Responsibilities

• Managing accounts and building effective relationships with key internal and external stakeholders
• Developing, planning and implementing PR and communications strategies
• Delivering consistent results to tight deadlines
• Measuring and analysing performance, including regular reports
• Collaborating with other teams across Barques in the delivery of multi-faceted campaigns

Requirements

• Outstanding experience in PR or communications, either in-house, in an agency or as a journalist
• A track record of devising PR/content strategies and optimising content for promotion across numerous channels
• Experience in developing and managing a client caseload
• Excellent writing, editing and communications skills, with the ability to identify a story and understand how best to tell it
• Confidence in advising senior executives on how to communicate their vision in a way that positively impacts reputation

Preferred

• Ideally, you will also have experience in optimising content for use across numerous channels, making sure your output engages relevant target audiences in print and online.

Benefits

• 30 days holiday, including bank holidays, plus extra time off for Christmas (including Christmas Eve)
• A relaxed working atmosphere at our home in the heart of Birmingham, with great transportation links and within walking distance to some of the best pubs, restaurants and bars the city has to offer
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme