PR & Events Executive

TN United Kingdom; Amersham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits at a vibrant company where your passion for toys can shine! As a PR & Events Executive, you'll play a pivotal role in crafting and executing innovative PR strategies that amplify brand awareness and drive sales. Collaborating with a dynamic marketing team, you'll engage with key stakeholders and media, ensuring impactful campaigns resonate with audiences. This role offers a unique blend of creativity and strategy, allowing you to shape memorable experiences that connect with customers. Join a forward-thinking organization that values creativity and innovation, and make a significant impact in a thriving industry.

Benefits

Birthday Leave

33 days of holiday

Retail Trust & Virtual GP

Pension salary sacrifice

Flexible access to pay via Wage Stream

Generous toy discount

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

High Street and leisure discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Life Cover

Qualifications

• 1+ years experience in PR and Event Management, preferably in retail or lifestyle.
• Strong understanding of public relations with hands-on execution skills.

Responsibilities

• Support PR and events to drive customer engagement and sales.
• Cultivate relationships with media contacts and influencers.

Skills

PR Management

Event Management

Public Relations

Storytelling

Stakeholder Relationship Building

Problem Solving

Microsoft Office

Education

Degree in Public Relations

Degree in Communications

Degree in Marketing

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Teams

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Have you got a passion for toys and making a difference in a business that is going places?

Ever wanted to have a secret meeting in the Batcave or immerse yourself in Jurassic World? Join us at The Entertainer Head Office and you can do exactly that in our bright character-based meeting rooms!

This position is based at our Head Office. You must live within a reasonable distance to the office or be willing to relocate by the role commencement date.

Job Purpose

Working in our marketing team, you will be an energetic and passionate PR & Events Executive with a remit to support the delivery and execution of our PR and events strategies, helping us drive sales, build brand awareness, increase engagement, and amplify our messaging across multiple platforms.

Reporting to the Senior PR and Content Manager, you will work alongside the Social Media Executive and the wider marketing team, ensuring a cohesive approach across public relations, events, content, and social media to support our broader business, brand, and marketing objectives. This is an exciting opportunity to develop and deliver impactful campaigns and content that resonate with our audience while driving business growth.

To be successful in this role, you will need to be:

• A clear executional thinker
• Strong communicator with a flair for storytelling
• Proactive stakeholder relationship builder
• Proactive, problem-solving mindset

As the role involves some travel a full UK, valid driver’s licence is advantageous.

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience (1+ years) in PR and Event Management, ideally within the retail, toy, or lifestyle sectors.
• Deep understanding of public relations (consumer, digital) with a hands-on approach to execution.
• A degree in Public Relations, Communications, Marketing, or a related field is preferred.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams.

Responsibilities

Support on our PR and events workstreams, with a primary focus on driving customer engagement and sales and leveraging activity across all brand touchpoints.

PR:

• Deliver PR strategies as laid out by your manager to drive sales, build brand awareness and advocacy and drive media coverage for product launches, events, and campaigns.
• Support on key agency relationships including strategy alignment, briefing campaigns, establishing scopes of work, managing budgets, output and deadlines.
• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with key media contacts, journalists, and influencers within the toy, lifestyle, and family sectors.

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job profile.

As an employee at The Entertainer your amazing benefits will include:

- Birthday Leave plus 33 days of holiday (including Bank Holidays)

- Retail Trust & Virtual GP

- Pension salary sacrifice

- Flexible access to your pay via Wage Stream

- Generous toy discount

- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

- High Street and leisure discounts

- Cycle to work scheme.

- Life Cover

So, if you've got a passion for toys and making a difference in a business that is going places, apply now!