Publicist London, England
Job description
This is an exciting opportunity to join the publicity team in Comedy & Entertainment as Publicist. The Comedy & Entertainment team oversee press and publicity campaigns for a raft of world-class content across both genres, ranging from comedies such as Am I Being Unreasonable? and Alma’s Not Normal to must-see entertainment shows as Strictly Come Dancing, RuPaul’s Drag Race UK and Eurovision.
We are looking for a Publicist to join the team on a continuing contract and who be integrally involved in developing and delivering campaigns.
Are you the right candidate?- A passion for entertainment and comedy television content
- Previous experience working with contributors and high profile talent
- Ability to work on live events and television shows outside normal working hours
- Proven track record in all publicity and public relations or journalism
- Good understanding of the media environment (including social media) and the news gathering process across radio, television, print and online.
- Excellent news sense with the ability to write crisp, clear and lively copy, which stimulates both the media and public interest.
- Excellent and proven creativity in campaigns and evidence of trying out new ideas and approaches to reach audiences.
- A level of interpersonal skills sufficient to enable the post holder to establish and maintain credibility and effective working relationships with a wide range of contacts at different levels.
- Able to demonstrate knowledge and awareness of all media outlets and the social media landscape
- Excellent media contacts and knowledge and understanding of online/social media opportunities for a publicity campaign.
- Proven organisational and planning skills – managing multiple campaigns, organizing and delivering events, managing crises
- Willingness to work in the evenings and weekends when required, including being part of the on-call rota
If this sounds like you we would love to hear from you!
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Package Description
Band: C
Contract type: Continuing
Location: London - Flexible
We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
- Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
- Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
- Benefits- We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.
