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PR & social job roles
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2021 was a beast of a year for us, with our best turnover and profit ever, so we’re on the hunt for new PR and social pros to join our passionate and hard-working team.`
We are keen to meet PR and social media people of all levels and are particularly interested in:
PR manager
Senior account exec
Digital PR exec
Digital PR manager
Social media exec
New team members will work across national brands such as Skinny Lager, Chopstix, KBK and Native whilst also delivering campaigns for regional and national hotel brands, consumer events from London to Glasgow and restaurant brands from Vapiano to Dylan's.
We believe that traditional and digital PR and social media all thrive best together so our teams are fully integrated, working together on accounts to get the best results for our clients.
Qualities we look for are:
a thirst for generating results
a passion for building great relationships with clients, media, influencers and everyone else that we work with
At least four years experience in a PR agency or similar role (managers)
a drive to build creative and effective campaigns
a love of working in a team
a thorough knowledge of the media
experience of the full suite of PR and social techniques
keep up to date with industry trends, practices and developments (digital industry, clients’ industry and agency industry)
able to multi-task with excellent organisational skills, allowing them to manage their own time and workload
Why work at DATS?
22 days holiday and your birthday off.
Wellbeing and mental health support via Spectrum.Life
Inclusion in a company wide profit share bonus
Pension scheme
A brilliant social life with regular team get togethers and events
Training and support across all levels of the business
The opportunity for everyone to be involved in planning the future of the business
We are offering a bonus contribution of 5% of the salary for successful candidates who start before March.
PR manager
The guardian of our day to day campaigns and planners. Planning workflow and working closely with the director to ensure that our output is always the best it can be.
The manager organises monthly meetings, manages clients day to day, leads campaigns, runs budgets and is always one step ahead with an eye on what’s next.
They are our media guru, writing releases, finding media hooks and selling in.
Quality control is embedded in everything they do and they are nurturing in their approach to coaching and training. They continuously work to ensure that the PR and social teams are working together.
Their main goal is ensuring that we have happy clients and a productive team!
We are looking for someone with solid agency experience.
Account exec
Our account execs are all about the coverage. Creating media lists, reading media, writing, selling in and looking for opportunities.
They know all the best influencers and are always on the hunt for the newest ones! They’re organised - saving coverage, evaluating it and reporting it back to clients.
Their main goal is delivering brilliant coverage for all clients.
Digital PR exec
Our digital PR execs develop and manage the delivery of digital publicity campaigns. They work with the PR and social teams to deliver truly integrated
campaign outcomes for clients that include on and offline PR activity. They work closely with key journalists, bloggers and other media influencers, growing and maintaining their own little black book.
They are responsible for digital PR initiatives and online community management for multiple clients, across a range of industries. They work with the digital and traditional teams to plan and implement digital PR campaigns in line with clients’ business goals.
Regularly research and source partners/influencers, create relationships and maintain a database of online and offline contacts.
Use search and insight tools to support campaigns.
Plan, source and evaluate content for multiple social media platforms.
Work across internal teams to collaborate on creative ideas, online strategy and PR opportunities.
Develop client communications plans with schedules, priorities, responsibilities and briefs; identifying key influencers and channels that will increase the client’s online visibility and support business goals.
Digital PR manager
Our digital managers are highly creative, taking the lead with the creation and delivery of content and stories.
They lead the production of data-led stories, creative campaigns, reactive PR, in-depth opinion pieces and thought leadership. Plus they identify relevant opportunities to feed stories to journalists with the aim of securing coverage and, ultimately, links to boost our clients’ SEO performance.
They lead the way in their field in SEO and content creation. They are the guardian of our client relationships ensuring that ideas, results and everything in between is clearly communicated internally and externally.
They are proactive and innovative both for DATS and our clients, always looking for ways to use digital PR techniques to help them grow. They are our media gurus, building strong relationships with journalists, whilst delivering and gaining coverage with their teams.
They live to monitor and report success.
Quality control is embedded in everything they do and they are nurturing in their approach to coaching and training. They continuously work to ensure that the PR and social teams are working together.
Their main goal is ensuring that we have happy clients and a productive team!
Social media exec
Our execs are the agency’s key content creators. Designing artwork and writing copy.
They love all things social - always ahead of the curve with the latest trends and channels with experience with Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram and Tik Tok.
They spend their days writing and creating plans and managing channels.
They support DATS marketing and work together to run the agency’s social channels.
Their main goal is to confidentially achieve the growth and engagement that meet our clients’ goals.