Description
The role is for an organised individual, with a passion for theatre, arts and culture supporting a small and busy press office. We offer the flexibility to work from home, alongside times when you will need to attend in-person meetings, photocalls, press junkets, press events and press nights.
Knowledge, Skills, Experience
- At least two years-experience in theatre PR or a relevant field.
- Have sound administrative skills, ideally experience with Mac computers, 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 where appropriate suggesting any new methods of working administration management for clients.
- Have impeccable attention to detail and good writing skills.
- Can adapt quickly and easily when required with a positive attitude.
- An excellent communicator, verbally and in writing.
- Can multi-task and confident working across multiple projects with urgent deadlines.
- Flexible approach to work with ability to attend evening and occasional weekend events as required.
Responsibilities
- Managing administration connected with running accounts including maintenance of campaign documents, updates and reports
- Assisting, and at times leading, on PR campaigns and development
- Ensure coverage is fact checked for accuracy before sending to clients
- Specific management for tour production PR, liaising with press officers at regional venues, ensuring they have the press materials needed for pitching the production, pushing for all PR opportunities with them, chasing for press lists
- Creating and managing press lists
- Conduct research to support PR planning for each individual campaign
- 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
- Attending press nights and then distributing all reviews as soon as possible after
- Providing briefing notes to talent, clients and media as required.
- Distribution of press cuttings to clients, and tune in