Job Description:

Senior Journalist - Marketing and PR Account Executive

Summary:

An exciting opportunity to join a growing and dynamic marketing and PR agency based in Gloucester.

We are looking for the right person with a passion for journalism/ PR/news/social media and desk top publishing with a sense of humour to grow and develop the agency's business to business website www.punchline-gloucester.com  and magazine Punchline.

Punchline has grown spectacularly over the past seven years so we need help writing and researching content for the website and publication. Using e-bulletins and social media campaigns you will drive traffic to the site. The ideal candidate will be creative, enthusiastic, have a desire to learn and be highly motivated and organised.

This is an ideal opportunity for a local/regional newspaper journalist who is looking to move into PR and marketing at the same time as using their journalistic skills.

Main duties:

• Updating www.Punchline-gloucester.com  website and social media on a daily basis using a content management system

• Creating and sending email marketing campaigns

• Writing and researching content for website

• Taking photography to help build content for the site

• Sourcing quotes and providing support with creative direction

• Updating and building databases

• Writing content for magazine

• Planning page layouts for magazine

• Help distribute by hand with the rest of the team the printed publication approx. 12,000 magazines

• Writing and distributing press releases for local, regional, national media and trade publications

• Ad hoc and administrative support for the marketing team as required

• Building and maintaining good relationships with clients

• Contact local companies and promote the company/sell within the publication/online/agency (training to be given)

• Client/account management for agency ie. Meeting clients, presentations, helping to plan and schedule events/media management/buying/full agency role

• Writing and selling in of client and agency press releases

Skills and experience essential:

• Must have min 3 A-levels including in English

• Excellent grammatical, written and communication skills

• Strong IT skills, particularly website and Microsoft Office

• Experience in using Adobe creative suite

• Experience in using social media

• Ability to project a professional company image both by telephone and in-person

• Ability to work on own initiative and also as part of the team

• Excellent attention to detail

• Adaptable, with a 'can do' attitude

• Ability to work under pressure

• Must have an interest in current affairs

• Have full clean driving license being a car owner would help or about to take their test

• Must have a good sense of humour

Desirable:

• Qualification in a creative practice such as journalism NCTJ/ PR or media experience or have worked as a journalist for a local/regional paper

• Basic knowledge of html and ftp

• Full training will be given but experience in marketing would be advantageous

Hours of Work:

Generally Monday to Thursday between 8.30am and 5.30pm and Fridays 8.30am and 5pm 37.5 hours per week, although some out of hours and weekend work may be required.

Salary: 20K + OT bonus (salary rise after passing the probation period).

Probation:

This post is subject to a six-month probationary period and references.

A written test will be required.

In the first instance, please send a covering letter and CV to mark@moosemarketingandpr.co.uk.

Closing date:

Friday, 21 July 2017

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