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PR Manager

Salary £50,000 – £55,000

Crawley / Hybrid

12 month maternity contract

We would like to talk to PR Managers with Travel or Leisure sector experience, either agency or in-house backgrounds. This is a super opportunity to own and drive brand awareness and engagement. Leading the PR function in-house you will be responsible for strategy and delivery, with support from in-house social media and cross functional PR teams.

This is a varied and dynamic PR Manager role, which requires a travel PR background having journalist and press contacts in the sector.

Key responsibilities:

• Work with Marketing Managers and Global PR team to develop their PR strategy for the UK markets
• Delivery and implementation of creative PR campaigns which deliver positive media coverage and social media engagement
• Draft and deliver all PR written communications, report and evaluate all PR campaigns
• Identifying and building news stories, keeping the company front of mind for media and consumers
• Build relationships with relevant sector journalists and influencers driving consumer engagement
• Build relationships with internal and external stakeholders maximise opportunities
• Crisis management

What you will need:

• Recent travel PR Management experience, ideally agency side or in-house
• Proven ability to design, implement and manage large scale PR programmes and activity
• Experience of directing high profile news stories with strong media relations skills and experience
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent relationship management and stakeholder management skills
• Flexibility for local travel twice a month for one day

Benefits

25 days holiday

Good company pension

Travel discounts

Monday and Thursday office based, rest if the week home

Plus much more

Talent Hub

Press Office Assistant – Experience & Influencer

Selfridges has always been much more than a shop. We’re a social space where everyone is welcome and feels a sense of belonging, a creative playground where culture and commerce collide, and an experimental hub where you can discover the most innovative and sustainable ideas in retail. We’re here to help make the world brighter. And you can be an important part of this. We’ll talk more about the role below, but before we get to that, let’s share with you the good stuff…

Rewards and benefits

Life at Selfridges is dynamic, exciting, and always evolving. As well as working with some of the most cutting-edge, iconic and boundary-pushing brands, designers and creatives, we also offer our team members opportunities to help make a positive difference through our network of communities, both within and outside Selfridges.

Here are just a few of our rewards and benefits that help make our team experience that bit more extraordinary.

• Flexible working options to benefit you, your family and your wellbeing that can include part-time, flexi-time, job sharing or hybrid working
• Generous annual leave that increases with length of service
• Up to five paid volunteering days – from beach cleans to co-ordinating food and clothing donations
• Family leave that suits your set up including Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental leave policies
• Defined pension contribution scheme
• Generous bonus and/or commission scheme
• Enviable team member discount including sale previews and double discount days
• Exclusive local discounts on a range of restaurants, bars, beauticians and entertainment
• Subsidised gym memberships
• Annual travel pass and cycle-to-work schemes
• A sustainable car salary sacrifice scheme
• Several internal communities to get involved in from our Diversity Board and Green Warriors who are leading the charge on D,E&I and sustainability, to the Wellbeings who are always thinking of new ways to champion healthy minds, bodies and routines for our team members
• Workplace Options, our confidential team member assistance programme for when life gets tricky or you need a little guidance
• Access to a wide range of training programmes to help your career development

Read on to find out how you can play your part in Reinventing Retail…

A bit about the role

As part of the team responsible for Selfridges PR, you will make sure that our products are always well represented in the right publications and digital platforms.

Based in the London office, you’ll help to ensure our Press Office runs smoothly. This is a largely administrative yet dynamic role that involves everything from answering general press queries and managing sample send-outs to drafting product press releases and placing coverage. You’ll facilitate sample requests and liaise with journalists and influencers daily – all with the overall aim of gaining maximum coverage in press and on social, sharing our unique Selfridges stories.

Alongside this, you will be on hand to support and contribute at press events, and you’ll be able to build strong relationships with teams across the business.

This is a brilliant opportunity to join a close-knit team who are incredibly passionate about driving positive PR results for Selfridges, demonstrating our vision and purpose externally.

Role Responsibility

You will have some experience in PR (either employed or as a work placement) and enjoy working in a busy and often fast-paced environment. You’ll be extremely organised with great time management skills and you’ll have a fantastic way with people. Above all however you’ll have a good grasp of social media and interest in working with culturally relevant influencers and talent, aligned with the Selfridges brand. Alongside this, you will:

• Support the team to drive awareness of Selfridges’ destinations and experiences including Restaurants and Cinema
• Arrange visits for press and influencers including booking process and hosting in store
• Support press team with 360 approach to influencer including maintaining databases and using software to effectively monitor, track and report on results
• Actively seek opportunities across digital platforms and stay ahead of industry trends
• Provide support to the press team on events including seasonal press days, brand activations and launches
• Support press team with product sample call ins and images requests as required
• Monitor relevant Selfridges coverage across digital platforms
• Support the wider PR team with reporting, invoicing, press site and admin tasks

A bit about you

• Solid work experience in PR and can demonstrate previous work with influencers
• Ambitious, hardworking and an impeccable work ethic
• Exceptional organisational skills and strong attention to detail
• Ability to meet tight deadlines
• Able to multitask and take direction from all team members
• Ability and desire to interact with people at all levels
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

A bit about us

Everyone is welcome

Selfridges is a place where we want everyone to feel a sense of belonging. We embrace every self and are committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive working culture. We are leading with purpose to not only increase the visibility and recognition of under-represented talent within our organisation, but the wider industry too. Here at Selfridges, everyone is welcome – irrespective of race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, age or disability, we stand by equal opportunities for all.

Our awards cabinet

We’re not ones to brag, but since you asked…Selfridges has won the award for The World’s Best Department Store an unprecedented four times at the IGDS awards, with an additional award for the Best Sustainability Campaign. We were also recognised as a ‘Best 25 Big Company to Work For 2020’ as awarded by The Sunday Times.

Selfridges

PR Assistant – UK & Europe

Salary 24k, based in Fulham, hybrid, 2 days in office.

A brilliant and exciting opportunity to work alongside the Head of PR and PR manager carrying out key press office activities for a well-known travel company.

Responsibilities include:

• Pitching story ideas
• Responding to media requests
• Writing press materials
• Organising and hosting press trips
• Cultivating contacts – including journalists, celebrities, influencers
• Administrative tasks such as logging, monitoring and evaluating daily coverage

PR Assistant Skills required:

• One year of PR experience (via an entry-level position in-house or in a PR agency or via a work placement)
• Confident and comfortable attending networking events
• Results-driven with an ability to generate coverage in high-reaching media titles
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Understanding of the traditional and digital media landscape in the UK
• Keen interest in news and current affairs
• Ability to establish strong relationships with staff, media, and stakeholders
• Travel industry experience is a bonus

Do note that you must be willing and able to travel overseas, Experience in the travel industry and other languages (particularly Italian or German) are not a requirement but certainly would be a bonus.

If you are keen to apply, please send your CV to [email protected]

MBM Executives Recruitment

An exciting opportunity to join an amazing independent agency…!

As Paid Media Director, you will be responsible for leading on the planning and delivery of campaigns within your portfolio, working alongside other paid media directors and supported by your team. You will require strong communication, task management and delegation skills, to direct your team and ensure we are delivering the best performance for our clients.

You will need to forecast and craft media plans that are designed to yield exceptional results for your tier 1 clients whilst successfully growing their revenue. These may involve higher fees in order to secure more resource towards their existing campaign, cross selling into other services, or the adoption of new services that we develop. These media plans will be composed with the best interests of your client’s front-of-mind and will be communicated by you and your team to your clients.

This role requires you to be dependable and accountable for you and your teams work. Day to day, your team will be analysing performance and delivering insightful reporting to your clients, against forecasts and media strategies.

As a line-manager, you will work with your team to develop them professionally and support them in achieving their career ambitions through coaching, training and providing opportunity for growth.

As part of the media team, you will need to collaborate effectively with our Client Leadership, Creative, Data & Insight, Business Development and Organic Search teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Ownership of client delivery across tier 1 clients across paid media channels
• Contribute meaningful, actionable, and valuable insight to our clients and teams
• Lead paid media discussions at pitches / client meetings
• Ensure each of your clients have a clear roadmap of activity that directly contributes to their business ambitions and objectives
• Provide mentorship, inspiration, and support to your fellow team members
• Maintain a high quality of service for clients, and own responsibility for the work delivered by those that you line manage
• Develop case studies to showcase exceptional, award-worthy work
• Support Business Development by building business cases, proposal, forecasts, and presentations to secure client investment
• Work with our Client Leadership team to help ensure your team’s resource is utilised effectively
• Prioritise your own time and delegate effectively to ensure your skills are applied to best serve the needs of the team and agency
• Present both client and team activity to the Head of Paid Media on a weekly basis
• Deputise for the Head of Paid Media at senior leadership meetings

