Here at Graham & Brown an exciting opportunity has now arisen for a Digital PR Executive to join the team, based in Blackburn. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis. In return, you will receive a competitive salary range between£23,855 - £28,064 per annum.
Graham & Brown has had design and colour at the heart of our business for over 75 years and has gone from being just a wallpaper manufacturer to an interior lifestyle brand driven by high-quality products and exceptional customer experience and marketing. With leading brands across the market from the Graham & Brown brand itself to household names like Superfresco Easy and licenses such as Laura Ashley, Joules, and Cath Kidston to name but a few, our offer stretches across products from wallpaper, paint, fabric, curtains, blinds, bed linen and wall art. Our business is built on leading-edge design, across our international businesses and markets, and we put the customer at the heart of everything we do. We have been recognised as a "Cool Brand" on seven successive occasions. As a 3rd generation, family-run business, we have the luxury of freedom to implement fresh ideas and to form great working relationships with all our colleagues across the business. We are proudly a carbon-neutral business with a real commitment to sustainability.
We offer a range of excellent benefits, including:
- 32 days' holiday, inclusive of Bank Holidays
- Flexi time working
- Birthday day off
- Generous staff discount on all Graham & Brown products, up to 60%
- Access to colleague discount portal
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Generous pension, totalling 10%
- Life Assurance
- Free Parking
- Use of company pool cars for company business
- Regular Company social events, brought to us by our very own Fun Squad!
As our Digital PR Executive, you will be responsible for supporting the Community & Social Manager in the delivery of PR KPIs globally. You'll be instrumental in the delivery of Graham & Brown communications through a variety of routes and channels across digital and print.
Our Digital PR Executive will:
- Build strong relationship with the key media targets and the teams within them to maximise the exposure of the brand across digital and print.
- Draft/Create press materials and secure coverage in relevant publications.
- Proactively identify opportunities for content production and deliver on them in support of marketing and business objectives.
- Track, measure and report on PR coverage.
- Assist with execution of PR campaigns.
- Assist with planning and execution of PR events.
Experience and skills required by our Digital PR Executive:
- Experience within an in-house PR/Comms or marketing function or within a PR agency.
- Very strong copywriting and editing skills.
- A genuine interest in the interiors industry and press.
- Presentation skills, media relations and public speaking.
- PC literate – Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Very well organised.
- Quick Learner.
- Competent to work on own initiative.
- Enthusiastic.
- Outgoing and confident with the ability to build strong relationships.
- Creative.
If you have the skills and experience, we are looking for, click ‘Apply' now to be considered as our Digital PR Executive - we'd love to hear from you!