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Communications Executive

Employer
Harris Hill
Location
London
Salary
£28k per year
Closing date
20 Nov 2019

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Function
PR & Communications
Sector
Health & Medical
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Contract

Job Details

A great opportunity has arisen for a Communications Executive for a health related charity in order to work across the charity press office and social media functions, devising and delivering creative media and digital campaigns that will positively impact the lives of people.
This will be a 6 months FTC.
Key Responsibilities will include:
Play an active role in the press office: providing a prompt and professional response to queries; developing creative pitches and content to secure high quality proactive and reactive media coverage.
Play a key part in our social media team to plan, develop and write content that fits with the organisation's brand, tone and messaging for our social media channels
Work closely with other Communications team colleagues to devise, deliver and evaluate communications activity across a variety of subjects, including fundraising, research and policy and public affairs

In order to apply you should have the following skills and experience:
Relevant experience in a media or public relations role (PR agency or in-house)
Strong news sense and demonstrable success in achieving national, regional and trade media coverage
Experience of adapting a story for different channels eg print, online, broadcast, social
Proactive, with an enthusiastic and flexible approach
Desirable experience of charity, health, campaigns or research communications

Company

Harris Hill has been providing the Charity and Not-for-Profit sector with high quality recruitment solutions for over 27 years. In the past year we have worked on more than 3,000 charity vacancies (approximately 2,000 permanent and 1,000 temporary) and are continuing to grow, developing new teams to respond to the strong demand for specialist charity professionals.

Our teams focus on specific functions within charities including Fundraising, Marketing/PR/Digital, Data Management & Business Support, Finance, Human Resources, Temporary and Executive-level roles.

We are committed to delivering a level of excellence to both candidates and clients alike and have an unrivalled reputation for finding talented people their ideal charity jobs within the UK's leading national and international charities and non-profit organisations.

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Company info
Telephone
020 7820 7300
Location
1 - 2 Paris Garden
London
London
SE1 8ND
United Kingdom

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