Bbc Sport Jobs – Publicist In Bristol

Overview

Position Title: Publicist

Company: BBC

Location: Bristol, UK

Job Description

We have a vacancy for a Publicist within the Communications team, working on EastEnders.

This is a fascinating role for a creative and enthusiastic comms professional with a passion for TV. You will be interested in social and digital media and the new ways the BBC is seeking to make its high quality content available to audiences.

You will work as part of brilliant team promoting one of the BBC’s flagship dramas, reporting into the Communications Manager for BBC Brands.

Requirements:

• Manage relationships with senior stakeholders, internally and externally, as well as talent and their representatives
• Collaborate effectively with other BBC teams and work with external partners to deliver campaigns via non-traditional means
• Anticipate and manage issues with a potentially negative impact and handle reactive issues as required
• Co-ordinate and oversee interviews/press conferences/screenings/launches and briefings
• Write clear, concise and engaging media information, including press releases, press packs and lines against enquiries
• Lead and take full responsibility for leading on high impact communications campaigns for EastEnders
• Generate innovative ways of increasing favourable media coverage and raising the profile of BBC content and talent
• Actively explore and identify new and interesting avenues for communicating effectively and imaginatively with audiences, wherever they are
• Maintain a network of contacts with the national and local media, across print, broadcast and online outlets
• Manage relationships with high profile talent

Experience

• You will have experience of being able to establish and maintain credible and effective working relationships with a wide range of high profile talent, agents, journalists, stakeholders, partners and editorial staff as well as first-class organisational and planning skills with experience managing multiple campaigns, organising and delivering events, crisis management and issue handling.
• Excellent creativity and the ability to think differently with a hunger to constantly try new ideas and approaches is required as well as living and breathing social and digital media with a great understanding of digital communications and great ideas for how we can reach new audiences.
• We are looking for someone who loves TV with an established track record of working on and delivering high profile and impactful publicity campaigns.
• If this sounds like you we would love to hear from you!