Total 7 pr media communications job vacancies in belfast county antrim bt1 5gs

Your new company
Hays are exclusively representing a reputable Communications agency in Belfast to recruit a PR Executive. If you are a graduate looking to commence your career in PR or Communications, this is a fantastic opportunity for you!

Your new role
As a PR Client Executive, you will be responsible for:

• Supporting several client accounts across different sectors and industries
• Helping with the planning and delivery of client campaigns and programmes and attending client meetings
• Working with an account management team to create and implement effective PR strategies and activities
• Coordinating and managing PR photography and media events
• Planning and attending various events, such as press conferences and product launches
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, journalists and media outlets
• Monitoring media sources for opportunities and insights for clients and competitors, including online, print, broadcast, social media and blogs.
• Analysing media coverage and preparing client reports and feedback
• Researching, writing and executing engaging press releases to relevant media
• Identifying and capitalising on media and influencer opportunities
• Creating regular status reports and updates
• Working collaboratively in a team environment and supporting colleagues at all levels
• Being adaptable to changing situations and challenges, proactive and flexible
• Supporting the development of new business proposals and presentations

What you'll need to succeed

• Outstanding writing abilities
• Creativity and imagination
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Good presentation abilities
• Proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Capability to forge and maintain relationships internally and externally
• Confidence
• Proactive
• Excellent organisational skills, adept at handling multiple projects concurrently.
• Adaptable, determined, enthusiastic, and able to thrive under pressure. Enthusiasm and the ability to cope well under pressure.

Desirable:

• A third level qualification, desirable if in CAM, PR, Communications, Marketing, Journalism or a related discipline
• One year's experience in a similar experience within Communications or PR
• Business awareness and a good knowledge of current affairs
• Strategic thinking abilities and strong analytical skills.
• Hold a current & valid full UK driving licence with full access to a vehicle
  
  

What you'll get in return
Salary of £23,000-£24,000 depending on experience, continuous professional development, onboarding & training, enhanced paid leave + day of your birthday, paid membership of CIPR & PRCA, mental health and wellbeing platform, private healthcare, company pension scheme, year-round calendar of fun team building program & initiatives and more.


What you need to do now


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The Role and the Department

Durham University has an ambitious ten-year strategy (2017-2027) to achieve its objectives of becoming world-leading in research, teaching and the wider student experience. Successful implementation of the strategy is in part dependent on our approach to promoting the University in respect of:

· prospective applicants to our programmes of study;

· potential partners in teaching and research;

· current and potential collaborators in business and industry;

· current and future alumni;

· potential employers of our graduates;

· national and international policymakers and influencers.

The over-arching ambition is to achieve a step-change in awareness and reputation of Durham University globally.

The role will sit within the Advancement Group and, within that, the Communications Team, and report directly to the Communications and Engagement Manager (External). The Advancement Group's objectives are:

· R1 (Reputation) enhancing global reputation,

· R2 (Recruitment) contributing to international student recruitment,

· R3a (Return) driving philanthropic income,

· R3b (Return) enhancing alumni and supporter engagement.

· E: (Engagement) enabling more productive engagement with external and internal communities.

The responsibilities of the Communications Team are to develop and deliver, amongst others:

1. Marketing our programmes to and assisting with the recruitment of home and international students;

2. Promotion of the University to and managing engagement with multiple stakeholders and influencers locally, nationally and internationally;

3. Promotion of the University's brand and proactive management of its global reputation.

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The Communications Manager role will help coordinate and deliver communications for one of our operational regions. Working with teams across communications and other directorates, you will help coordinate communications to customers and stakeholders across a range of channels.

The role will be based in the Yorkshire North East region in either our Leeds or Darlington office.

What you’ll be leading on

Provide high quality communications support helping to ensure that all communications are aligned to the National Highways Communications Strategy and cross-cutting campaigns.
Support development and delivery of communications plans working with specialist functions across Communications and ensure activity is regularly evaluated.
Work with colleagues from across the business to develop a good understanding of region / business area, our role in it and the benefits we bring to customers, business, and communities.
Horizon scan for potential reputational risks and opportunities, working with senior leads and managers to develop plans and processes to mitigate these.
Help manage regional social media channel, engaging the online community and working with the Content & Social Media team to share and coordinate content.

To be successful you’ll need

Good communications planning skills to help bring our work to life
A good team player, able to work in fast-moving, high-pressure environments
Able to make connections between those living, working and visiting your regions and the work of teams across the business
Ability to build trusted relationships, both externally and internally
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Understanding of an operational environment would be useful but not essential

A bit about us

We are passionate about working together to deliver creative and compelling communications, building advocacy, increasing awareness and improving driver confidence about how to drive safely on our roads.

Our role is to lead and deliver communications and engagement​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ activity that showcases the positive impact of roads investment, supporting the delivery of the RIS and building advocacy for future investment. We partner with the business to build our company's reputation as a trusted operator of the network that puts its customers and their safety first.

Want to know more?

