Press Officer - Consumer PR (Contract, SE London, Start ASAP)

Press Officer - Consumer PR

SE London (3-6 Month Initial Contract)

The Company:

A leading Telecoms company, who operate in more than 170 countries across the world. They are currently seeking a Press Officer (Consumer PR) to join their UK & Ireland Marketing Department based in the clients state of the art offices in SE London, where you will be focusing on a number of exciting,large scale Consumer campaigns

Responsibilities:

• Creating and delivering PR ideas, events, stunts and campaigns
• Executing the relevant strategy alongside the PR team to successfully build the brand
• Creating and delivering the regional press strategy
• Work alongside the relevant marketing, brand and advertising teams to activate marketing/PR strategy that successfully develops the reputation and awareness of the company within consumer media
• Execute the relevant PR plan campaigns from start to finish, including responsibility for planning, budgeting and implementation
• Manage the PR agencies we work with to implement successful PR campaigns

Experience Required:

• Previous experience of working in similar PR roles within an agency or in-house (B2C experience essential)
• Ability to lead on and implement integrated, 360 PR/comms campaigns - while this role sits within the PR team, we all work across digital, social, influencers, retail executions, sponsorship activation, events, partnerships, and even paid media at times
• Experience in activating PR/comms campaigns for big brands + experience of running big budget, multi-faceted campaigns
• Experience developing and delivering regional PR campaigns
• Strong ability to identify, create and sell a story
• Ability and willingness to work out of hours/weekends and to travel internationally when required

If you would like to apply for this role, please send a copy of your most up to date CV to Laura.Gallagher@projectpeople.com today

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