PR & Communications Assistant Remote
Job description
At Fridays we’re famous for our pride, passion & personality.
So along with mouth-watering food and tempting drinks, we bring fun, friendliness and an extra large helping of good vibes to the table. It's what makes every day seem like Friday. We’ve been busy wowing our guests since 1965 when we opened our first restaurant in New York. But, we never rest on our laurels. We work hard to help recreate that Fridays Feeling for our guests… each and every day.
Behind every great unique Fridays experience, are our great Managers and Team! They are the heart and soul of everything we do, which is why we’re looking for a brilliant and passionate PR & Communications Assistant to join our Marketing Team here at Fridays.
You will be joining a fun, exciting and rapidly developing marketing team. The right candidate will help to drive the Public Relations strategy across the Fridays® and 63rd + 1st brands and gain invaluable experience with a truly famous global brand.
This is a Remote role with occasional UK travel.
What will you be doing?
Reporting to the PR & Communications Manager the key responsibilities will include:
- Managing Fridays® LinkedIn account, working with internal functions to create relevant and engaging content
- Supporting our social media strategy, ensuring all relevant PR and brand messages are a key part of the content plan
- Managing the internal approval process for all press releases and working with the digital team to ensure all releases are published
- Updating the weekly and monthly tracker to continually measure our key brand metrics
- Working with the wider marketing team and Operations team on all new store openings ensuring optimal local awareness through PR and influencer activity
- Working with the PR & Communications Manager to manage the PR agencies to help deliver strong Brand and PR campaigns
- Managing all direct PR enquiries through our PR inbox
- Owning terms and conditions for all offers and promotions, ensuring these are legally approved and communicated
- Supporting with Community Management on our social channels
- Representing the Fridays® team as the main contact for our football partners, providing content to drive awareness of the brand and the partnerships
- Processing all PR-related invoices
About you
- A minimum of two years of PR experience either in-house or within an agency
- Copywriting experience is desirable
- Excellent interpersonal skills for developing relationships with internal stakeholders
- Able to work flexibly to support business needs such as: willingness to travel, attending evening events, socialising and networking with journalists
- Passion and experience within casual dining sector a preference
Key Skills
- Excellent writing and editing skills and the ability to write compelling and creative copy
- Excellent speaking and presentation skills with a creative, collaborative, positive and can-do approach
- Strong IT skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other essential reporting / monitoring systems
Qualifications
- Degree in either English, Communications, Public Relations, Marketing or Journalism desired
About the Brand
With a fun, lively working environment, competitive salary and other benefits, Fridays offers a not to be missed work opportunity. At Fridays we deliver the best that we can to our guests and this is only possible due to the hard work of our teams. We are passionate about ensuring our teams are well and truly looked after and developed.
