Public Relations Executive

MET Marketing Recruitment; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading PR agency in Leeds is seeking a creative individual to enhance their team. This role prioritizes strong writing skills and offers the chance to build media relations while participating in innovative campaigns. As a hybrid position, you’ll split your time between the office and remote work, ensuring flexibility while engaging with industry press to maximize client exposure. Candidates should have a background in communications or PR and be eager to develop their skills in this dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Strong background in writing is essential.
• Experience in communications, PR, or content is ideal.
• Eager to develop PR skills and partake in training.

Responsibilities

• Liaising with industry press to gain exposure for clients.
• Producing engaging PR content across digital and traditional channels.
• Creating innovative PR campaigns with fresh ideas.

Skills

Creative writing

Media relations

Networking

Job description

Do you love to write? This role will give you the opportunity to develop your skills within an established PR Agency based in Leeds City Centre. The person is key for this role as you will bring your creative writing skills but you must be confident and eager to learn. Elements of a PR role include media relations and you must be confident reaching out, building contacts, networks and being resilient that this might take more than one email or call. This role will focus on writing, media relations and reporting on success. A background in communications, PR, content is ideal.

Hybrid role and you must be based local to Leeds, English must be your first language due to the nature of the writing and content you will produce.

About You:

• Strong background in writing
• Comms, PR, content experience ideal
• You'll love to pitch ideas to the team and bring creative ideas to campaigns and pitches
• You'll be eager to develop your PR skills and partake in training and development at every opportunity
• Not afraid to network, build connections and develop the media relations side of PR

What You'll Be Doing:

• Liaising with industry press and journalists to gain valuable exposure for clients
• Producing engaging PR content across a range of digital and traditional channels
• Being a key-player in creating creative PR campaigns by bringing fresh and forward-thinking ideas

Where You'll Be Based:

This role offers a hybrid working pattern from the office based in Leeds City Center and is therefore commutable from Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, Harrogate and the surrounding areas.

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