Position Overview & Specifications

About us

EHPR is a small business in London, Greater London. We are professional, agile, innovative, and our goal is to Create brilliant publicity campaigns for all our exciting clients!.

Our work environment includes:

Modern office setting
Food provided
Work-from-home days
Growth opportunities

The Press/Publicity Assistant role is for an organised individual, with a passion for theatre, arts and culture supporting a small and busy press team. We offer the flexibility to work from home apart from when you will need to attend in-person meetings, photocalls, press junkets, press events and press nights.

Responsibilities

Assisting, and at times leading, on PR campaigns and development - helping to brainstorm and devise PR campaigns for each production, then taking responsibility for specific pitches within the campaign
Managing administration connected with running accounts including maintenance of campaign documents, updates and reports
Proof reading and fact checking coverage for accuracy before sending to clients
Specific management for tour production PR and liaising with press officers at regional venues
Creating and managing press lists
Conduct research to support PR planning for each individual campaigns
Sending press releases where appropriate and resizing and distributing press images
Helping to book in and organise press tickets for press nights and other performances
Providing briefing notes to talent, clients and media as required
Distribution of press cuttings to clients, and tune ins ahead of radio/TV interviews
Pitching to journalists and following up with press materials as required
Dealing with day-to-day requests for press information
Seasonal highlight pitching
Maintaining EHPR’s Website and multiple social media platforms

Knowledge, Skills, Experience

Essential

Passionate about theatre, arts and culture and interested in media and Public Relations with ideally at least 1-2 years of experience in the field.
Have sound administrative skills, excellent organisation and time management
Have a positive attitude in their approach to all tasks and a willingness to learn.
Showing initiative at all times, and can adapt quickly and easily when required
An excellent communicator, verbally and in writing with impeccable attention to detail
An ability to multi-task and is confident working across multiple projects with urgent deadlines
Flexible approach to work with ability to attend evening and occasional weekend events as required
Experience in social media use, mainly Instagram, Twitter and Facebook
Preferable but not essential, experience using Microsoft Office, Mailchimp, and confident with MAC computers.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £19,469.00-£23,592.00 per year

Benefits: