Senior Public Relations Consultant

ICF Next is one of Europe’s leading integrated communication agencies, specializing in large-scale campaigns for clients across the European Union.

Are you an experienced public relations professional with a talent for building connections, fostering collaboration, and leading impactful PR initiatives? We are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive expert with a talent for media relations, community management and delivering insightful communication services around events. If you thrive in fast-paced environments and are committed to delivering outstanding results, we’d love to hear from you!

Main Responsibilities

• Strategy and implementation of medium to large-scale PR projects/campaigns from A to Z.
• Development and design of PR strategies and communication plans in co-operation with other relevant teams (strategic planning, creation, content and production).
• Active contribution to tender proposals including research work, liaising internally with different teams, contribution to case studies and definition of KPIs.
• Providing guidance in the implementation of PR strategies.
• Acting as a trusted advisor on matters related to PR on an internal and external levels.
• Contribution to the development of new PR services and innovation of existing ones.
• Budget preparation, planning, monitoring and reporting.
• Regular contact with clients (mainly within the EU Institutions).
• Building tactics, engaging with journalists, stakeholders, content creators and empowering them to become multipliers.
• Liaising and working closely with our network of PR agencies to implement PR strategies and activities at local levels.
• Production of PR assets: multi-media news releases, social media posts, insightful presentations and reports.
• Coordination and follow-up with internal production teams involved in PR projects.
• Mapping of media outlets, stakeholder organisations and content creators and pitching by e-mail and phone (mostly in English but any additional languages is an asset).
• Implementation of communication services around events including overseeing secretariat for awards/competitions participation
• Ensuring social media promotion and live coverage of events on social media.
• Monitoring of PR and social media activities and projects/campaigns’ pick up.
• Analysis, reporting and presentation of results in dedicated reports and presentations.
• Coaching of junior colleagues.
• Ability to travel from time to time.

Requirements

• Minimum 7 years of proven experience in PR.
• Experience in tender proposals for EU communication projects.
• Excellent knowledge of English (oral and written) - any additional language is an asset.
• A keen interest in and knowledge of EU institutional communication.
• Good storytelling and pitching skills.
• Proven ability to develop and cultivate relationships with journalists, stakeholders and content creators.
• Proven experience in creating engaging content for social media, with a particular focus on managing and covering social media for events.
• At ease with Microsoft Office Suite, mailing and survey tools

• Proactive, solution-oriented and can-do mindset.
• Team player, encouraging team spirit and promoting professionalism and positive attitude.
• Strong problem solving, analytical, organisational and planning skills.
• Flexible with a great sense of responsibility and adaptability to changing workload.
• Excellent verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills.
• Coaching and mentorship skills.

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