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PR Assistant – UK & Europe

Salary 24k, based in London, 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
• Experience working with Roxhill, Cision or any similar media monitoring tools
• Travel industry experience is a bonus

Just so you know, you must be willing and able to travel overseas; experience in the travel industry and other languages (particularly Italian or German) is not a requirement but certainly would be a bonus.

MBM Executives Recruitment

The role

The UK’s best creative comms agency is looking for two PR assistants to join our Cardiff team.

At Folk, we’re changing the world for good by creating meaningful communications campaigns for brands that create progressive change.

As an entry-level role, we’re not looking for experience, how could we? But we are looking for an interest in marketing and communications, a positive attitude and a willingness to learn. The rest we will teach you.

As an assistant, you’ll get exposure across the agency’s clients across PR, social, influencer and content campaigns learning the tools of the profession.

Who you are

You’ll know your digital platforms, use them daily, and will always be up-to-date on the news.

You should apply if:

• Care about the real issues in the world affecting everyday people including D&I

• Are hungry and passionate about marketing and communications

• Want to work with an agency who is doing big things

What we can offer you:

• A salary of + £21,700

• Rapid progression if you’re up to the challenge

• A LOT of training and development

• Work anniversary off

• Regular socials

• Swanky new Laptop

• Monthly phone allowance

• New business bonus

• 25 days + bank holidays

• Bupa private healthcare

• Optional Welsh language lesson

Folk

We’re currently recruiting for a Communications & Media Relations Manager to join our Group Communications Team on a Fixed Term Contract responsible for the delivery of external communications for the Group. This will involve strategic PR campaigns and working closely with investor relations, CoSec and Responsible Business Teams acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and stakeholders.

Location: Flexible on location with hybrid agile working
Business Unit: Kier Group Services
Contract: Full-Time, Fixed Term Contract. Able to consider part time working and job share.

Key Responsibilities

In this Communications and Media Relations Manager role, you will utilise a wide range of communications skills to plan, deliver and measure successful campaigns. This role will involve building relationships with national, trade, vertical and regional media to deliver strategic communications priorities. You’ll take a proactive approach to respond to the news agenda and emerging media relations and industry issues to work closely with communications managers across business streams. You’ll also play a key role to ensure the media and other stakeholders understand our purpose, strategy, culture & values by nurturing relationships with journalists, influencers and external agencies.

What are we looking for?

A strategic thinker with good organisational skills and abilities to write high-quality and engaging content across different channels and audiences. You’ll have proven experience in dealing with crisis and change communications, and demonstrable experience working within corporate communications with a key focus on financial communications. You’ll have an ability to influence and challenge senior leaders and confident in building effective relationships with stakeholders across all levels.

Benefits at Kier

We’re proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:

• new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
• 26 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays
• A 24/7 virtual GP service available to you and your immediate household

  And so much more! You can read the full details of all our benefits on our website.

  Who is Kier?
  
  We are a leading UK infrastructure services, construction and property group. Our purpose is to sustainably deliver infrastructure which is vital to the UK, and we are committed to leaving lasting legacies through our work. We comprise of the following business streams Construction (including Kier Places), Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, with supporting Group functions. We provide specialist design and build capabilities and the knowledge, skills and intellectual capital of our people to ensure we are able to project manage and integrate all aspects of a project.

  We work to our company values of collaborative, trusted and focused.

  You can find out more about Kier on our website or by viewing our fast facts.

  Diversity and inclusion
  
  Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We’re proud of the steps we’ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier’s diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

  Closing date: Friday 14th April 2023
  
  Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.

  We appreciate applicants from all backgrounds, and we specifically encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. Take a look here to learn more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please let us know so we can discuss and arrange these by emailing [email protected].

  Recruitment Agencies – opportunities at Kier are managed by our internal recruitment team. We are unable to accept unsolicited CVs and communications from external recruiters. If there is a specific business need a member of the recruitment team will engage with agencies who have signed up to our PSL to ensure all CV’s are uploaded onto our portal to be considered. For further information, visit our Careers Help page.

