Senior PR executive

Senior PR executive required by a marketing agency in Royston, Hertfordshire.

As a Senior PR executive, you will be working alongside the Editorial Manager to deliver quality content in a variety of formats, with a focus on press releases, magazine features and online blogs.

Our client has an excellent reputation for delivering well-researched content that busy editors can simply copy and paste. An old-school journalism background would be a definite advantage.

You must be confident and speak with authority on all activity.

ABOUT YOU

Passionate - You’ll be an avid supporter of the team and your clients

Ambitious - You will propel client success and success for the agency as a whole

Curious - You’ll have a thirst for knowledge and use this curiosity to deliver incredible outcomes

Customer-focused - You will be a highly organised person with great attention to detail who thrives on developing and maintaining close relationships with clients

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work across a number of industries, delivering quality content in different formats
• Be able to write in different tones for different clients and different outputs
• Working closely with the Editorial Manager to develop content strategies
• Clearly communicate the progress of initiatives to internal and external stakeholders
• Use online applications to manage campaigns and deliver results to clients
• Develop and implement strategic plans to manage and grow accounts alongside the wider team
• Researching, preparing and conducting interviews
• Liaise with the wider team to ensure consistency in promoting clients
• Understand client needs, work to anticipate them and identify new business opportunities
• Prepare analysis and research where needed to support outputs
• Administrative duties including reporting and file management
• Develop and maintain excellent knowledge and understanding of the clients’ services and industry

YOUR SKILLS

• At least two years’ experience as a journalist or in a PR role
• Outstanding written English across different formats
• Friendly and personable interview style
• Impeccable attention to detail
• Excellent listening and presentation skills
• Knowledge of the media landscape an advantage
• Capable of building strong relationships internally and externally

BENEFITS

• 28 days holiday a year including bank holidays, with increasing allowance connected to length of service
• Hybrid working
• Pension contributions
• Regular social events
• Discounts on gym memberships and with over 1,000 retailers, restaurants and destinations

WELLBEING

• Two mental health days per year
• Annual mental health workshop
• Healthcare top-up which includes up to:o £180 for dental covero £180 for optical covero £500 for therapy treatments (physiotherapy, acupuncture, chiropractic, homeopathy, osteopathy)o £75 for chiropody treatmentso And much more for you and your children too

YOUR DEVELOPMENT

• Training and development in your specialism
• Access to industry courses
• Scope to develop in the role and progress through the organisation

LOCATION

• Beautiful rural offices
• Plenty of free parking (you’ll never struggle to find a space)
• Office dog

Commutable from: - Welwyn, WGC, Hatfield, Borehamwood, Hitchin, Stevenage, Letchworth, Baldock, Royston, Ware, Hertford, Hoddesdon, Broxbourne,Biggleswade, Saffron Walden, Haverhill, Braintree, Ely, Newmarket, St Neots, St Ives, Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge

Senior PR executive - Hertfordshire - £26,000 - £31,000