Media and Communications Executive

JOB DESCRIPTION
The core purpose of this role is to provide support to the Media & Communications team, bringing
imagination, inspiration and an abundance of energy. You will first and
foremost assist the team in delivering media excellence and achieving KPIs for  our clients.

• Support the team in delivering high quality media and influencer results
• across earned channels
• Monitoring client coverage, ensuring it’s clipped and shared in a timely and
• compelling manner that sells the results to clients
• Collating weekly and monthly reports, ensuring rolling coverage booklets
• and trackers are kept up to date regularly as needed by Team
• Managing internal media and influencer databases and regularly updating
• staying on top of media changes and updates via Diary Directory and
• Roxhill
• Writing compelling press assets including releases and media alerts that
• deliver relevant stories and messaging that resonate with media
• Support the team in the distribution of press materials, pitching and selling
• in of stories
• Collate media overviews and briefing documents for press trips and
• interviews
• Provide insight into social media trends and providing advice on
• influencers and content creators
• Begin to build own network of media, influencer and content creator
• contacts across food, drink and travel
• Build upon understanding of media, proactively sharing new ideas and
• trends to help guide media comms for clients
• Fulfil reactive journalist requests promptly to ensure H&C are seen as
• responsive, reliable go-tos by media
• Working closely with Media & Communications Consultants and Partners to
• ensure relevant updates are shared to Client teams
• Assisting the team at events, launches and hotel openings, when needed

• Attention to detail
• Well organised & able to manage time effectively to manage simultaneous
• deadlines and priorities across multiple accounts
• Proactive, positive nature
• Ability to use media databases
• Collaborative team player
• An excellent understanding of all Earned channels (digital, print, broadcast
• & social)
• Solid writing skills and developing storytelling ability and writing for
• different audiences
• Culturally aware /well informed
• Passion for food, drink & travel
• Ability to build relationships and rapport (internally & externally)
• Developing commercial awareness
• Understanding of Social Media channels, functions and developments