Kier Group

PR Senior Account Manager – Streetwear/Sports fashion

PR Senior Account Manager – The Company
My client is a creative PR & comms agency specialising in PR and influencer with skills across digital, design, events and marketing. My client champions engaging communication campaigns that enforce and elevate brand position while delivering results which support local and global sales growth. Clients ranging across fashion, streetwear, sports & lifestyle.

PR Senior Account Manager – The Role
My client is looking for a passionate and creative PR Senior Account Manager to join their team, working alongside the leadership team across some of the agency’s biggest brands to deliver PR and creative communications.

Key Responsibilities

• Creative PR Campaigns
• Strategy
• Client handling
• New Business
• Media Relations
• Team & Mentoring
• Measurement & Evaluation

PR Senior Account Manager – Required skills/interests

• MUST HAVE previous experience in a PR Agency
• Enthusiastic team player with can do attitude
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Copywriting skills: You need to be hot on spelling, grammar, and proof-reading, as well as have a creative flair for producing engaging copy.
• Presentation skills: From communicating ideas to your team to presenting stories to journalists, you need to organise information in a succinct and interesting way to capture their attention.

London, up to £48K DOE

To apply for this fantastic opportunity or for further information, please contact: [email protected]

Major Players are the UK’s leading digital, marketing, creative and tech talent agency. We offer equal opportunities to all candidates regardless of race, religion, gender, sexuality, disability, age, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

At Major Players, we are committed to improving diversity, equity and inclusion within the industries we service, creating impactful and meaningful change to our partners, candidates and employees. For further information visit: www.majorplayers.co.uk/diversity-equity-inclusion/

Major Players | B Corp™

PR Account Manager – Food & Hospitality

PR Account Manager – The Company
My Client is an independent PR & Social agency with over 30 years experience, specialising in restaurants, pubs, bars, hotels, food & drink & lifestyle. They love food, hospitality and going out! Their black book of media, digital and industry contacts is second to none. They love influencer campaigns and collaborations, and take pride in always delivering.

PR Account Manager – The Role
The Account Manager will be implementing communications strategies through a wide variety of channels including digital, building and managing relationships with clients and key contacts and creatively building on campaign plans at a tactical level.

Key Responsibilities

• Client management
• Press materials
• Sell in stories to target media
• Keeping clients up-to-date with key industry developments
• Manage content generation for consumer features and news
• Media relations, liaising with journalists

PR Account Manager – Required skills/interests

• MUST HAVE PR Agency Experience
• Track record of successfully managing PR process from start to finish response to client briefs.
• Social Media implementation experience
• Strong project management skills
• Ability to lead, and make difficult decisions / assertive when required

To apply for this fantastic opportunity or for further information, please contact: [email protected]

Up to 38K, DOE

Major Players are the UK’s leading digital, marketing, creative and tech talent agency. We offer equal opportunities to all candidates regardless of race, religion, gender, sexuality, disability, age, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

At Major Players, we are committed to improving diversity, equity and inclusion within the industries we service, creating impactful and meaningful change to our partners, candidates and employees. For further information visit: www.majorplayers.co.uk/diversity-equity-inclusion/.

Major Players | B Corp™

PR Account Manager, Macclesfield Up to £38,000

If you’re working agency-side and at a crossroads in your career, maybe looking for a step up, then this could be the perfect next role for you.

This well established PR & Communications Agency is looking for a PR Account Manager to join their growing team. Specialising in B2B marketing, they help their clients raise their brand profile across all channels; from social media to content strategy, to earned media and influencer marketing and so much more.

If you have some experience working in these areas; you’re a natural story-teller and enjoy take pride in helping brands engage with their target audiences, then we’d love to hear from you.

About you

You’ll ideally have 2-3 years’ experience as an Account Manager or Account Executive in an agency, with PR and experience of dealing with the press too. However, if you worked in B2B marketing inhouse, especially in Tech or Construction, then that would work too.

