Public Relations & Branding Assistant (Marketing Events)
Are you looking for a fun and exciting new role to kick-start your career?
Would you like to be involved in a company working with meaningful charities?
Maybe you would like the extra income while adding some awesome skills to your resume?
Arete has been selected by a local Non-Profit Organization to represent them at a number of pop-up events across the Chicago region. As a result, we are looking for Public Relations & Branding Assistants to join our team who have a passion for helping others, a great personality, and the ability to have fun whilst you work. This role will involve learning aspects of our business from the ground up so applicants are expected to be hands-on!
No previous experience is required as long as you’re a people person, over 18, willing to learn basic product knowledge, able to maintain a positive attitude, and take pride in your achievements.
Some Perks & Benefits available to all within Arete:
- Easy commute to our central head office
- Great weekly paid compensation
- Friendly and fun work environment
- Team days out and visiting local sites and restaurants
- Opportunity to top up your earnings with bonuses
Public Relations & Branding Assistant Responsibilities and Duties:
As a Public Relations & Branding Assistant, you will be interacting with the public in person, to promote a non-profit organization’s mission, values, and vision. You’ll be providing a high level of customer service, sharing success stories, and registering new donors throughout the day. Duties include but are not limited to:
- Representing a specific charity or NPO with integrity and enthusiasm at one of our private site events across the Chicago region
- Raising awareness of the organization’s mission and successes through face-to-face interactions
- Engaging with customers at pop-ups, street events, trade shows, etc.
- Providing customers with important information about the organization and their mission with a view to gaining new, long-term donors who are excited about making a change
- Collecting relevant details from new sponsors and donors including personal details, always maintaining privacy
- Setting up, maintaining, and breaking down branded kiosks where applicable
Ideally, all Public Relations & Branding Assistants will:
- Take every experience as an opportunity to learn
- Have awesome communications skills
- Have a friendly outgoing demeanor
- Be an idea generator capable of expressing themselves
- Be able to solve problems on the fly and
- Utilize resources and ask for help when needed
- Be self-reliant and driven to succeed
- Effectively prioritize and manage their time
Requirements / Recommendations:
- You’ll need to be 18+ years of age and eligible to work in the USA
- No specific experience is required, but you should be comfortable striking up a conversation and keeping it going
- We’re ideally looking for people that can work full time hours for 6 weeks or more
- The ability to commute to our office in Downtown Chicago – this is an in-person role
- Degrees are welcome, but not a requirement. However, we are looking for people that are interested in learning new skills and can retain a fair amount of information
Apply today for immediate consideration!
Take the next step towards a more personally rewarding career today… apply now for immediate consideration!
We are looking to find our new Public Relations & Branding Assistant within 1-2 weeks. To ensure that we can keep you up to date with your application’s progress, please include an up-to-date contact number and email address. To speed up the process, please keep an eye out for any communication and get back to us as soon as possible with any additional information that we may need.
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