Description
Bread and Butter is a PR agency working in the UK across the cultural sector - from arts and music to theatre and dance, and written and spoken word. The Press Assistant role is for a highly organised individual supporting a busy press office.
Bread and Butter is a PR agency working in the UK across the cultural sector - from arts and music to theatre and dance, and written and spoken word.
The Press Assistant role is for an organised individual supporting a busy press office. They should have a passion for arts and culture and an interest in a career in PR, with a year's experience in a similar environment, or having completed an internship in a similar environment.
We offer a hybrid system to work both at our office in Somerset House, London, and from home. There are regular times when you will be needed in person at a meeting or to work at an event, and these are usually in London, but may be in other UK locations depending on the project.
Bread and Butter PR is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. The company will ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race.
Remuneration, benefits and holiday entitlement:
- Full-time, Monday-Friday
- 12 month fixed-term contract with three month probation period
- Salary: £27,350 pro rata, paid monthly
- Auto-enrolment pension scheme if eligible
- The working day is 8.5 hours of your choosing, agreed with your Line Manager, and depending on daily schedules and meetings, between the hours of 8.30am and 6.30pm
- 20 days holiday annually + public holidays + office closures
- TOIL claimable in appropriate circumstances
- Responsible to the Directors and Publicists
- Passionate about arts and culture
- Interested in a career in media and Public Relations, with a year's experience in a similar environment, or having completed an internship in a similar environment
- Have sound administrative skills, excellent organisation and time management
- Have a positive attitude in their approach to all tasks and a willingness to learn
- Have impeccable attention to detail
- Can adapt quickly and easily when required
- An excellent communicator, verbally and in writing
- Can multi-task and is confident working across multiple projects with urgent deadlines
- Flexible approach to work with ability to attend evening and weekend events as required
- Experience in social media use is essential
- Some experience of Google Workspace is desirable
- Experience in database management, ideally Cision, is desirable
- Stay abreast of media trends and developments
- Have an in-depth knowledge of the cultural landscape
- Attend press nights
- Maintain confidentiality
- Assisting Directors and Publicists in their campaign work
- Managing administration connected with running client accounts including maintenance of campaign documents, updates and reports
- Creating and managing press lists
- Conducting research to support PR planning
- Sending press releases
- Resizing and captioning press images
- Administration of press tickets
- Providing briefing notes to talent and media as required
- Distribution of press cuttings
- Pitching to journalists/ following up with press materials as required
- Dealing with requests for images, footage and press information
- Seasonal pitching on behalf of the company
- Maintaining project details on Bread & Butter PR's Website
- Working with the other Press Assistant to curate, schedule, post and share content on Bread & Butter PR's LinkedIn and Instagram.
To apply for this post, please send a CV (no more than 2 sides of A4) and covering letter (no more than 1 side of A4) to [email protected] by Monday 5th January at 12pm. Interviews will be held during the week commencing 12th January.