Media and Communications Officer, THE TALENT SET

THE TALENT SET

The Talent Set are happy to be working with a wonderful Health Membership Body to find them an interim Media and Communications Officer for an immediate start date.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• To manage media relations, including evaluating, triaging and fielding enquiries from journalists quickly and efficiently.
• To write compelling media releases, responsive comments, news stories, opinion pieces and blogs, to promote the organisation, its campaigns and policies.
• To liaise with the media to ensure the organisation’s position is well understood and communicated, and to challenge misleading information before it is published.
• Prepare media interview briefings for senior spokespeople, including the Chief Executive Officer, and support them ahead of national, regional, and local broadcast, print and online interviews.
• Use digital channels and platforms to complement and enhance the organisation’s reach.
  
  
  

To do this the right candidate will have experience in the following:

• Extensive experience of working in a fast-paced media and communications team.
• Ability to balance a high number of external media requests with in-house demands.
• Experience in briefing the media on specific issues.
• Experience in editing and managing website content.
  
  
  

What’s On Offer:

This is a 3 month temporary role looking for someone to start immediately. It’s the perfect opportunity to build upon your experience.

They offer a great level of flexibility and this role can be done remotely offering a salary of £155 a day (all inclusive of holiday pay), or you can work hybrid in London on a day rate of £177 a day ( all-inclusive of holiday pay)

If we receive a high number of applications, we may need to close earlier than advertised so get your application in quickly! Regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make adjustments to always ensure a fair process.