PR Executive in London

Location: London
Salary: Hidden
Recruiter: loveholidays
Job Hours: Full-time

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Why loveholidays? 

At loveholidays, we’re on a mission to open the world to everyone, giving our customers’ unlimited choice, unmatched ease and unmissable value for their next getaway. Our team is the driving force behind our role as our customers’ personal holiday expert - the smart way to get away.

The impact you’ll have:

Reporting to the PR Manager, this is an exciting opportunity to join our growing brand and PR function at loveholidays, providing hands-on support to ensure we deliver against our communications objectives. As our PR Executive, you will play a key role in protecting and enhancing our reputation as a leading online travel agent by delivering creative and newsworthy stories.

We’re looking for someone who is a curious, creative team player and is willing to get stuck in to land high impact coverage. In return, we promise to provide you with a rewarding and supportive environment where you’ll have the opportunity to grow and develop.

Your day-to-day:  

External Communications and PR:

  • Develop press releases, media pitches, briefing documents and other communications materials
  • Build and maintain relationships with key national, regional and trade journalists, keeping our media database up to date
  • Pitch a range of stories and late deals to press each week
  • Monitor the news and social media for potential reputational issues, industry updates, trends and competitor activity
  • Identify newsjacking opportunities and work quickly to leverage them
  • Daily monitoring and documentation of all earned coverage
  • Support the PR manager in producing regular measurement reporting to track progress against KPIs 
  • Administrative tasks such as invoicing

    • Your skillset:

  • Creativity is key for this role - we want to create a newsjacking mentality so you’ll need to be able to think outside of the box
  • Ability to build media facing narratives that highlight our brand messages and capture journalists’ attention, ensuring they genuinely understand who we are and what we do
  • A team player with excellent attention to detail
  • Superb written and oral communications skills, with the ability to think and act with
    speed
  • Highly organised and efficient, able to work clearly and effectively in a fast paced
    environment
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills, being able to influence upwards is key as you’ll be working with stakeholders at all levels of seniority
  • Experience in a fast-paced PR agency or in-house press office function
  • Experience of executing consumer brand-awareness PR campaigns
  • Knowledge and understanding of crisis communications and issues management
  • Knowledge and understanding of digital PR and the dynamics of SEO authority

    • Not necessary but would be desirable to have:

  • Knowledge and understanding of the travel sector
  • UK and Irish media relationships, ideally across travel and consumer affairs
  • Experience managing agency relationships towards delivering clear business outcomes
  • Knowledge of the evolving social and influencer landscape would be beneficial

    • Perks of joining us:

    Other than an amazing environment for you to grow, have impact and show the world your incredible skills, we offer the following benefits: 

  • Company pension contributions at 5%
  • Individualised training budget for you to learn on the job and level yourself up
  • Discounted holidays for you, your family and friends
  • 25 days of holidays per annum (plus 8 public holidays) increases by 1 day for every second year of service, up to a maximum 30 days per annum
  • Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
  • Cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan and eye care vouchers

    • At loveholidays, we focus on developing an inclusive culture and environment that encourages personal growth and collective success. Each individual offers unique perspectives and ideas that increase the diversity and effectiveness of our teams. And we value the insight and potential you could bring on our continued journey.

    The interview journey:

  • Talent Acquisition Partner call - 30 mins
  • 1st stage with Hiring Manager - 30 mins
  • Final stage in person in the Hammersmith office with key stakeholder/s including a task to present - 1 hour

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    About loveholidays

    loveholidays.com

    The smart way to get away 💙

    We are loveholidays: a fast-moving tech company revolutionising the way you search for holidays online.

    We are building the future of online travel, reducing the friction between searching for a holiday and booking one.

    We give users the ability to search by what they want to do not where they want to go and match them with the best deals on the market.

    Our flexible search experience removes traditional constraints, enabling users to discover great holidays based on the criteria they choose; results can be filtered by star rating, facilities, TripAdvisor rating or even average temperature, shifting the focus from destination to experience.

    We are a close-knit group and believe in a positive work-life balance, with bi-annual company events, regular team socials and much more.

    Whatever your speciality, you will find an environment at loveholidays where talent is recognised and rewarded.

    You can connect with us really easily with just your email address or social media profile at: careers.loveholidays.com

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