Publicist - Premier Scotland

Closing date: Monday 30 September

Interviews: Week commencing 7 October

Start date: ASAP

Reporting to: Executive Director, Premier Scotland

Contract: Six months with the potential to extend

Hours: 9.30am – 5.30pm (weekdays) with 3 days per week in office in Leith. Occasional out of hours work likely

Salary range: £25,000 - £27,000 per annum

Holiday: 32 days (including public holidays)

Develop your career in arts and events communications with a leader in the comms industry in this Edinburgh-based role.

Premier Scotland is part of Premier – ranked #1 Consumer Brand PR agency by PR Week last year and specialising in delivering world-class communications campaigns for the entertainment, arts and cultural industries. With specialist knowledge of film, television, literature, gaming, music, performing arts, destination campaigns, consumer brands, not for profit and most recently sport, Premier provides a complete creative communications solution.

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate communicator to develop their career in communications, focused on arts and events and with a flair for both PR and digital. We are looking for someone to support the delivery of communication strategies for a range of world-class festivals including major outdoor festivals, musicians and ensembles, album campaigns, events and other cultural companies and venues as part of the Premier Scotland team. It is a role which requires press, PR and a level of digital knowledge and experience, and is for an initial period of 6 months with potential extension. 

The successful candidate will feel at home in our fast-paced and dynamic company with a reputation for a top-level client list, strong teamwork and excellent delivery for its clients. There will be opportunities to be directly involved in projects, attend performances and events and get on-the-job training.  

Primary tasks and activities

• Devising, planning, running and reporting on small and mid-scale press; campaigns as allocated by the Associate Directors/Director and with their input
• Working as part of a team on large campaigns
• Building and maintaining relationships with media, clients and associates
• Dealing with requests for images, footage, press information, interviews and press tickets
• Conceiving and delivering media calls
• Digital work on some campaigns working with Senior Digital Manager including creative planning, delivery and analysis
• Live event support and attendance at events as required. 

Knowledge, skills and experience

Essential

• Previous experience in a PR or communications role
• Excellent communication skills, both written and in-person
• A good understanding of the media and journalism landscape
• A range of press contacts in news, lifestyle, arts and culture media
• Has delivered small- to mid-level PR campaigns
• Experience in planning, creating and publishing engaging and eye-catching social media content
• A good knowledge of social media trends
• Ability to prioritise workload
• Confidence to brainstorm creative content ideas across PR and social media in response to client briefs
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to work alone and as part of a team
• An interest in the arts.

Desirable

• Experience with video content capture and editing for Instagram reels, TikTok or YouTube Shorts
• Familiarity with website CMS such as Wordpress or Squarespace
• Experience using Facebook Meta Business Suite 
• Photo and video editing skills on Adobe Creative Suite, Canva or similar 
• Experience running digital advertising campaigns across social media platforms. 

Research shows how marginalised groups of people may not apply for jobs unless they meet 100% of the qualifications. You might not feel that you ‘check all the boxes’ in the way that we’d expect. Many of us felt that imposter syndrome or a confidence gap when we applied. 

If the job excites you and you think you might be able to do it well, we’d encourage you to apply anyway. 

To apply please send your CV and covering letter, outlining how you meet the above criteria, to the email address found via the Apply button with reference/subject line ‘Publicist | Premier Scotland’.

Please include in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.