Skills Profile

• Extensive in-depth knowledge of the capabilities of paid search, programmatic display and paid social marketing platforms and experience directing a top tier account in at least one of these channels.
• Ability to create strategic media plans that meet client objectives
• Experience supporting and helping junior members (Running classes or providing one to one support).
• Ability to analyse campaign performance and key on-site metrics using Google Analytics
• A strong understanding of attribution models and the ability to guide clients on what works best for them as a business
• A history of supporting and helping grow revenue with upsells or new business when the time has been right for the client
• Use MS Office to a professional standard
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel (e.g. complex formulae and PivotTables)
• A good understanding of wider marketing principles: understanding user journeys and how to influence them through paid campaigns, implementing effective marketing messaging at all stages of the funnel
• Ability to adapt quickly to ever-changing technologies and environment
• Strong presentation skills, being able to talk confidently on marketing platforms and tactics.
• Excellent communicator, able to speak with authority to clients and colleagues and to simplify complex challenges.

Please follow Antonio Serventi on LinkedIn for the latest Paid Media jobs.

Energize Group

£40-£44k+bonus and hybrid working. Do you want to wake up everyday a look forward to working with your colleagues? Want to work on a consumer brand that is used by millions across the globe? Want to work on creative campaigns across a variety of other consumer and lifestyle brands? Then this is that rare opportunity you’ve been waiting for!

Amazing founders who are all about rewarding their team now seek a Senior Account Manager this progressive PR agency. Alongside traditional PR, they use multiple channels to get their brands noticed and are fully integrated so you’ll have support from a senior creative. They also work on influencer campaigns, experiential, celebrity seeding stunts and endorsements to exciting events and innovative product development.

The role will report into the MD – who, along with being highly skilled and networked in the industry is incredibly supportive and heaps of fun. You will also mentor and lead junior team members and inspire the team to secure exceptional coverage across the lifestyle media. As a Senior Account Manager you will have excellent experience within the consumer/lifestyle sectors and looking to join a team that can offer you a rewarding career and lots of opportunities to develop.

In Return

£40-£44k + bonus, + referral bonus, laptop/mobile, 3 days office, 2 home, flexi hours, 25+bank holidays, Christmas closed, superb training, career opportunities to account director and beyond, spot holiday bonus’s, Birthday off, they have great socials and away days. Plus a caring, fun, creative team and you’ll get to work on an amazing client.

To Apply

Please apply online or by sending your CV to [email protected]. Alternatively, please feel free to call Justyne on 07971 361206 for a chat through the role.

PRFutures

Media Relations Manager

Energy Sector

Remote (occasional travel to offices in London, Hove, Sunderland and Exeter)

£55,000 per annum plus bonus

Carter Murray have been instructed on a brand-new Media Relations Manager vacancy with a leading UK energy brand. This role would suit an experienced Media Relations professional, ideally with experience in the energy field who wants to help tell this company’s story.

This is a newly created role where you will be responsible for driving media relations performance for the retail business and on corporate topics, both proactively and reactively.

You will work closely with the wider communications team, including digital, brand and marketing and will help manage external agencies to provide integrated communications support.

Responsibilities

As the Media Relations Manager you will:

• Report into the Senior Media Relations Manager for Customers and Corporate as well as working directly with the Director of Communications.
• Provide advice and guidance on earned communications.
• Identify risks that could impact the company’s reputation.
• Support the delivery of the company’s media strategy.
• Deliver excellent stakeholder management to the media and senior leadership.
• Be proactive, taking leadership of opportunities to elevate our communications.
• Be able to demonstrate your PR work’s value using appropriate KPIs and data.
• Know how to manage a crisis.

Skills & Experiences

• Strong public relations experience (minimum 5 years).
• Experience of working in a PR agency to Account Manager level.
• First class communication skills (written and oral).
• Excellent influencing skills.
• Knowledge of the energy sector.
• Experience of communicating complex topics for consumer audiences.
• Keen interest in current affairs and UK politics.
• Excellent organisation and time-management skills.
• High ethical standards, with experience of working with confidential and politically sensitive information.

If you feel this role is for you then please apply today as applications are being accepted immediately.

For more information before applying, please reach out to Patrick Sommerfelt on any of the following:

• 020 7415 2804
• [email protected]

Carter Murray

£55-£60k + bonus – We now seeking an Account Director or Senior Account Director looking for a new challenge to join this fully integrated 50 strong agency, based in the heart of London, known for developing magnetic, attractive ideas, and creative award winning campaigns.

