Assistant PR Manager, 12 month Secondment, FTC

Deloitte; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Deloitte’s London press office is seeking an aspiring PR professional to help promote and protect the firm’s reputation across talent, tax and audit areas. You will develop media relations strategies, build journalist relationships and contribute to Deloitte’s expert commentator profile on business issues.

You will work with a collaborative team, balancing deadlines with the ability to operate autonomously.

Qualifications

• Experience in journalism or public relations.
• Experience in developing and implementing strategic media relations plans.
• Excellent writing skills; attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships with stakeholders at multiple levels.
• Ability to stay organized and manage multiple stakeholders and projects under time pressure.

Responsibilities

• Reporting to a PR Manager, responsible for developing and implementing media relations campaigns for areas of responsibility.
• Collaborate with industry and business leaders, marketing, social media, research and public affairs to deliver campaigns.
• Craft compelling stories and adapt writing style to different audiences and formats; manage multiple projects to tight deadlines and influence senior leaders.

Skills

Journalism experience

Public relations

Media relations planning

Writing skills

Interpersonal skills

Organization

Job description

This is a great opportunity to work in an award-winning, diverse press office with an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution. This role is for someone who enjoys working on PR strategies and campaigns for a range of fast-moving areas, developing new and existing journalist relationships and building recognition of Deloitte partners as expert commentators on various business issues.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte?It’show we approach the thousands of decisions we make everyday. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, whereverwe arein the world, welead the way,serve with integrity, take care of each other ,fosterinclusion, andcollaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision wemake and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it mattersmost .

Connect to your opportunity

We are looking for an aspiring public relations (PR) professional to join Deloitte’s busy press office and have a key role in promoting and protecting the firm’s reputation. It’s a chance to work on areas such as the firm’s talent and people agenda, tax or audit.

You will be a creative thinker with excellent attention to detail and equally able to work as part of a team and autonomously. You’ll have an understanding of the business landscape for Deloitte and the wider economy and a grasp of the role PR can play in supporting business objectives.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

Reporting to a PR Manager, you’ll be responsible for developing and implementing media relations campaigns for your areas of responsibility. You’ll do this in close collaboration with the firm’s industry and business leaders, as well as colleagues across marketing, social media, research and public affairs.

You’ll have a keen eye for what makes a good story, excellent writing standards, good attention to detail and the ability to adapt your style to suit different audiences and formats. You also need to be able to manage and deliver multiple projects to tight deadlines and influence senior leaders and stakeholders within the business.

• You have experience of journalism or public relations, gained either in-house or within an agency.
• You have experience of developing and implementing strategic media relations plans.
• You have excellent writing skillsand attention to detail, which will be tested during the interview process.
• You have strong interpersonal skills. Someone who has the ability to build solid relationships and gain credibility with stakeholders at multiple levels.
• You have the confidence to stand firm and say no when needed.Someone who also remains diplomatic and consensus-driven.
• You are highly organized.Someone who is able to successfully manage multiple stakeholders and projects under time pressure.

Connect to your business -Enabling Functions

Collaboration is central to everything we do at Deloitte. From IT to HR, marketing and more, our teams help to support the wider business in everything they do. Bringing your individual skills and specialist knowledge, you can make a far-reaching impact. Come join us.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

“Deloitte gives you lots of opportunities to hone your skills and an open-door approach from the senior leadership makes it a great organisation to build your career with.” - Aditya, Enabling Functions

Our hybrid working policy

You’ll be based in London with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life.That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritiseyour wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers