Your new company
My client are a leading worldwide brand in medical technology, pushing boundaries for more than 100 years and driving sustainable innovations. They aim to enable healthcare professionals to innovate and personalise care by offering strengths in digital, data and AI to enable their medical devices and service offerings. Due to team growth and expansion, we have partnered with this pioneering brand to recruit the job of PR & Social Executive for the UK Business. The role can work predominantly remotely in the UK, but will be required to attend a monthly team meeting in their Surrey offices and other ad-hoc meetings when required.
Your new role
As PR & Social Media Executive, you will be responsible for supporting the delivery of PR and marketing communications strategies across the UKI business. Working closely with the Content Manager, you will take the lead on PR activities such as drafting press releases, pitching news stories and working with relevant journalist contacts. You will also manage the brand's social channels, working closely with the MD to manage their feed and engage the brand in relevant channels. You will be developing creative copy for a range of marketing collateral, producing engaging social media and website content including written, audio and video, and delivering analytics reports on social media; reporting on traffic, engagement and followers.
What you'll need to succeed
- Some previous experience of working within a PR or digital agency or relevant qualification
- Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal
- Knowledge of social media channels and platforms
- Experience of producing engaging copy for press releases, creative copy for brochures and other collateral, media alerts, briefing notes, websites and social media elements
- Experience of Adobe suite programmes e.g. Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver
What you'll get in return
You will receive a salary of between £28,000 - £35,000 depending on experience, plus an excellent benefits package; 26 days' annual leave + Bank Holidays, private pension scheme, flexible benefits including medical, and eligibility for company bonus. You can work remotely but will be required to attend the monthly Communications Team Meeting on-site in Camberley, Surrey, as well as have the flexibility to travel for key meetings with both internal and external stakeholders.
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