Publicist

JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: 12 month FTC/Attachment
DEPARTMENT:
Communications

LOCATION:

London Broadcasting House
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £32,500-£40,000pa depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. The successful candidate will also receive £5,441pa London Weighting Allowance.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
This is a rare opportunity to join the BBC as a publicist working on radio and tv programming in the Content division. This role will have a particular focus on music and entertainment programming including Radio 1, 1

Xtra, Asian Network and BBC Introducing as well as working in a flexible way on other priority projects from across the BBC.
This is a fantastic role for an experienced creative and enthusiastic communications professional with a particular passion for music, entertainment and youth culture. The successful candidate will work across a wide range of high-profile content and campaigns featuring some of the biggest names in music and entertainment as well as new and emerging talent.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM
This is an opportunity to work at the heart of the BBC’s Content division, promoting some of the biggest names, most exciting new artists and most distinctive programming across the BBC. The candidate will have the chance to work on impactful programming for a young and diverse audience, whilst gaining invaluable experience across music, entertainment and culture.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT
As a Publicist in the content team you will:

• Be the first point of contact for incoming press queries, ranging for schedule queries, news stories, advance programming and feature requests.
• Lead on publicity campaigns across online, print, broadcast, social media and digital platforms to promote priority programming.
• Work closely with senior stakeholders, programme makers, commissioners as well as presenters and their representatives to advise on publicity, plan events and announcements, and maximise positive coverage.
• Collaborate effectively with other BBC teams and work with external partners to deliver campaigns in non-traditional means.

We are looking for someone with an established track record of creating and delivering high profile and impactful publicity campaigns over a number of years, with a love and knowledge of pop music, the wider entertainment industry and radio. Essential

• A proven track record in running creative, high profile publicity campaigns in the entertainment/music/media/ broadcast industry, securing online, print, broadcast and social media coverage for high profile clients.
• Experience of identifying and effectively managing reputational issues and crisis comms, including providing sound communications advice to senior colleagues, presenters and their representatives, and using varied communications tools to defend and enhance reputation, using your extensive network of contacts with national and local media, across print, broadcast and online outlets.
• An accomplished writer, being able to tell a story succinctly, you will have experience in finding innovative ways to promote content to a broad audience, maximising opportunities and creating content on social media and online to build interest.
• Extensive experience in working with presenters and their representatives.
• A good understanding of the music and wider entertainment news agenda and cycle, particularly pop music, with experience of using that knowledge to quickly spot a potential story and identifying ways to generate coverage.

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