Senior Media Officer – Charity / Healthcare
- Employer
- JFL
- Location
- London (Central), London (Greater)
- Salary
- c.£32K DOE
- Closing date
- 9 Dec 2018
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Discipline
- Press / Media Relations, Digital
- Seniority
- Senior Executive, Specialist, Manager / Mid-Management
- Sector
- Charities, Healthcare, Media
Job Details
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Senior Media Officer to join a leading UK healthcare charity. As Senior Media Officer, you will work alongside the Head of Communications and Marketing to maximise media coverage for the charity through national, regional and social media, helping to position the charity as experts in its area. You will raise the profile through strategy development, proactive placement of news stories and leading social media. This is a really exciting time to join the charity as they are going through a real period of growth.
Your responsibilities:
- Supporting and developing the media strategy, identifying media opportunities and building relationships with trade, national and regional journalists
- Handling press enquiries, reactively managing issues and making most out of opportunities to raise the profile of the charity
- Working with the communications, fundraising and research teams to maximise coverage
- Supporting development and delivery of media plans for the charity’s events and campaigns
- Supporting with media monitoring
You will demonstrate:
- Solid experience working in a press office environment
- Excellent written and verbal skills and the ability to translate scientific research into accessible stories
- Political awareness and the ability to handle complex and potentially sensitive situations
- High levels of creativity
- Good digital experience and the ability to use social media channels
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a wonderful charity. To apply, please contact [email protected]!
Company
At JFL, we are devoted to our company values: INSIGHT, INTEGRITY & RESULTS. We’re in the business to help candidates and clients tell their stories through building careers and world-class communications teams.
JFL is a specialist communications recruitment consultancy – we work with some of the best-known brands in the world and help clients and candidates tell their career stories. We are a results-driven business with a close-knit team, motivated by success and passionate about our values.
Our team have an incredible network, and we punch well above our weight! We work with some amazing and challenging brands and pride ourselves on building long term relationships with both clients and candidates. Our expertise covers all sectors including Corporate, Consumer, Entertainment, Technology, Luxury, Lifestyle, Digital, Sustainability, Charity, Public Affairs & Policy, and Marketing Communications.
Please see our website for our contact details – www.jflrecruit.com
- Website
- http://www.jflrecruit.com/
- Telephone
- 07960500089
- Location
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Soho Works White City
2, Television Centre
London
London
W12 7FR
United Kingdom
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