Communications Manager - Surbiton, United Kingdom - Absolutely Recruitment

Absolutely Recruitment

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Surbiton, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

PR & Comms Manager
**Salary £34,000 - £37,840 plus amazing benefits
Based in Surbiton
Hybrid working pattern**
This role is fantastic opportunity for a Senior PR Account Executive or PR Account Manager who has taken responsibility for managing their own campaigns and budget management skills and experience within an agency or in-house environment and wantsto work for a global brand

Degree educated 2.1 or above
Relevant PR agency or inhouse PR & Comms background.
Digital PR experience and good awareness of media, influencer and digital communications landscape
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Excellent copy writing skills
Great team player with ability to manage own projects and budgets
Aability to manage projects. events and campaigns from conception to delivery
Ability to inspire and motivate stakeholders with key messaging
Understanding of premium brands
A good eye for detail
Competency in Microsoft Office
Line management experience is preferred.
Quick learner and strong work ethic
Excellent administration and organisational skills
Ideally, passion and affinity for photography, imaging products and technologies

Key Responsibilities

Development annual Communications strategy in line with business goals and objectives across the region and in collaboration with th European Communications Team.

Initiate PR campaigns across Press, Partners and Influencers in line with business objectives
Implement European PR initiatives or campaigns locally
Develop and maintain strong relationships with relevant external stakeholders including journalists, editors, photographers, creators, ambassadors, key opinion leaders (KOLs)and partners to increase brand advocacy
Cocreate, manage and coordinate launch activities and press events both online and offline
Monitor and report on local coverage and activations as required to sales, marketing and management teams, as well as deliver reporting to European head office
Support the Head of Marketing on crisis management issues
Write, edit, distribute and localise press releases, ensuring relevancy to targets' interests delivering incremental coverage for both online and print coverage
Tailor social media and digital communications strategy to amplify campaign messaging through community engagement
Create and align the content calendar with the European calendar, aligned to brand objectives and business priorities and leading where appropriate
Develop relationships with media, to sustain a good level of press coverage
Organise and manage NDAs with Press and KOLs for all launches
Set and measure communications budget priorities for Management Trainee to manage and reconcile
Set the communications strategy, leading where appropriate but always aligned to wider European strategic priorities
Manage media database and ensure it is always kept up to date
Monitor and track all discussion topics trends and reporting successes accordingly
Measure and report on the impact of communications activations on the overall marketing efforts
Colead internal communications on launches and new partnerships
Be the key point of contact for social media agencies, working with them to maximise campaigns throughout Europe
Develop annual Communications strategy in line with business goals and objectives across and in collaboration with European Communication team
Oversee the management and reconciliation of the loan stock system
Create, plan, curate and manage community content output (images, video and written) to reach desired audiences
Manage and coordinate with the Head of Marketing on product announcements and product launch events
Write copy for media use (e.g. Competition and Advertorial copy)
Develop and sellin news stories for continuous coverage
Oversee the response to daytoday media enquiries and supply required information
Work with the content and communications team to provide content for their social media channels