Overview

Position Title: Publicist

Company:  ITV

Location:  Bath, UK

Job Description

Our publicity team handle all external PR for ITV and promote programmes across our family of channels. We have an exciting opportunity for a new Publicist to join the Daytime publicity team. You will be responsible for generating daily publicity from key daytime content, supporting the daytime programme publicity operation and executing creative and innovative campaigns across the full media spectrum.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Ensuring programmes are available to view on the press centre; issuing press updates for producers; updating and issuing production overviews
  • Developing and executing creative publicity strategies, incorporating both digital and traditional media into your campaigns working with a range of stakeholders including journalists, influencers and on screen talent
  • Working with external PRs where necessary
  • Developing press strategies; writing and disseminating updates
  • Supporting the wider programme publicity team on key projects as well as publicising other new and existing series within the daytime schedule through creative campaigns
  • Identifying key news stories and generating interesting press information and clips packages from GMB and Lorraine daily content
  • Updating and maintaining journalist database
  • Arranging press days/junkets
  • Undertaking and transcribing interviews; arranging press interviews

Requirements:

  • Advanced knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint
  • Excellent copywriting skills and experience writing accurate news releases or stories to tight deadlines
  • Keen interest in social media and the digital sphere and experience working in this field
  • Excellent news sense and keen interest in current affairs and popular culture
  • Experience as publicist or journalist
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About ITV

It’s an exciting time to join ITV. With the largest commercial family of channels in the UK and with our global footprint growing, we’re about to take not only our business, but also broadcasting, as we know it, to a whole new level.

We have a rich history for making fantastic award winning programs and we’re proud of it. In addition to traditional broadcasting on our channels, we deliver our content on demand through numerous platforms, both directly and via the ITV Hub. Through ITV Studios, our international content business - the largest production company in the UK, we produce content for both our own channels and third parties in the UK and increasingly overseas.

Our leadership is stronger than ever, together, we all work hard to focus on our people, on new technologies and the creative impact that makes ITV such a powerhouse.

We love what we do for our audience; we’ve built a lasting, warm and reassuring relationship with our viewers. They trust, like and look to us every day. We make our audience think, we make them sigh, we make them smile. If the prospect makes you do the same, we’d love for you to explore our current opportunities.