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Assistant PR ExecutiveSky
15 days ago
  • LevelJunior
  • ProfessionsPublic Relations Executive, Administrator, Business Development Executive
  • TypeFull Time
  • LocationLondon, United Kingdom

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Description

You eat, sleep and dream sport and you're always tuned into games or keeping up with what's happening in the sports world. You're the type to flip to the sports section of the newspaper before anything else, and you often have sports news playing in the background while you go about your day. You're constantly checking online for updates and insights about your favourite teams and athletes. A fantastic opportunity to be part of a team working on big, creative campaigns and managing the reputation of a 30+ year brand like no other.
What you'll do:
  • Assist in the delivery of priority 360 campaigns for Sky Sports content and key sport moments, collaborating with influencer and social teams.
  • Draft media alerts, talent briefing documents and campaign presentations to support wider communications team.
  • Tracking and reporting of media coverage for PR announcements and campaigns, including owning the media evaluation end of campaign process.
  • Daily circulation of key news stories from the industry and key sports journalists to business stakeholders.
  • Manage the Sky press inbox and inbound media enquiries, providing routine information and referring queries to relevant stakeholders.
  • Develop a wealth of junior media contacts across national, digital, and vertical sports contacts.
  • Own team media lists and updates to the media engagement tracker (salesforce).
  • Manage invoicing and budget tracking for the team.
  • Responsibility for sourcing and distributing merchandise for internal and external use (staff, VIP gifts, charity auctions, media).
  • Ownership of consumer engagement award entries and bookings.
  • Support on events, including guestlist management and onsite activity.
  • Administrative activities as required, including booking transport, raising purchase orders, tracking budget, and pulling together material for meetings.
  • Being part of an on-call rota to support out of hours media enquiries.
What you’ll bring
  • A real passion for watching sport and live events.
  • A strong knowledge base across a wide variety of sports, those broadcast on Sky Sports preferred.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Ability to work on multiple workstreams at once with a can do, team first attitude.
  • Appetite to work in a fast-paced environment alongside a great team.
  • A solution orientated approach to every day.
  • Ability to efficiently manage your to do list and team tasks, prioritise responsibilities and meet key deadlines.
  • Experience in writing media facing copy, and familiarity with PowerPoint design.
  • Experience in a sport, media or entertainment-based role or degree is a bonus.
  • Understanding of sports broadcast landscape preferred.
The Rewards:
There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky! Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:
  • Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place,
  • A generous pension package,
  • Private healthcare,
  • Discounted mobile and broadband,
  • Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences.
How you'll work:
We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.
We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.
Your office base:
Osterley:
Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway, and South Ealing tube stations. There is also plenty of bike shelters and showers.
On campus, you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.
Inclusion:
At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working.
We are a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Why wait?
Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.
To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.
Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.

Skills Required

  • Public Relations
  • Campaigns
  • Administrative Skills

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