Public Relations Specialist

Carter Murray; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Carter Murray is recruiting on behalf of a leading US law firm for a public relations professional to support multiple practice areas with media relations, press materials, and story pitching in London. The role involves identifying profile opportunities, managing reporters, organising media briefings for partners and advising on press responses.

The ideal candidate will have PR experience in professional services or financial services, excellent written and verbal communication, strong

Qualifications

• PR experience within a professional services or financial services environment
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills
• Well organised and reliable with high-quality delivery

Responsibilities

• Identifying suitable profile opportunities in target media across national, broadcast, practice group trade, regional and legal media titles
• Manage and leverage relationships with target reporters to secure opportunities for partners
• Scheduling and organising media briefings for partners and advising on press responses
• Generating and pitching story ideas to secure positive media coverage
• Writing press releases, pitches, articles and other media communications
• Researching and developing story angles to improve newsworthiness of firm developments

Skills

PR experience

Media relations

Written communication

Oral communication

Organisational skills

Job description

An exciting opportunity to join a leading US law firm! This is an interesting and multi-faceted role spanning multiple legal practices and requiring the ability to deliver a broad range of public relations activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Identifying suitable profile opportunities in target media, spanning national, broadcast, practice group trade, regional and legal media titles.
• Manage and leverage relationships with target reporters to secure suitable opportunities for partners.
• Scheduling and organising media briefings for partners, including preparing partners for media interviews and advising lawyers on press response techniques.
• Actively generating and seeking story ideas and pitching these to relevant titles to secure positive media coverage.
• Writing press releases, pitches, articles and other communications materials for use with the media.
• Researching, developing and writing story angles to improve newsworthiness of routine firm developments (e.g., office openings, big wins, new partners).

Key Attributes required:

• Public Relations experience within a professional services or financial services environment
• Excellent communications skills – both written & verbal
• Well organised and someone who delivers what they promise to a consistently high standard of quality
• A supportive team player able to demonstrate experience of building a collaborative environment
• Engaging, enthusiastic, with a willingness to learn

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