possible.
Key Responsibilities
Support the GM and the Communications and Engagement Lead in the management and delivery of priority projects, review and manage media channels as required
Develop internal and external communication messages based on the needs identified
Responsible for providing templates, style guidelines, and best practices to ensure effective communications across project rollouts.
Support the effective execution of all Diageo Budapest calls and other business relevant calls/meetings
Serving as a coordinator of Budapest Communities
Organize quarterly roundtable meetings and manage follow-ups
Coordinate the subgroups making sure that they achieve increased overall visibility and higher attendance-rate at their events
Enhance cooperation between individual subgroups in order to utilize their capacities
Execute the Diageo Budapest engagement agenda
Provide support to the Communications and Engagement Lead and coordinate internal and external events
Cooperate with relevant vendors and provide appropriate input for them in order to plan and execute high level and engaging internal and external events
Successfully execute the Budapest engagement agenda in line with the Global and communications and engagement calendar, linking to the Diageo Performance Promise
Manage and support internal and external events
Orchestrate key Budapest employee recognition events within budget that successfully engage and celebrate performance at key times throughout year.
Organize events as agreed in a most cost efficient and most effective way
Build, develop and maintain relationships with key external/internal stakeholders
Manage Diageo Budapest Social Media platforms
Strategy building, content creation, planning and scheduling, platform management and monitoring, reporting and advertising,
Controls & Compliance
Ensure relevant processes are managed in line with Diageo Controls and Risk Management (CARM) expectations and there are no deficiencies.
What you will bring:
At least 3 years of communications experience required
Fluency in English and Hungarian
Excellent organisation skills
Experience of developing communications using several vehicles
Excellent verbal and writing skills
Excellent ‘technical’ knowledge and skills, particularly intranets and newsletters and design.
Excellent event coordinator skills
Benefits
Unique Family Leave opportunity
We work without border - you will work with people from all over the world
You will deal with world class brand portfolio
Wide variety of thematic events, afterwork activities organized by employee communities
Product Allowance to purchase company products from the staff shop
We won the Fittest Workplace Award, of course we have a Gym
Urban legend is true, we do have a Rooftop Bar
Flexibility
This is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time and compressed hours. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’tlet anything stop you from applying.
Diversity statement
Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.
Weknow that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.
Worker Type :
Regular
Primary Location:
Budapest
Additional Locations :
Job Posting Start Date :
2026-03-24
With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 29,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we’re building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world.
Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. And through our people, their legacy lives on. Join us, and you’ll collaborate with talented people from all corners of the world. Together, you’ll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future that we can all be proud of.
With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments and specialist skills. Because when varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born. In our supportive culture, your voice will be heard and you’ll be empowered to be you. Just bring your ambition, curiosity and ideas, and we’ll celebrate your work and help you reach your fullest potential.
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