Job Description:
Do you have a passion for communications, media and PR and are seeking a new challenge? If so, we'd love to hear from you!
Our client, a global financial services firm, is recruiting for a Press Officer to join their team on an initial 9-month contract basis. The position will be based in London and our client works 4 days per week in the office and 1 day at home.
Essential Skills/Experience:
* Previous media relations experience, the ideal candidate should have experience in a similar role either within an organisation or at an agency
* Good organisational skills and the ability to manage their own workload, set priorities and multi-task
* An interest in the financial services industry, experience in investment banking is helpful
* Experience with social media, video and digital content production in a corporate environment is helpful
Core Responsibilities:
* Assisting with the organization of press interviews, relationship lunches/meetings, roundtable briefing sessions, press seminars, television interviews and other media events in the UK
* Distribute daily research reports
* Liaise with the Firm's PR consultants across EMEA when organizing media events in their markets
* Organise media training
* Help to manage the Firm's submissions to industry awards
* Distribution of weekly corporate communications highlights
Job reference: 15805
To apply for this vacancy, applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
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