You’ll be enthusiastic and eager to learn and to deliver for your clients. You’ll be creative and be prepared to invest time in understanding their businesses, so that you can then create and deliver award-winning marketing plans and campaigns.

Why this is a great opportunity

Joining a growing business, there’s loads of scope for career progression, with the opportunity to learn from and grow with some of the best PR experts in the industry.

The agency leaders have created an inclusive and supportive culture where everyone is treated like an adult. Hybrid working, flexible hours and the opportunity to be promoted on merit are all part of the package.

The basic salary is competitive and coupled with a profit sharing bonus scheme and private healthcare plans, the financial benefits will make a difference to you too.

So what’s next

If you have B2B Marketing experience whether it be agency-side or inhouse, then we’d love to tell you more. Click apply now or contact Zeedee Gascoigne at The Talent Crowd for further information.

The Talent Crowd

Are you a communications professional with sustainability knowledge looking to develop a meaningful and impactful narrative?

Then please continue reading. Our client, a global financial services firm, has created an exciting Global Director of Communications role within an entirely new vertical dedicated to sustainability communications and corporate affairs. Reporting to the MD for Global Communications, you will be the right-hand person responsible for co-creating the development of the strategic narrative surrounding sustainable finance for the global business.

What you will receive

You will have the opportunity to join a future-centric organisation that has already established long-term sustainability ambitions. To meet these goals, all stakeholders, customers and colleagues need to be informed and illuminated on both business decisions and strategy. You will play an integral role in ensuring effective internal and external communications are clearly conveyed to a diverse selection of stakeholders.

Whilst in position, you will be able to enhance your knowledge in key areas such as carbon markets, biodiversity, adaptation finance and blended finance, which are all key to ensuring a just transition of our financial systems.

What you will do

With a group-level mandate in the Corporate Affairs, Brand and Marketing function, you will:

• Work alongside the MD to co-lead the development of the firm’s strategic narrative for sustainability.
• Identify opportunities and challenges for the firm to strengthen its reputation and build its brand, whilst also developing your personal brand.
• Be a trusted advisor to senior leaders from across the business, from the Chief Sustainability Office to Group Compliance and Investor Relations.
• Oversee the content development for the firm’s sustainability report and ESG disclosures.

What you can bring to the business

• Extensive knowledge and experience in corporate affairs, communications and sustainability.
• Financial services or industry experience from a carbon-intensive sector.
• A proven track record in influencing and advising senior business stakeholders.
• Global exposure strategy experience and exposure, ideally in emerging markets

Sparked your interest?

Then please apply directly or reach out to Lewis Dickinson at [email protected] for a confidential discussion about what your next step could look like.

Acre

External Communications Manager

£55,000

I am currently recruiting for an experienced External Communications Manager position with a leading national hospitality brand within their based Head office with a mix of home / remote working. Sitting within the senior management team, this role has a big part to play in delivering all external communications including those to all venues & head office via various communication channels.

Typical responsibilities of the role will include:

• Responsibility for the Press Office which carries risk, media and reputation management, as well as internal and external stakeholder management.
• Planning the external communication activity schedule
• Support the wider business to build the external company brand, customer engagement and overall reputation management.
• Managing the crisis communications plan, regularly reviewing, and updating aligning with any new risk processes
• Creating and delivering a comprehensive corporate social media content strategy covering all media channels including LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok
• Responsible for creating & monitoring all the social media content including written, photography, infographics and video
• Convert the strategy and plans into understandable and inclusive communications to the wider team
• Heading up the Corporate Social Responsibility campaigns and building string partnerships
• Liaise with the divisional PR communications managers to ensure the promotion of relevant content through social media where appropriate.
• Main point of reference for all communications feedback
• Providing communication insight to the wider management teams

Key requirements for the role.

• Previous experience in working with media, managing PR and communications is essential.
• A keen interest in current affairs and the media with the ability to deal with journalists
• Strong press office experience
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to adapt quickly and effectively within the fast-paced hospitality market to manage the press office and brand reputational issues
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and negotiate at all levels
• Strong Leaderships skills

If you are interested in working for one of the most trusted & expanding Hospitality business’ in the UK with excellent benefits, then please Apply!

