Senior Public Relations Executive

JR United Kingdom; Huddersfield; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading PR agency is seeking a Senior Public Relations Executive in Huddersfield. The role involves managing client deliverables, creating content, and engaging with media to enhance client visibility. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Digital PR and excellent communication skills, with a passion for achieving results.

Benefits

Company health care plan

£500 annual training budget

Access to industry events

Remote-first working

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience in media or public relations, especially in Digital PR.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Strong understanding of media themes and PR/SEO metrics.

Responsibilities

• Lead copy deliverables for clients, including press releases.
• Develop and maintain media lists and undertake outreach.
• Monitor press coverage and respond to journalist requests.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Writing

Editing

Proactivity

Tools

Google Analytics

Google Search Console

SERanking

Meltwater

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Client:

Wild PR

Location:

huddersfield, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Posted:

25.05.2025

Expiry Date:

09.07.2025

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Job Description:

Wild PR is looking for an ambitious individual who is passionate about PR. When we say passionate, we mean someone who gets excited at every piece of press coverage they achieve and is committed to their ongoing professional development. Our industry has evolved rapidly in the last few years, and we want to be ahead of the game.

About the role...

The Senior PR Executive is responsible for supporting the delivery of client-related tasks. You will be working on a range of B2B/B2C clients alongside the Senior PR Manager, Marketing & PR Executive and broader marketing team to support and drive tasks ranging from research, content creation, outreach and analysis.

We believe that both traditional and digital PR play a core role in achieving results, therefore, an understanding of both approaches is vital to ensure we deliver positive outcomes to our clients.

About you…

You are a natural self-starter who is proactive and won’t sit around waiting to be told what to do next. You will be naturally inquisitive, passionate about learning, and proud of achieving results.

Specific Role Responsibilities include:

• Leading on copy deliverables for a number of clients, including press releases, and supporting on site content such as blogs
• Developing and maintaining media lists and undertaking outreach activities
• Monitoring and responding to press office and journalist requests
• Monitoring press coverage and undertaking backlink checks to ensure up-to-date coverage logs
• Undertaking research to support ideation and content creation, such as regular competitor analysis, forward features, awareness days and wider industry trends
• Analysing coverage results, impact and contributing to client reports
• Daily news monitoring to identify and highlight trends and themes relevant to the client for the PR team
• Contribute campaign ideas to internal client ideation sessions
• Presenting ideas and results to clients in reports and strategy meetings, and supporting the new business process

Wider Role Responsibilities include:

• Ensuring project management tools and housekeeping on client folders and documentation are up to date
• Support across the wider team where necessary to achieve client deliverables, particularly with the SEO team to ensure our digital PR strategies are achieving KPIs and with the Social Media team, to maximise the reach of PR campaigns.
• Staying abreast of industry news and updates, taking a proactive approach to training and development
• Supporting marketing activity for the agency, e.g. blogs, social media, networking, events, etc
• Mentoring and training junior colleagues

About you

• Have at least two to three years of proven experience in a media or public relations role, and in particular, the Digital PR landscape
• You are proactive and inquisitive with excellent attention to detail
• Exceptional writing, editing and proofreading skills
• Ability to communicate effectively - both written and verbal
• Experience in a variety of niches
• Have a strong understanding of media themes and have the ability to identify content and stories journalists will be interested in
• An understanding of common PR/SEO metrics, with experience using tools such as Google Analytics, Google Search Console and SERanking
• Experience using media databases and monitoring platforms such as Meltwater
• Strong time and task management, operates with a sense of urgency and values timeliness
• Ability to work independently and as part of a wider team

Our Values

• Accountability - We are personally accountable for delivering on our commitments
• Collaboration - We work together as a team and with our clients to achieve results all round
• Opportunistic - We’re always looking for ways to create success for our clients, for the business, for ourselves
• Passion - We’re committed to providing our clients with the best possible service and being passionate about their business, the role we undertake and the work we deliver
• Wild - We are wild in our ideas and our ambitions

What we offer

• Salary £27k - £30k subject to experience
• Company health care plan through Vitality includes a personal healthcare fund that covers dental and optical costs and various other perks, including a Headspace subscription, weekly Caffe Nero, cinema tickets and more.
• £500 annual training budget to use for continued professional development
• Company-wide training and development activity
• Access to industry events such as the Digital PR Summit
• Remote first working - but up to two days per week in person. Must be in proximity to our Huddersfield base, which is located at Heritage Mills, HD3.

For more information about Wild PR - visit www.wild-pr.co.uk

Location:

Wild PR is a remote-first agency, however, the successful candidate will be expected to be within commuting distance of Huddersfield, HD3 and be available up to two days per week for in-person working and training.