Career Details
Starting Position: Digital PR Exec
Location: Semi-Remote (Must be able to travel to Leeds Regularly for meetings)
Hours Expectations: Full Time but Part-time considered. Fully Flexible Working Hours. Up to 36 Hours per week.
Typical Hours: Monday to Thursday – 9 to 5:30, Friday – 9 to 4:00
Salary: Starting Salary – £19,000 to £24,000 per annum depending on experience
Holiday Allowance: 23 Days + Bank Holidays + 2 Additional N.I. Bank Holidays
What’s your Ambition?
Brand Ambition is the award-winning SME Digital Brand Marketing Agency with an SEO First Focus. We work to create challenger brands and help small businesses become big businesses.
We are looking for enthusiastic self-starters who have a love for the written word and has aspirations to make headlines by collaborating with journalists by work on exciting, data-led and traditional PR campaigns with refreshing digital focus. We are looking for an ambitious all-rounder who can turn their hand to copywriting, press releases, research and outreach all with the goal of helping our clients make headlines..
We love passion projects, so whether its something you did for a client or a project you did for the hell of it, we want to see that too.
Roles and responsibilities
We’re a small team, so we are looking for someone who is happy to chip in on a bit of everything as and when needed but here is a list of core things you’ll be up to
Core Responsibilities
- Supporting Account Management and Client Liason
- Support Development and Management of PR campaign strategies from thought through to execution in conjunction with the Senior team
- Develop and Manage Content strategies from thought through to execution in conjunction with the SEO and Director team.
- Manage freelance and external relationships where required to ensure client deadlines are hit on time.
- Work closely with the Directors to set realistic client targets.
- Work closely with the Directors to assist in the positive representation of Brand Ambition and grow the company through the development of Intellectual Property and Shareable content.
- Work to develop a Content and PR strategy for Brand Ambition, working with Directors to execute it.
- Work to continually improve your department, analysing for areas of improvement where the results ensure better operational efficiency and improved performance.
Day to Day Responsibilities
- Building Relationships with the media, journalists, bloggers, influencers, webmasters etc where appropriate.
- Earning High-Quality Media and Backlink Coverage on Internet Publications
- Writing Reports on Media Coverage
- Writing Articles to Assist Media Coverage
- Developing PR Strategies
- Overseeing and Managing Social Media PR Strategies
- Working with the Brand Team to Proof artwork and Copy Writing
- Working with the Brand Team on campaign development
Required Expectations
- Previous experience is preferable but not required
- Proof of ability to connect with journalists and build coverage essential
- Capable of managing multiple projects
- Software proficient or a demonstrable willingness to learn
- Microsoft and Google Publishing Software such as Excel, Sheets, Word, Docs, Powerpoint & Slides.
- Website Structure, Different Browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, Edge.
- Email – GMail
- Analytics
- Adwords
- Cision or Equivalent PR Software
- Have a sound and demonstrable understanding of the full Digital Marketing Mix
- Putting SEO at the centre of your PR methodologies and practice.
- Putting the customer at the centre of your content methodologies and practice.
- A strong self-starter, who is able to work independently and in a team with empathy as well as the ability to resolve conflicts of opinion with diplomacy, discretion and maturity.
- You will present clearly and persuasively with enthusiasm and rationalisation to internal teams
- You will have good client, internal interpersonal and communication skills
Why work for Brand Ambition?
We are an organic growing company with a passion for SMEs (Small Medium Enterprise). We like taking something that a company has crafted over years and working with them to elevate it to challenge their competitors.
Our clients are the diamonds in the rough. We are here to help them shine, help them become the next big thing and support them on their journey.
If you have a passion for learning about other businesses, then we want to hear from you. If you’ve managed to earn even £1 online through your own digital marketing efforts then we definitely want to hear from you.
Company Initiatives
The Social Responsibility Marketing Initiative
As part of the companies “Give Back” initiative we are in the process of creating the Brand Ambition Academy. An initiative the supports the next generation of digital marketing talent via the apprenticeship scheme.
The initiative will recruit start-ups and SMEs with a socially responsible and conscious focus once a year. The Academy will then offer marketing services at a reduced rate to the companies signed up.
We want to encourage the next generation to think about the companies they work for and the importance of having a positive impact on the world they work in.
Employment Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Flexible – Semi-Remote Working
- Fully Flexible Hours
- Career Development
- Enhanced Holidays
- Employee Profit Share Scheme
- Regular Home Deliveries
- Social Events
Not a Benefit, a requirement but it’s nice.
- Highspec Laptop
- Home Office Equipment as required
- Company Pension
To apply simply send your CV and covering email to recruit-me @brand-ambition.com