Job Title: PR and Events Executive

  • Salary: £1820k
  • Location: London South West
  • Date posted: 18/11/2010
  • Date expires: 01/12/2010
  • Degree Subject: Any degree considered
  • Degree Grade: 2:1
  • UCAS Points: 300
  • Position Type: Full-Time
  • Experience: Not required
  • Job Category: PR
  • Vacancy Reference: GC29114

My client is a top 50 UK PR agency with an excellent working environment, offering great career development and the opportunity to work with the best organisations in the industry, creating award winning campaigns.

They have a broad and impressive portfolio of well-known clients covering the full range of consumer and corporate internet, technology and telecomms brands.

They offer exceptional candidates genuine progression and input on new business and client work from day one, whilst providing a tailored training programme and a very competitive benefits package.

This is a unique role and would suit a candidate who has considered a career within PR or Marketing. The successful graduate will support clients who regard conference speaking as a strategic marketing tool but do not have the in-house resources to run their programme. The successful graduate will be responsible for sourcing the right conferences and events for a spokesperson. They will design programmes, organise pro-active placements, write scripts and speeches and create multimedia presentations.


The successful graduate will be bright and ambitious and will help drive key accounts and grow the business by supporting new business activities.

Responsibilities:

- Client liaison and relationship management
- Researching events and maintenance of event databases
- Evaluation of conferences and speaking invitations
- Content creation and writing pitch abstracts
- Selling into conference organisers
- Developing and managing relationships with key conference organisers
- Preparation of briefing material for speakers
- Measurement and reporting
- Support in development and presentation of new business pitches and initiatives

Key attributes:

- Team-player (without ego!)
- Proactive, entrepreneurial and self-starter
- Hunger for success and commensurate rewards
- Creative approach
- Ability to perform under pressure
- Desire for long-term role within a successful agency
- Ability to think and write strategically
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