Communications Officer
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, North Yorkshire, Middlesbrough
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 22 Jul 2019
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Marketing
Job Details
My client are an amazing Public sector organisation looking for a Communications Officer to join their Commercial team in Middlesbrough. The ideal candidate will come from a communications and journalism background with experience in external communications, marketing, press relations and media.
Client Details
The client are a North East organisation within the Public Sector.
Description
The Communications Officer will be responsible and accountable for supporting the company's communications activity to promote brand awareness, reputation, marketing activties and engagement by effectively utilising the internal and external channels.
Profile
The successful Communications Officer will have the following demonstrable skills and experiences:
- From a journalism background, experience as a journalist or degree educated in a relevant field
- Excellent writer, able to create engaging content across on and offline channels
- Experience working with press, external stakeholders and the public
- Experience of creating engaging and exciting stories to drive press and brand awareness
- Must be able to drive and access to a vehicle
- Demonstrable experience of dealing with media enquiries, arrange interviews and facilitate media visits and events
- Highly organised, able to work on multiple projects at any given time
- Strong timekeeping skills, able to work to tight deadlines
- Personable, a team player - able to work with internal and external stakeholders
- Able to commute daily to the Middlesbrough head office
Job Offer
The opportunity to join an excellent organisation on a competitive salary.
Company
Michael Page Sales UK is a leading professional recruitment consultancy covering permanent, interim and contract recruitment. We have UK wide coverage with ten offices located in London, Weybridge, Reading, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, St Albans, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. The core markets we serve are Consumer, Business Services, Media, IT/Telco, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technical Sales, with a dedicated person or team in each location specialising in each of these sectors. The clients we work with are as diverse as the candidates we represent; from Blue Chips to SMEs, and Sales Execs to Sales Directors. Our Consultants are typically from relevant sales backgrounds giving first hand experience of the roles we recruit for. We pride ourselves on delivering unrivalled service levels to our candidates and our clients, our track record of success over the past 20 years means we stand out.
Within our Consumer Sales Division we have consultants within each of the 10 offices who dedicate themselves to this sector and no other. Our specialist capability is demonstrated further as we focus on sub sectors such as food, drink, household, foodservice, consumer electronics, apparel, health & beauty, consumer healthcare, pet and sports. Some of our key clients include Colgate, Beiersdorf, Dr Oetker, Johnson & Johnson, Matthew Clark, PZ Cussons, Kellogg’s, 2 Sisters, Samsung, Seven Seas, Twinings, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, SC Johnson, Warburtons, InBev, Kettle Chips, Hallmark, Luxottica, McCain, Britvic, General Mills, and Molson Coors to name but a few!
Michael Page Sales UK is part of Michael Page International with operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. As well as looking for high quality candidates for our clients, we are also always looking for top talent to work for us
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