Press Officer (Corporate Comms)
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Location
London
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Sector:
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Job Type:
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Salary:
Circa £30,000 - £38,000
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Contact:
Nisha Darbar
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Contact Email:
ndarbar@vmagroup.com
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Job Ref:
ND914557
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Published:
over 4 years ago
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Expiry Date:
2019-09-22
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Consultant:
ConsultantDrop
Fantastic opportunity for a strong press officer to join a well known FTSE 100 business in the FMCG/Retail sector.
Responsibilities:
- Build a good understanding of the issues, challenges and priorities for the business
- Support in the delivery of the communications and media relations strategy and plan
- Responsible for researching news angles and story leads, using insights and data to inform ideas and targeting
- Draft and fact check media materials
- Generate ideas for thought leadership initiatives
- Responsible for managing end to end reactive media enquiries
- Proactive and reactive media relations
- Working closely with the customer services team to support with communications
- Ability to identify emerging issues and have a strong news sense/hunger for the news & media
- You will be responsible for managing certain projects working with various stakeholders
Key Skills:
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills
- Digitally savvy with a strong news sense
- Experience working with the media and confidence in speaking with journalists
- Experience in crisis/issues management
- Ability to develop engaging and innovative media content for press releases and media statements
- Experience working in a fast paced press office both reactively and proactively is required. Ideally this will be from an FMCG/Retail background or another consumer facing business.
If you have the experience and would like to be considered for this opportunity, please apply with your CV ASAP.