Press Assistant

Outstanding PR & Marketing organisation are seeking a Press Assistant to join their team.

Ideally min of 1 year experience in PR.

The candidate will have excellent written and spoken English and awareness of the media, it’s audiences and sensitivity to how they are addressed.

Example of duties

• Assisting the Promotion team with PR to journalists and/or radio producers to try to interest them in our clients’ press releases and feature ideas.
• Write initial draft press releases.
• Assisting with scheduling spokespersons to speak to the media.
• Assisting organisation of interviews with the organization’s spokespeople.
• Monitor media coverage and help prepare and draft regular evaluation reports.
• Training includes strategies about how to communicate with journalists and/or radio producers and how to foster good relations with them.
• Assisting with publishing of media coverage on social media platforms for the company and artists social media campaign creation. .
• Proof-read and if necessary assisting with the development of media statements, EPK’s and other related branding assets
• Helping the Promotion team achieve Major Press publications and/or National / Regional Radio outlets for our artists in a range of genres.
• Assisting with sourcing of features in publications.
• Assisting with arranging radio interviews and features for artists.
• Designing, writing and/or producing draft presentations, press releases, articles, leaflets, EPK Creation, reports, publicity brochures, information for websites and involvement in promotional videos. Online Research and analysing media coverage.

Benefits

•  24 days holiday plus 8 statutory, rising with service
•  Pension Scheme.