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Berkeley is committed to applying its equal opportunities policy at all stages of recruitment and selection processes and values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the Company.
Account responsibilities
- Promoting news stories and features to the media, known as selling in
- Monitoring the media, including newspapers, magazines, journals, newswires, and blogs, for opportunities for clients
- Liaising on a daily basis with the team, clients, and the media, via telephone and email
- Relationship building and networking with colleagues, clients, and the media
- Preparing weekly status reports/emails, tracking and logging coverage, putting together coverage boards
- Building and keeping media lists up to date
- Attending client meetings and providing event/exhibition support where appropriate
- Researching, writing, and distributing press releases and other written collateral to targeted media
Company responsibilities
- Daily newspapers overview
- Answering incoming calls
- General administration duties
- Regular contributor to the face of Berkeley through social networking (including company blog and Twitter) on- and offline
- Beginning to support and understand the agency values (PIES)
- Develop an initial understanding of Berkeleys storytelling philosophy and begin to bring elements of storytelling into written work
Key skills
- Strong presentation and negotiation skills
- Confidence, articulate, adaptable, creative
- Self-motivation and a persuasive manner
- Good spoken and written communication skills
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Good 'people skills', for working with a range of colleagues and clients
- A professional manner
- Good business sense
Our benefits
- Every member of the team gets CPD-accredited Storytelling Academy training
- Comprehensive induction programme
- 21 days holiday, rising 1 day per year up to 5 years of service (26)
- An extra days holiday on your birthday
- Flexible, hybrid-working role
- Pension
- Private Health Care
