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Press Officer

Employer
Murray McIntosh
Location
London
Salary
£25k-30k
Closing date
23 Aug 2021

Job Details

The Role

My client looking for a pro-active self-starter to join their communications team and become a key part of their Press, Policy and Public Affairs work.

You'll be part of an award-winning team that works to promote and defend the membership's issues, and regularly delivers campaigns, thought leadership, and big-ticket media coverage.

On a typical day, you'll be writing and reviewing copy for media materials (targeting regional, trade and potentially national media outlets) and social media channels, liaising with journalists to arrange interviews and briefings, monitoring the media for breaking news stories and coverage opportunities, carrying out media outreach, helping to support the team's thought leadership work, carrying out research, and helping keep track of the team's activities and successes.

The Person

My client is after someone with a passion for media relations and issues-based communications.

The ideal candidate is at equally at home writing tweets as they are comment pieces, loves diving through statistics and research to develop content and copy, enjoys picking up the phone to pitch to journalists, is a whizz with spreadsheets and statistics, and a top-level proof-reader.

High quality copywriting skills are a must for this role, as you'll spend the majority of your time writing and editing copy, but you'll also need excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to adapt content and arguments for different audiences.

If you are self-motivated, efficient, and well-organised, with the ability to work to tight deadlines and on simultaneous projects, then this is the ideal opportunity for you.

Essential requirements:

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent or extensive relevant work experience

Minimum of 2-years experience in a Public Relations/Press/Media Relations role

Experience working with journalists

Impeccable writing skills

1st class research skills

Company

We believe in building partnerships to inform and enhance all that we do.

To do this, we work collaboratively, placing your needs at the centre of our search. Every decision that we make is influenced by you to help shape your future.

We could go on about our specialised research, our methodologies and delivery orientation, but really it all comes down to our specialists. They’re the reason why we are able to hone in on and truly understand you and your market—not the databases, technologies or tools we use.

By continually investing in our people and the network of contacts they each have, Murray Mcintosh’s consultants are among the most connected in the business. This enables them to provide effective and strategic hiring advice for each and every client we support, which in turn delivers the successful hiring outcomes they seek.

Our success is inherently tied to our status as an organisation that challenges, consults and empowers. Our reason for pursuing this is simple. People’s careers deserve nothing less.

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