Press Assistant

Role Overview & Responsibilities

About us

EHPR is a small business in London, Greater London. We are professional, agile, innovative, and our goal is to Create brilliant publicity campaigns for all our exciting clients!.

Our work environment includes:

• Modern office setting
• Food provided
• Work-from-home days
• Growth opportunities

The Press/Publicity Assistant role is for an organised individual, with a passion for theatre, arts and culture supporting a small and busy press team. We offer the flexibility to work from home apart from when you will need to attend in-person meetings, photocalls, press junkets, press events and press nights.

Responsibilities

• Assisting, and at times leading, on PR campaigns and development - helping to brainstorm and devise PR campaigns for each production, then taking responsibility for specific pitches within the campaign
• Managing administration connected with running accounts including maintenance of campaign documents, updates and reports
• Proof reading and fact checking coverage for accuracy before sending to clients
• Specific management for tour production PR and liaising with press officers at regional venues
• Creating and managing press lists
• Conduct research to support PR planning for each individual campaigns
• Sending press releases where appropriate and resizing and distributing press images
• Helping to book in and organise press tickets for press nights and other performances
• Providing briefing notes to talent, clients and media as required
• Distribution of press cuttings to clients, and tune ins ahead of radio/TV interviews
• Pitching to journalists and following up with press materials as required
• Dealing with day-to-day requests for press information
• Seasonal highlight pitching
• Maintaining EHPR’s Website and multiple social media platforms

Knowledge, Skills, Experience

Essential

• Passionate about theatre, arts and culture and interested in media and Public Relations with ideally at least 1-2 years of experience in the field.
• Have sound administrative skills, excellent organisation and time management
• Have a positive attitude in their approach to all tasks and a willingness to learn.
• Showing initiative at all times, and can adapt quickly and easily when required
• An excellent communicator, verbally and in writing with impeccable attention to detail
• An ability to multi-task and is confident working across multiple projects with urgent deadlines
• Flexible approach to work with ability to attend evening and occasional weekend events as required
• Experience in social media use, mainly Instagram, Twitter and Facebook
• Preferable but not essential, experience using Microsoft Office, Mailchimp, and confident with MAC computers.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £19,469.00-£23,592.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Performance bonus

Experience:

• Arts PR or other PR: 1 year (required)

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 31/03/2023