To request a copy of the role profile, please contact hrhighwaysengland@mailgc.cx.ukg.oraclecloud.com quoting reference number #5415

ABOUT US

Why you should join us

At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We’re proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.

So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it – then you’ll be a great fit for our organisation.

A connected and sustainable working approach has been adopted across National Highways. For some roles, this means being able to work in a hybrid way spending up to 60% of time working from a remote location such as home.

We offer many different ways to work flexibly and we’re open to discuss part-time working, job shares, and flexible start and finish times.

Please wait until the interview stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible.

Our benefits package

Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus
Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%
Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays)
Flexible hours and an approach driven by connected and sustainable working which includes hybrid working
Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines
A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience

And we are

Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities
Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme
Community friendly – offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year

If you are successful, it is key to know all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include:

Right to work check
3 year employment history references
DBS criminal record check
Social media and adverse journalism check
Driving licence check (if applicable)
Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable)
Qualifications and/or professional membership check (if applicable)

And finally

We reserve the right to close before the advertisement expires.

The Role and the Department

The Computing and Information Services (CIS) has an annual operational budget in excess of £12m, multi-million pound programmes of change within year, and approximately 185 staff. The Senior Leadership Team report directly to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) with the following portfolios: Strategy and Change; Technical Services; Information Services (IS), and Cyber Security. CIS work with departments across the university to provide academic, teaching and administrative services that underpin the day-to-day activities of the whole organisation. Details of the Digital Strategy and ongoing work can be found at Digital Strategy - Durham University.

CIS is a friendly, but demanding department, where much is expected and can be achieved by competent, self-motivated individuals who are demonstrable in their team work ability. The department works in a hybrid capacity depending on the job role and individual personal requirements.
You will work directly with other members of the IT Business Partnering and Adoption Team, supporting them in the management of internal stakeholder relationships and the communication of core information to staff and students (our end users).

You will assist the team in writing clear and accurate communications, using our house style, to keep end users informed of IT services and the latest developments in CIS. To ensure end users can quickly understand the IT services available to them, along with the relevant status and future service plans for these, you will focus on reviewing, updating and promoting a clear catalogue of services.

You will also assist with identifying, developing and embedding processes to ensure relevant digital content is current and accurate. To support with continuous improvement within CIS, you will work with colleagues to understand service satisfaction levels and identify opportunities for development.
In addition to the communications and relationship management, other areas of support will include: digital strategy development, solution discovery and service management.

The role is fast paced and varied with no two days the same. This is a demanding role within a complex organisation. It will involve working with stakeholders at all levels, often to advise, influence and recommend the most appropriate course of action.

Interviews are expected to take place 17th - 18th July 2024

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The Department

The Department of Engineering is consistently one of the very best UK engineering departments with an outstanding reputation for excellence in teaching, research and employability of our students.  The Department is ranked 5th in the Complete University Guide 2024, 5th in the Guardian University Guide 2024, and 7th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023 in the UK for General Engineering.  Ranked in the top six in the UK for overall profile in REF 2021 (with 95% of publications rated as 4* and 3*), this dynamic Department is an excellent place to work.  The strategic vision for the Department includes a growth plan of over 50% over the next five years, with a significant enhancement of the research challenge portfolio and a drive to enrich our undergraduate, postgraduate taught and postgraduate research provision.  It is an exciting time to join this expanding Department and make your mark.

The Department holds an Athena SWAN Bronze Award, recognising our commitment to diversity in STEM academic and reflecting the supportive and positive environment within the Department.

This post holder will be responsible to develop next generation wireless/wired communication technologies, including 6G, edge/cloud computing and their applications in critical infrastructures (particularly power grid) and will be expected to support Prof. Hongjian Sun. The post holder will proactively engage with academic, postdoctoral research and technical support colleagues, as well as students, within and external to the Department, including industry, to ensure that activities are undertaken to an appropriate standard.

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Your new company
Hays are exclusively representing a global company that provide engineering, procurement, and construction services to various industries worldwide to recruit a Communications Project Specialist in Belfast.


Your new role
As Communications Project Specialist you will own the communications requirements of a prestigious transport project, creating, executing and arranging strategic and tactical activities in collaboration with the client's Corporate Communications team. You will be responsible for:

• Developing internal and external plans across the projects remaining life cycle, which identifies and addresses the key communication challenges.
• Creating engaging, informative and creative content to maximise PR opportunities to convey project progress and updates that is aligned to the brand, values and tone of voice.
• Ensuring assigned projects and tasks are successfully communicated to employees and stakeholders
• Ensuring internal communication messages are consistent across all mediums and for different functions across the organisations.
• Delivering project communications to stakeholders including presentations
• Supporting delivery of Stakeholder management and engagement
• Assisting Project Managers in project status updates, presentation to senior management and sponsoring department on all project communications
• Attending and proactively contribute in any/all project delivery meetings and sub committees
• Ensuring that created communications collateral is reviewed and signed off appropriately, timely and transparently
• Selecting and using appropriate tools, templates and methodology to create communications materials suitable to the targeted audience
• Developing positive and collaborative relationships with the Project Management Team, Corporate Communications Team, Employee Engagement Team, Senior Leadership Teams and Sponsoring Department team to ensure communications are accurate, open and transparent
• Liaising with the entirety of the Corporate Communications function to support, and lead when necessary, on media management, public affairs, marketing and brand values
• Briefing, preparing and advising Senior Leadership team for all press and external engagement activities
• Be an ambassador for the change associated with major transport transformation, ensuring all activities are in line with the organisations governance standards

