Account responsibilities:
* Promoting news stories and features to the media, known as selling in
* Monitoring the media, including newspapers, magazines, journals, newswires, and blogs, for opportunities for clients
* Liaising on a daily basis with the team, clients, and the media, via telephone and email
* Relationship building and networking with colleagues, clients, and the media
* Preparing weekly status reports/emails, tracking and logging coverage, putting together coverage boards
* Building and keeping media lists up to date
* Attending client meetings and providing event/exhibition support where appropriate
* Researching, writing, and distributing press releases and other written collateral to targeted media
Company responsibilities:
* Daily newspapers overview
* Answering incoming calls
* General administration duties
* Regular contributor to the face of Berkeley through social networking (including company blog and Twitter) on- and offline
* Beginning to support and understand the agency values (PIES)
* Develop an initial understanding of Berkeley's storytelling philosophy and begin to bring elements of storytelling into written work
Key skills:
* Strong presentation and negotiation skills
* Confidence, articulate, adaptable, creative
* Self-motivation and a persuasive manner
* Good spoken and written communication skills
* Excellent organisational and time management skills
* Good 'people skills', for working with a range of colleagues and clients
* A professional manner
* Good business sense
Our benefits:
* Every member of the team gets CPD-accredited Storytelling Academy training
* Comprehensive induction programme
* 21 days holiday, rising 1 day per year up to 5 years of service (26)
* An extra day’s holiday on your birthday
* Flexible, hybrid-working role
* Pension
* Private Health Care
Berkeley is committed to applying its equal opportunities policy at all stages of recruitment and selection processes and values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the Company.
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