Media Relations Officer (88429-0525)

For informal enquiries, please contact Ashley Potter (Press and PR Manager) Ashley.potter@Wbs.ac.uk

Warwick Business School is one of the top business school’s in the world and a global brand. This job will be vital in maintaining the school’s reputation and growing it around the world by securing media coverage in the top international and national outlets, including TV and radio.

You will be joining an expanding and passionate Press and PR team working to build the reputation of the business school in a competitive global market, battling to cut through the noise and stand out from our rivals. The role will mean building relationships with academics and key stakeholders within the business school as well as key journalists and broadcasters, especially in our target markets abroad. The position also allows you to collaborate with our social media team, film crew and the wider marketing department to develop stories and take part in integrated campaigns. The objective of the role will be three-pronged: raising brand awareness globally; securing coverage for the world-class research undertaken at the school in trade, national and international outlets; and to showcase and enhance the reputation of the education and programmes on offer for students.

The business school will offer you great opportunities for training and personal development and developing your public relations knowledge and skills.

About You

You will enjoy the buzz of the fast-paced media world and landing stories in national and international outlets, plus securing interview slots on TV and radio.

You will have experience of working in the media as a journalist or in broadcast, or working in a busy press office, or both, and be able to bring a host of contacts with you.

You will have great writing skills, with the ability to turn complex research papers into entertaining and informative stories that will catch the eye of TV producers and national journalists.

Plus, you will have a keen eye and interest on the business media, following the big breaking stories and plugged into the news cycle not just in the UK but in our target countries.

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the 'Apply' button.

CLOSING DATE: Wednesday 2nd July at 23:55 (BST)

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