PR & marketing manager job vacancy
Webcredible is recruiting! We're looking for a PR & marketing manager to join our friendly team on a permanent basis in London, UK. We've had a PR agency for the past 2 years and are now looking to bring this in-house, so you'll obviously need to have a strong background in PR.
We have a full understanding of how PR works so you'll receive all necessary resources and support in your role. In fact, PR has been at the centre of Webcredible's marketing and business strategy since inception. We therefore see this position as key to our continued growth and development.
About the job
You'll be fully responsible for the company PR and marketing strategy, from conception all the way through to execution. This is a senior role in the company, with you reporting directly to a company director.
You will:
- Create, manage and execute the PR and marketing strategy so that it's fully inline with the company strategy
- Ensure press coverage for our white papers, articles, online polls, customer win announcements etc.
- Put us forward for comment in features in our target media
- Organise events for and meetings with journalists
- Seek out and put us forward as speakers at industry events
- Manage the content and strategy for our website (8000+ visitors per day) and newsletter (16,000+ subscribers)
- Market our articles online so other websites republish them
- Find appropriate events, seminars and conferences for us to exhibit and have a presence at
Sounds good? Send over your CV and you could be working here sooner than you think!
About you
You'll have reached the level of at least senior account manager or account director and will need to demonstrate to us that you have:
- Digital/IT PR experience, excellent press contacts and a solid knowledge of journalistic practices
- Contacts in the trade and national / local business press
- A proven track record of generating top quality coverage
- Experience of both offline and online PR
- Excellent oral and written communication and organisation skills
It's also really important that you:
- Are a self-starter that can plan for, set up and run PR campaigns
- Enjoy working on both a strategic and hands-on basis
- Want to work in-house so you can really get to know the business and its goals
Sounds like you? Send over your CV and you could be working here sooner than you think!
About working at Webcredible
Here at Webcredible we're only as good as our people. As such, we don't believe in having to follow the company direction; rather, the company tries to follow the direction its people want to move in. You'll have total ownership over your job and career progression path, with regular career reviews and appraisals. It's up to you to decide the direction you want to go in and we'll do whatever it takes to accommodate your needs and make this happen.
You'll also meet with your manager every second Friday in a 1-2-1 meeting to discuss, well, anything you want to discuss about your job. There are only two rules to what you say in these meetings: Everything's free from judgement and said in total confidence.
Most importantly though, we want you to have a life outside of work - we only work late if we absolutely have to.
Benefits
In addition to being rewarded with a competitive salary and excellent career advancement opportunities, you'll benefit from a number of perks:
- Flexible benefits package (you choose the benefits most important to you)
- Company pension scheme
- Flexitime (work to the hours that best suit you)
- 23 days holiday as well as a free day off on your birthday (plus option to buy more holiday)
- Commission on any leads generated
- 3-day personal training/conference budget per year
- Travel loan
- Free bi-weekly on-site massage
- Free book purchase every month
- Free team lunch every two weeks and evening social event every month
- Free fruit and fresh coffee every day (the most important of all!)
What next?
If you'd like to work in a relaxed environment with a fast-growing dynamic user experience consultancy, then we want to hear from you ASAP! Send your CV over to jobs at webcredible.co.uk and you could be working here sooner than you think! Please include a brief summary of your core areas of expertise in the main body of your e-mail.
No recruitment agencies please - our company policy dictates that we only recruit directly.