PR Officer at listed global brokerage giant
- Employer
- The Works Search Ltd
- Location
- London
- Salary
- £30k - 40k per year + great benefits
- Closing date
- 9 Jul 2019
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Discipline
- Press / Media Relations, Corporate Communications
- Seniority
- Senior Executive, Junior, Executive, Manager / Mid-Management
- Sector
- Financial Services
Job Details
This listed global insurance brokerage firm is looking for a PR officer to build relationships with the trade and business press and to create content for its various communications channels. Our client’s comms team is highly regarded in the sector and the job holder will be working closely with a friendly, bright and inspiring comms director as well as two senior managers.
The Company
This brokerage firm look after individual clients to FTSE organisations, oversee the retail arm across UK branches, manage a wholesale division plus underwriting services. It’s seen as an ethical company within the industry and they are a great company to work for as they and see the value of communications both internally and externally.
The comms team is based in smart modern central London offices and culturally the business has a family feel; there is a lot of trust, pride and sense of value. The comms team are good calibre, impressive operators with a clear vision for the brand.
The Role
Key challenges and opportunities in this PR officer role:
- Build and maintain relationships with the trade and national press and be the ambassador for the company
- Support the senior comms manager and Head of Comms on crisis and issues management
- Work with the team and PR agency to generate content and contribute to a thought-leadership strategy
- Produce content for all channels including press releases, blogs, articles, and social media
- Support the comms team for getting news agenda out there– this could be talking about issues such as risk management to trade credit etc.
- Analysing media coverage
The Person
Key attributes and experience for this PR officer role:
- You will have experience of corporate communications for the broader financial services sector working at SAE/ Junior AM level at an agency or in house as a PR Executive/ PR officer
- Have media relations experience
- Confident to pick up the phone and build relations with insurance trade press and national business press
- A good writer for finance related topics
To be considered for this PR Officer role please click to apply.
For more details on this role and similar roles, contact Sarah Leembruggen on 020 7903 9291 or [email protected], or visit our website for our newest in-house and agency positions -
Company
About The Works Search Ltd
The Works Search is a London based executive search firm specialising in PR and Corporate Communications. We have a network to envy and long-standing partnerships with FTSE 100 companies and exciting top tier corporate comms agencies.
Our focus is working with the best employers and the highest performing PR talent in the industry. We stand out from the crowd because we listen and truly understand individual career aspirations and take care to match them with our clients. We have been in business for over 20 years which means our network and market knowledge is unrivalled. We enjoy supporting professionals through-out their careers, helping many secure board level roles.
We give ‘the best interview briefings’ and many of our clients work with us on an exclusive basis as we guarantee results and make the hiring process stress-free.
If you think we could help you take you forward in your PR career, contact us now on 020 7903 9290. Also you can visit our website to find out more about how we work, who we work with and how we can help you – http://www.the-works.co.uk/ and look in more detail for some of the roles we are handling – http://www.the-works.co.uk/jobs.
- Website
- http://www.the-works.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 0207 903 9290
- Location
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International House,
36-38 Cornhill
London
London
EC3V 3NG
United Kingdom
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