Rise Resourcing

Salary: £66,705 – £73,441 per annum

Location: Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London and Manchester

Contract: fixed term for 2 years

Hours: Full time / Part time / Flexible

This is an exciting opportunity for an internal communications and engagement technology specialist to play a pivotal role using engaging and cutting-edge technology to deliver the internal communications and engagement strategy of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

Working with the Director of Organisational Development and colleagues in the wider People, Capability and Culture team, you will be responsible for maximising the use of technology to drive improved engagement and communications with CMA colleagues, building capability and supporting our broader digital transformation, to ensure the CMA continues to be a centre of excellence.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Leading the development, design and implementation of our strategy for technology to internally communicate and engage with colleagues effectively

• Engaging with external networks, technology and communications groups to ensure the CMA is at the cutting edge of using technology to improve its organisational development practise

• Coaching the Internal Communications and Engagement team and ensuring their personal development, career development and continued high performance

• Influencing our senior leaders and managers about how best they can communicate with and engage with the people they lead

You will need substantial experience of implementing internal communications and engagement technology solutions as part of an internal communications and engagement strategy, with experience of using technology and media to engage and communicate with diverse internal audiences and stakeholders.

You will also need significant experience of delivering a range of complex programmes and projects, as well as experience of leading others and using technology to drive change and improve processes.

In return the CMA is a hugely diverse, rewarding and stimulating place to work – an opportunity to work for the public good and to stretch and develop yourself in doing so. We offer generous benefits, including an excellent pension scheme, at least 25 days leave (increasing to 30 over five years), and generous maternity/paternity leave provision. You can also take advantage of interest-free season ticket loans, a cycle to work scheme, our employee assistance programme and flexible working options.

To find out more and to apply, please click on the APPLY button.

Closing date for applications: 11:55 pm on Monday 3rd April 2023.

The CMA are an accredited Disability Confident Employer, and we are an equal opportunities employer, welcoming suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles.

Competition and Markets Authority

Internal Communications Manager – Inside IR35

Contract Term: 6 months

Contracting Authority: Ministry of Defence

Location: Remote – travel to Andover as and when required

The Internal Communications Community Manager is a key role within the Army’s International, Communications and Engagement Branch. Based within Army Headquarters, our role within Internal communications is to provide advice, consultancy and outputs to key stakeholders within the British Army.

The role of the communications manager is to influence, engage and understand our internal audience. You will be expected to lead with training, produce guidance and best practices to users on Defence Connect (DC) to ensure they fully exploit the DC Capability.

Main responsibilities:

• You will produce training packages and plans for both in person and online training, through one-to-one engagements and be responsible for the development of online information for self-study.
• The Community Manager will coordinate, publish and follow up on all internal communication content on DC and DefNet when required. You will encourage and manage them to engage with town hall’s and ask me anything sessions, ensuring these are responded to and encourage internal users to utilise these tools.
• You will support the Defence Connect technical support contractor as required and provide assistance in developing membership, usage and engagement reports for our internal channels.
• You will have the IT knowledge and know how to adapt and make suggestions to the development of Defence Connect.
• You will also be responsible in providing regular reports on usage, memberships and engagement across internal communications. You will be the SME across this area and will have daily involvement in the review and management of new MOD and other users on to DC.
• You will monitor the internal community, encourage members, facilitate discussions and manage “inappropriate Use”/ Modernation policy and procedures. You will monitor group usage and consolidate/retire groups when applicable.

Essential:

• Previous demonstratable experience of communications management, ideally with Enterprise Social Media platforms.
• Previous demonstratable experience of managing JIVE software or other similar Enterprise Social Media Software.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication skills.

Desirable:

· An active SC Clearance.

· Public Sector / Defence experience.

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply or email [email protected]

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Public Sector Resourcing