Pr and Media Assistant - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Holyrood PR

Description

Are you leaving high school this year and looking for some hands-on experience in the world of communications, media, social media, film and TV?

Then the PR and Media Assistant role at our award-winning Edinburgh PR agency could be the one for you.

About the role

Based in our Scottish PR agency in Leith, the role is specifically designed for school leavers who are looking to take a gap year before heading off to university or college.

The role has key responsibilities that are essential to the success of our busy agency, including ownership of press cuttings, and management of sponsored posts.

Although this is primarily an admin-based support role, there will be a number of opportunities for the right applicant to learn more about the work we do across the agency - from film and photography to social media and writing for news outlets.

The job provides immense potential to gain knowledge, contacts, and experience in the industry as well as the perfect opportunity to gain valuable work experience in a professional setting, and transferable skills that will last a lifetime.

Day to day the role offers the chance to try a range of tasks including using the Microsoft Office suite, content writing, photography, videography, graphic design, statistical analysis, SEO, social media, website admin and more.

This is a full-time paid role, based within Holyrood PR's busy office space in Leith.


About Holyrood PR

Holyrood PR is one of Scotland's most renowned public relations agencies, with clients such as, Scottish Water, Mackie's of Scotland, The MGA Academy, and Surgeons Quarter.

The year-long position will run from July 2023 to July/August 2024 and is 35 hours per week.


Responsibilities:

The role is designed to ensure the smooth running of the PR team by providing supportive administration, measurement and evaluation, search engine optimisation and website maintenance as well as social media support.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Press cutting logging, measurement and evaluation
• Managing sponsored posts, including liaising with new clients, securing payments, and uploading to our website
• Uploading and optimising articles to Holyrood PR and client websites
• Preparing monthly and quarterly client reports to demonstrate results and value to clients
• Social media support
• Media contact list management
• Supporting influencer campaigns
• Capturing and editing photographs and video content

Skills required

• Hard working, committed and thorough
• A strong and willing communicator
• A positive and upbeat presence within the office
• Happy to get involved as part of a busy young team
• Able to take on board instruction and constructive criticism
• Comfortable across word processing and spreadsheets
• Keen to explore a career within an agency / corporate setting (not necessarily media)

Job Types:
Full-time, Fixed term contract, Apprenticeship

Contract length: 12 months


Salary:
£7.49-£10.42 per hour


Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Edinburgh: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• This role is designed for young people before the start university or college, please confirm that you are a school leaver.

Education:

• GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

Work Location:
In person

Application deadline: 31/07/2023

Reference ID:
PR and Media Assistant

Expected start date: 31/07/2023