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Nigel Wright
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Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Group PR Manager
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Salary: £35,000 per annum |
Overview
The company Nigel Wright are recruiting for a PR Manager to join a national retail business, who base their marketing head office in Newcastle. The company t/o is multi £bn and they are a well known name within the market. Joining a large, centralised marketing function, this role is an autonomous one with tactical and strategic responsibility, working closely with the senior leadership team, an internal communications specialist and other areas of marketing. The successful candidate will devise traditional and digital PR campaigns, focusing on ways to optimise opportunities for proactive and reactive PR for the group's business, and employer brand strategy. Job description Maintain key media relationships and manage incoming responses for all media enquiries Create PR initiatives for use across traditional and social media, blogs, influencer marketing etc. Manage a news calendar to drive consistent and timely messages to the market, balancing a local and national agenda and their individual requirements Work with the senior leadership team to coach on best practice and proactively identify opportunities for them to create good PR stories and content Work with with the marketing team to create a unified and strategic communications plan Utilise colleagues in social and content to ensure consistency in PR execution across platforms Review and report on performance in PR, identifying opportunities for change and improvement Manage the PR agency Person specification Current experience in a PR role, agency or client side BA/BSc Degree in a PR, Journalism, Communications field or similar Exceptional written and verbal communications skills Ability to build strong relationships and instil confidence at all levels within a national business A self starter with maturity and gravitas