Highly praised us for their Diversity, Equality & Inclusion strategy and recently named us a ‘Best Place to Work’, their DE&I mission is to ensure that no person gets left behind, vowing to open doors and break down barriers and a 5-point action plan is ensuring this translates into meaningful action and industry influence.

Fully integrated, they will offer a limitless canvass which will enable you to experiment and fuse different channels, strategies and ideas to create truly distinctive and effective campaigns.

You’ll work across 4 of the agency’s flagship clients, consumer side for a vegan food brand, corporate, consumer and B2B for one of the UK’s biggest food trade bodies, consumer campaigns for one of the UK’s most recognised brands and one B2B client.

They like to empower and inspire their team to reach their full potential, giving everyone an individual training bursary and development plans. They also know how to go the extra mile on the social front too with fantastic summer and Christmas parties, breakfast on days you’re in the office and regular catch up lunches.

You

The candidate should be bright and ambitious with a food & drink/FMCG/consumer and corporate PR background, as well as strong project management experience. Strategic PR expertise and judgement, a sound knowledge of the media landscape and the evolving world of media consumption are also key. You’ll work with the Director of PR & Social to run and grow these key accounts and you’ll be supported by a dedicated PR Account Manager and Account Executive. You’ll also work closely with the Social Account Director, Social Account Manager, Community Manager and PR & Social Content Creator.

In Return

In return, they can offer you a salary of £55-£60k annual bonus, 3% company pension contributions, life and health insurance, Christmas Closed, Hybrid working, £200 wellness package to spend on whatever you like, personal training budget, free breakfast at the office (on days in) superb career potential within a team that is working on highly creative and innovative campaigns.

To Apply

Please apply online or by mailing your CV to [email protected]. Alternatively you can call Justyne on 07971 361206 for a chat through the role.

PRFutures

£70-£75k + bonus. We’re seeking a highly creative Associate Director who wants to work with a leading global independent agency that EVERYONE is talking about. They work with superb big name consumer brands, they have won 100’s of awards and are an employer of choice, headed up by highly creative and respected industry experts.

They are dominating the B2C/consumer space, securing clients who are global household names, ranging from lifestyle, consumer, social media, fashion and food and drink sectors. IF you want to be creative and work on impactful assignments that people talk about this Associate Director role would be perfect for you.

Their amazing client list benefits from expertise in PR, social, digital, content, experiential and influencer marketing and they win endless awards making them one of the most sought after agencies to work for. The team is creative, fun and on point, led by one of the most progressive and inspiring CEOs in the industry.

Based in the City of London, this supportive team are seeking a talented Associate Director. Working on consumer accounts you will manage and inspire your team in addition to providing sound strategic advice to your clients on a range of branding, PR and social projects, working closely with the creative team.

The Ideal Candidate will

* have strong’ public relations experience within the consumer space

* be a great strategic and creative thinker

* have hunger, ambition, and be culturally-connected with multi-channel experience

* be charismatic, energetic, forward-thinking and keen to shape and continue building your career in a highly creative agency

The Rewards

They will offer a base of £70-£75k, bonus, pension, and package. Private members club, warehouse-style offices with private restaurant free breakfast and lunch, free evening bar, highly creative team, an agency that has the backing of a global company but is independent and making their presence known in the market, by winning heaps of awards and accolades for their work and as a team that inspires. The role is hybrid working.

Inspirational open minded founders, who are forging a unique culture that is focused on work life balance, whilst maintaining a challenging and fun culture. They will also offer career development to a more senior position.

To Apply

Please apply on-line or send your CV to [email protected]. Alternatively, you can call Justyne for a confidential chat 07971 361 206.

PRFutures

The UK is a cornerstone of the BMW Group’s global manufacturing network. As a retained agency for the Group, we are looking for an experienced and talented internal communications manager to join the production sites’ busy communication team, taking the lead on internal communications for Plants Oxford and Swindon.

Communication – whether internally to staff or externally to the media and other key stakeholders – is central to BMW Group’s success. If you are an experienced, creative and passionate, internal communications professional, this is a fantastic opportunity to apply your skills, working for the world’s leading premium automotive manufacturer. 

Role and responsibilities

In this role you will be appointed by our agency but work full time alongside BMW Group’s internal and external communications team to develop and lead on internal plant communications.

• Develop, steer, influence and implement an integrated internal communications plan for Plants Oxford and Swindon.

• Identify future potentially adverse corporate topics, prepare communications strategy and implement internal communications to protect company reputation and minimise negative impact.