What you\'ll need to succeed

• Educated to degree level preferably in a relevant subject area
• Minimum of 3 years working experience preferably in Construction, Engineering, Infrastructure or Regeneration projects
• Working knowledge of the transformational aspects of public transport and the impact of urban locations
• High standard of verbal and written communications skills and the ability to deliver high quality presentation material
• Exceptional writing skills with the ability to tailor complex and sensitive information for diverse audiences
• Ability to be persuasive, influential and confident with colleagues at all levels
• Comfortable with ambiguity and frequent change
• Proficient with Microsoft office suite for creation of engaging and creative communication collateral
• High level of emotional intelligence with sound judgement around pressurised and sensitive work packages
• Energetic with a positive outlook and a can-do attitude
• Ability to work collaboratively across all areas within the team
• Always looking for unique opportunities to maximise key messages to a range of key audiences
• Willingness to adapt and learn
• Willingness to share past experience and best practise for the betterment of our clients objectives
• Ability to work under pressure with a flexible approach
• Attention to detail
  
  

What you\'ll get in return
Salary of £45k-£55k depending on experience, hybrid working, and a range of fantastic additional benefits.


What you need to do now


If you\'re interested in this role, click \'apply now\' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn\'t quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Your new company
A large public sector organisation in Belfast.
Your new role
As PR Manager you will have responsibility for the development, implementation and evaluation of impactful integrated communications strategies across all brands and products. You will effectively manage and align PR campaigns with marketing campaigns to build and maximise brand proposition, generating sustainable growth in patronage and positioning the company as the first choice for travel in Northern Ireland. You will establish, manage and lead effective Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes and sponsorships to deliver both community engagement and business development objectives with significant accountability to protect and build a strong positive corporate reputation. You will be responsible for:

• Develop, implement and manage public relations strategy across all brands to achieve significant increase in brand awareness
• Manage media relation strategies in relation to crisis management providing specialist advice and guidance on presenting key messages and reactive responses to mitigate any potential negative PR.
• Work effectively in partnership with Marketing Managers and Social Media & eCommerce Manager to lead a sustained programme of PR initiatives
• Develop, implement and evaluate communication strategies and effective tactics in respect of key corporate projects, major service developments and high-profile events to significantly contribute to their successful delivery by securing public and stakeholder awareness, support and buy-in.
• Identify, develop and maximise compelling story angles and write/edit, well-structured press releases, feature articles, publications, newsletters and digital copy, award submissions as appropriate.
• Research, plan and deliver company statements, speeches for Senior Management, presentations and act as a company spokesperson providing media interviews on key PR campaign and Corporate issues.
• Maximise effective media relations with key journalists across print, broadcast and online platforms.
• Evaluate all relevant sponsorship proposals and effectively manage appropriate partnerships to ensure they support corporate communications and CSR objectives
• Accountable for the development, implementation and ownership of sponsorship communication plans associated with corporate projects
• Manage PR campaign budgets and maximise campaign Return On Investment. Identify learnings and make recommendations for future effective PR & CSR approach.
• Collaborate directly with all staff grades, providing expert PR advice in relation to corporate product development programmes and cross-functional working groups.
• Maximise professional development and training opportunities for Media Relations Officer and deliver effective performance management and assessment.

What you'll need to succeed

• A degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline such as Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing or Communications.
• Desirable if you have Professional qualification in Marketing, Communications and/or Public Relations or memebership of CIPR or equivalent professional body.
• At least 3 years' recent experience in a similar PR role, in a multi-disciplined organisation with a proven track record leading, developing and executing successful, creative Public Relations/Corporate Social Responsibility and consumer PR campaigns.
• Experience of leading and developing successful Corporate/PR and CSR campaigns including media relations, event management, sponsorships, stakeholder engagement and digital/social media tactics.
• Experience of delivering successful PR campaigns as part of a multi-agency communications strategy for high profile events, e.g., Climate/ environmental actions/key corporate projects.
• Experience of managing people
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages to different audiences and channels.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• A proactive and creative approach, with the ability to identify and seize opportunities for positive PR.
• A good understanding of the media landscape in Northern Ireland and beyond.
• Broad range of creative copywriting skills with attention to detail/strong proofreading skills
• Strong understanding and practical experience of maximising digital platforms including video content
• Strong media relationships
  
  

What you'll get in return
A highly competitive salary and a 12-month fixed term contract. Flexible and hybrid working is available. The current employer's pension contribution rate currently ranges from 18% to 22%. 26 days annual leave plus 9 stat days.


What you need to do now


If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk