Marketing and Advertising - Public Relations (PR) Officer
Marketing and Advertising - Public Relations (PR) Officer
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Public relations (PR) officers manage the public image and reputation of organisations and individuals.
- Plan and deliver PR campaigns for clients
- Monitor data to understand the public and media's opinion of your clients
- Attend events like photoshoots, conferences and press launches
- Develop good connections with the media to promote your clients
- Write and edit press releases, social media posts, policy statements and speeches
As a PR Officer, you could work in an office or at a client's business.
PR Officers tend to work between 38 to 40 hours per week. You may occasionally be required to work evening and weekends.
Starting: £22,000
Experienced: £40,000
You can get into public relations (PR) with a degree in most subjects. You could also do a degree or postgraduate course related to public relations.
You could do a college course, which might give you an advantage when looking for a trainee public relations role.
You could work towards this role by doing a Public Relations and Communications Assistant Level 4 Higher Apprenticeship.
This takes a minimum of one year to complete.