This is an opportunity to join our team in London

The ideal candidate

You are an experienced PR professional with around 2+ years of experience. You may have experience working in-house or in an agency, promoting brands in the travel or luxury sectors.  You are a fantastic storyteller, and are able to express and sell your ideas clearly and eloquently, thanks to your excellent written and verbal communication skills. You are engaged with the world around you and utilise your knowledge to craft PR stories that land. You have a growing professional network of journalists, content creators, KOLs, PRs and brands and understand how to create PR opportunities by leveraging trends and cultural moments. You are a highly organised and motivated team player, who can balance working independently with asking for help. You are a role model for our junior staff, whilst also being adept at managing up and working with senior team members. You are proactive, creative, and a natural at thinking outside the box to deliver results.

Your tasks include the following:

Day-to-day tasks

  • Helping in the organisation of press functions and press trips, and attend where required by your Account Director
  • Drafting engaging, creative and accurate press releases for clients
  • Daily pitching for clients to relevant media, securing quality coverage according to the PR strategy
  • Seeking out news angles and selling in to media to generate favourable news coverage
  • Pitching interview and profiling opportunities with relevant client spokespeople
  • Growing your media contacts and setting up regular meetings with relevant press, content creators, KOLs and brands to bring new contacts to our network
  • Working under the direction of the Account Manager and Account Director to implement PR strategy for each client
  • Helping with special projects such as newsletters, regional press functions, etc, as required by the Account Director

Campaigns

  • Participating in brainstorms and assisting with independent research to contribute ideas and information for individual client campaigns
  • Supporting in the planning of impactful PR campaigns
  • Participating in creative sessions for partnerships and campaign ideas, and implementation of these projects as directed by the Account Manager and Account Director

Other

  • Working with Account Executives and Graduate Interns to ensure all press coverage is monitored and shared with clients
  • Researching any third-party information on behalf of clients
  • Working with Account Executives and Graduate Interns on daily tasks as appropriate
  • Updating client reports and assisting in the delivery of such reports
  • Maintaining up to date collateral for clients, including media kits and fact sheets
  • Working with Account Executives and Graduate Interns to monitor and pitch forward features
  • Contribute to PRCO Group social channels
  • Daily reading of media and sharing industry knowledge, trends and partnership opportunities with wider PRCO teams
  • Assisting with coverage reading according to the reading rota
  • Liaison with our global offices as applicable
  • Attending new business pitches as required by the Directors
  • Any other works as decided by the Directors

To apply, please send your CV to careers@prco.com.