• Develop, maintain and cultivate internal stakeholders to build and maintain the profile of Plants Oxford and Swindon and BMW Group in the UK.

• Develop and cascade all management and associate communications in Plants Oxford and Swindon, ensuring consistent understanding of key messages in order to assist the delivery of business objectives.

• Develop appropriate internal communication channels for the various plant audiences.

• Manage and update intranet content for all Plants Oxford and Swindon. Lead intranet circle and manage changes and technology updates to editorial client. Ensure current and up to date information and conformity to CI guidelines.

• Plan and manage all internal communication expenditure to ensure effective, accurate financial planning.

• Manage and effectively delegate tasks to junior team members.

• Based at MINI Plant Oxford, this role will include travel to support other BMW Group sites in the UK, especially to Swindon and Hams Hall (North Warwickshire).

Requirements:

• To be considered for this role you’ll need to be educated to degree level with a minimum of 4 years internal communications experience (preferably in a manufacturing environment).

• You will be creative with the ability to produce and develop ideas to present messages and stories in an engaging and motivating manner.

• You will have excellent, professional-level journalistic writing skills.

• Digitally savvy, you will have proven digital media skills.

• You must be an outstanding communicator, in both written and spoken form.

• You will be highly organised with a high attention to detail and capable of juggling multiple projects simultaneously.

• The ability to understand and communicate complex production and business topics convincingly and simply is important.

• You will be a positive team player but also self-motivated with the ability to take the initiative and work independently.

• Experience of manging a team is preferable.

• German language skills are not essential but would be an advantage.

• A valid driving licence is essential and the ability to travel to other locations in the UK.

Benefits

As a valued and important member of the team, you’ll receive a competitive salary and other fantastic benefits including:

• 31 days holiday (inc. public holidays) rising with long service

• 1 extra day’s holiday for your Birthday so you can celebrate it in style

• Death in service benefit to give your loved one’s peace of mind

• Regular company socials

• Company laptop and mobile phone

• Negotiable car allowance at the discretion of Red Marlin

Location:

Based at MINI Plant Oxford with travel to other locations to support as required.

Red Marlin

Our client:

• Extremely successful, global market leading FMCG and retail brand, with £multi billion turnover
• Customers first choice in the sector they operate, highly innovative with extremely high levels of consumer engagement across all retail channels
• Loyalty and Digital Engagement Manager is an essential, critical role with responsibility growing brand awareness and engagement.
• Fantastic culture with a genuine care and focus on employees
• Role split between West London office (2 days a week) and home (3 days a week)

The role:

• As Loyalty and Digital Engagement Manager you will be responsible for will innovate and create leading digital experiences which meet customers needs and grow loyalty, growth and ultimately sales.
• The Loyalty and Digital Engagement Manager will deliver and communicate customer engagement and loyalty best practice. Using data and analytics the Loyalty and Digital Engagement Manager will create and implement structured business and engagement plans for seasonal communications.
• In the role of Loyalty and Digital Engagement Manager you will develop strategies that enhance the digital customer experience that drive loyalty and engagement both when engaging with brand directly and through food delivery apps.
• Working with the wider marketing team the Loyalty and Digital Engagement Manager will ensure all loyalty objectives are effectively communicated through marketing digital programmes and loyalty programmes.
• The Loyalty and Digital Engagement Manager will drive engagement targets across multiple customer segments and geographies and plan, execute and evaluate initiatives and campaigns that deliver the strategy.

Ideal candidate:

• You will have in depth experience as a Loyalty Manager with a focus on digital gained from retail, leisure or hospitality.
• As Loyalty and Digital Engagement Manager you will have hands on experience of loyalty or CRM programmes and how they influence customer engagement
• In additional you will have experience of marketing digital programmes and working with food delivery apps.
• You will have fantastic data and insight skills, the culture of this brand thrives in this way and building strong relationships is key to success.
• The Loyalty and Digital Engagement Manager will be a creative thinker and will be comfortable navigating ambiguity of a large complex multi-national organisation
• In this entrepreneurial environment it is essential that you have excellent project management experience along with the ability to drive engagement and execution across the wider business.
• You will thrive in a matrix blue chip structure that is down to earth, caring and personable.

Benefits & details:

• Excellent package – up to £72,000 and excellent benefits
• Location = Role split between West London office (2 days a week) and home (3 days a week

Please send your CV using the form on this page, quoting reference 1/16632/7. Confidentiality assured.

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