Senior Press Officer

Marketing and Communications

Salary: £33,348 Per Annum
37 Hours per week, permanent
Post Type: Full Time
Closing Date: 23.59 hours BST on Sunday 04 June 2023
Interview Date: Thursday 22 June 2023
Reference: AD1232

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and strive for our staff to be from diverse backgrounds. We positively encourage applications from individuals within under-represented groups and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

We are seeking an individual to join our award-winning Marketing and Communications department as its new Senior Press Officer. The Senior Press Officer will be responsible for building and consolidating AUB’s media relations and generating excellent press coverage by utilising their strong editorial and journalistic skills.
This busy role will require a specialist who has strong experience of working in media relations, either in agency or in-house. You will be required to find, write and distribute compelling stories which represent news from across our creative community to support our student recruitment drive. You will have relevant and credible experience in dealing with media including print, broadcast and online for local, national and specialist media. You will be required to create strong media-facing materials such as press releases and invite press to exhibitions and events, campus visits and interview opportunities.
Media plans will be required to support planned marketing campaigns and proactive media opportunities are to be sought and maximised. The Senior Press Officer will need to manage reactive media handling, be able to use strong judgement in crisis situations, and provide senior counsel around potential issues. There will be a strong emphasis on reporting and evaluating activity and regular reporting on media coverage and ROI will be key.
You’ll have strong written skills and will also be asked to help with writing and proof-reading copy for a range of collateral. The successful candidate will be happy working independently and as part of a team. Previous PR agency experience would be advantageous. You will hold a relevant communications degree and ideally a CIPR qualification or equivalent.

You should submit your application without help from AI Chatbots e.g. ChatGPT. Any applications whereby it is deemed that such content has been included, will be disqualified from the selection process.

Further details: Person Specification Job Description