Description

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We’re here to make everyone’s day brighter. That’s everyone from our Globallers, to our audiences, every partner we work with and every community we work in. Whether we’re making shows or making headlines, making everyone’s day brighter is behind everything we do.
Whether we’re in the studio, building a world-class Global Player app, displaying brilliant Outdoor ads, or producing fast-moving digital content, we’re at our best when we’re working together. It’s why we show up, deliver great work and above all, it’s the reason we all love to work here.
Job Description
Assistant Publicist
Reporting of the Role

This role reports to the Senior Publicity Manager

Overview of job
Global’s Communications team has an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Publicist, to play an important role in supporting the team.
The successful candidate will be providing administrative and publicity support for Global’s entertainment brands and initiatives, including Heart, Capital, Radio X, Official Big Top 40 by Global, Global Player, Global Original podcasts, Global’s Make Some Noise and The Global Awards.
3 best things about the job
There’s a huge amount of variety – no two days are the same
It’s a fantastic role to learn all about the role of communications and marketing in one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies
You’ll be joining a collaborative, welcoming team with the opportunity to work on projects where we all come together, like our world class events
Measures of success – 

In the first few months, you would have
Understood the role of the Communications team at Global
Built relationships at Global with key teams
Got fully into the flow of media monitoring and keeping the business and teams up to date on press coverage
Taken administrative tasks and be working through them swiftly and fluently
Supported the team on publicising daily content from the radio brands
Responsibilities of the role
You’ll support the Senior Publicity Manager and Senior Publicist on generating press for Capital, Heart and Radio X along with supporting the wider communications team.
Writing for consumer communications (this could include articles, press releases, media alerts, packaging newslines, blogs and case studies)
Writing programme information for the radio brands
We get a lot of media enquiries, so you’ll be helping deal with day-to-day requests from the media as well as proactively pitching stories to the press, building relationships with journalists and maintaining media lists
Supporting the team with PR campaigns, working to deliver a strategy and then taking responsibilities for your own campaigns
Evaluate PR campaigns – monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of PR campaigns and measuring their impact
Events – helping to plan, organise and co-coordinate events alongside Global’s brilliant events team, and supporting on red carpet media management at Global’s live events
Photoshoots - helping to plan presenter photoshoots
Budgets – taking charge of finance processes related to PR spend
Social media support – working with Global’s Digital Communications Manager on Global and Global Player’s social media output in a strategic and effective way across all major social platforms, with a particular focus on content creation, community management, and planning
Media monitoring – ensure that the business and radio brands are kept up to date with key coverage, creating daily cuttings alerts and a weekly press coverage highlights document
What you will need

The ideal candidate will be proactive and willing to develop and implement innovative solutions, capable of the following:
1 or 2 years experience in publicity, public relations or marketing
Great written skills, bundles of enthusiasm, full of initiative and able to demonstrate an understanding of the role of publicity
Good understanding of the media environment (including social media) and the news gathering process
Ability to manage own workload effectively and assess priorities to meet conflicting deadlines, often at short notice and under pressure.
A good news sense with ability to write crisp, clear and lively press releases and copy
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
A good working knowledge and use of social media for promoting content
Able to quickly and effectively management administrative tasks
Excellent IT skills, with the ability to adapt to new IT systems
A creative streak would be very welcome
Everyone is welcome at Global
Just like our media and entertainment platforms are for everyone, so are our workplaces. We know that we can’t possibly serve our diverse audiences without first nurturing and celebrating it in our people and that’s why we work hard to create an inclusive culture for everyone. We believe that diversity will set us apart, so no matter what you look like, where you come from or what your favourite radio station is, we want to hear from you.
We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to the recruitment process and workplace to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles. If you require us to make any reasonable adjustments for you or to disclose a condition, please email recruitment@global.com