PR Work Experience/Internship

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PR Work Experience/Internship

List of Life Ltd are offering a PR based work experience opportunity.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a work experience position, so it is unpaid.

List of Life is a company started by Heath Gardiner and Frank Cooper 7 years ago. We have 4 full time employees with over 50 contracted staff. Our brands include Polestars (http://www.polestars.net) Throb (http://www.throbbing.info) Jnr’s Jamm (http://www.jnrsjamm.com) and List of Life corporate services (www.listoflife.com).

We are looking for someone to assist our PR officer in her role. Your role may involve working on any of our brands depending on our PR needs.

The office environment is well motivated, fun and up beat. This will suit someone who is looking to get into PR and ideally has some relevant experience or training. We are looking for someone who can come in pretty much full time and we would be looking for a minimum of a month’s commitment.

We will assist you with putting together a CV at the end of your time with us and will help where possible with job searching.

If you are interested please send a cover letter explaining why you are right for the position along with your c.v. to Heath@listoflife.com

Job Description

Below is the range of jobs that you may be involved with. You will be expected to help out with general office duties, the PR role will vary according to our workload. However we are aware that you are here to get PR / marketing experience and will try our best to ensure that you get a wide range of jobs to do.

Polestars PR
•Writing and sending out press releases
•Following up press releases with phone calls
•Answering in coming press enquiries
•Accompanying journalists and/or students for interviews, photoshoots and/or events
•Assisting with marketing events
•Writing and managing outbound email/newsletters
•Keeping adequate records of all press contact
•Building and maintaining press databases
•Developing and maintaining good working relations with the media, including local and national newspapers, magazines, radio and television
•Organising PR / marketing events where necessary
•Distributing flyers and marketing materials
•Maintaining and updating the website
•Assisting with website optimisation and search engine marketing
•Understanding of Polestars brand, and ability to communicate it effectively

Polestars Administration
•Answering phone to customers and taking bookings
•Answering customer emails
•Compiling and sending out registers to students
•Taking and processing orders for shoes and clothes
•Chasing customer payments
•Managing outbound emails
•Updating website

General Office Duties
•Answering the phone
•Assisting with office tidiness
•Attending company meetings
•Any other duties as required

Person Specification

Neccesary Skills
• Good organisation skills
• Good administration skills
• Ability to deal with customers on the telephone.
• Working knowledge of Word, XL, powerpoint and I.E
• Time management skills
• Good communication skills
• Creative writing skills

Desirable Skills
• Experience and/or training in marketing / PR
• Desire to enter into the PR industry
• Basic understanding of Photoshop and design
• Interest in Music / club culture

Only applications with both a cover letter and CV will be considered.

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