PR and Communications Executive

Job Introduction

This role presents an exciting opportunity to take on an important role with respect to PR and communications for an international law firm.  The successful candidate will support in delivering PR and communications campaigns in-line with best practice principles to raise the profile of the firm and its lawyers.  Reporting into the Senior PR and Communications Manager and based in the firm’s Bristol office, with the ability to take advantage of the firm’s agile working approach, Flex Forward.

Role Responsibility

• Support on the development and the implementation of comms campaigns to raise the profile of the firm and its lawyers
• Build effective relationships with key stakeholders across the business
• Demonstrate a good understanding of the fundamentals of profile raising and media relations. This includes: produce first drafts of press releases, build effective relationships with journalists, develop and place stories in the press, draft pitches for journalists, edit articles prior to submission to publications, draft and edit press commentary, arrange interviews and press meetings, develop media lists and advise on suitable media targets
• Provide press office support and act as the first port-of-call for media enquiries, working with a Comms Manager where necessary to respond to media requests
• Assist with tracking mentions of the firm in the press and help produce reports and analysis on the firm’s media and comms activities
• Develop a strong working knowledge of social media channels and take an active role in sourcing and creating original and engaging content for the firm's social media accounts 
• Support on the implementation of the firm’s Digital Strategy, driving forward best practice approaches in the use of podcasts, video and other digital assets
• Assist in identifying content for awards submissions and draft submissions

The Ideal Candidate

• Have previous comms/PR experience, ideally within a service delivery and team environment
• Be resilient, highly organised, able to effectively prioritise work and meet deadlines
• Have excellent communications skills, both written and verbal 
• Have excellent attention to detail
• Be attentive and use calls and meetings with stakeholders as an opportunity to gain a good understanding of key sector messaging as well as planned timings for upcoming BD and marketing campaigns while also developing internal relationships
• Be able to quickly develop a good understanding of the firm's language style
• Have the ability to deal effectively with complex subject matter
• Be trustworthy with sensitive and confidential information
• Have a willingness to expand knowledge through keeping up to date with legal media stories and taking advantage of L&D opportunities
• Have the aptitude and ability to shift priorities and tasks in response to business needs
• Proactively share information, skills, knowledge and ideas with others
• Be degree educated or equivalent

About the Company

We are a leading international legal business with over 2,500 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Central America, the USA, Australia and Germany.

We are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health and real estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for all of the UK’s top-ten insurers, we are market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-12 housebuilders.

We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 142 Chambers UK 2021 practice area and individual lawyer rankings. In Legal 500 UK 2021, the firm received a top tier ranking for 37 of its practice areas, and 58 DACB lawyers were singled out in the ‘Leading Individual' rankings.

Our successes have been recognised by the legal industry and the markets in which we operate. These accolades include two top prizes in the ‘Excellence in Business Development’ and ‘Excellence in Technology & Innovation’ categories of the 2020 Law Society Excellence Awards – the highest accolade for law firms in England & Wales. Our health sector team won the ‘Crisis Management Team of the Year’ award at the 2020 British Legal Awards for its support to the NHS at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our Cyber & Data Risk team received the ‘Business Development Innovation Award’ at the 2020 Legal Innovation Awards, as well as ‘Cyber Law Firm of the Year’ at the prestigious Insurance Insider Cyber Rankings Awards, for its market-leading suite of digital tools to help our clients prepare for and respond to cyber and data risk crises.

Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com.

Application Details

At DAC Beachcroft, we don’t just accept your differences we celebrate them.  From bespoke solutions for our clients, to treating you like an individual.  Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the whole you to work. So if you’re good at what you do, come as you are.  We welcome direct applications and are happy to talk flexible working.

We also want you to be at your very best.  Please feel free to let us know of any changes we can make at any point in the recruitment process that will help support your application.  If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV.  Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

Note for Recruitment Agencies – the DAC Beachcroft recruitment team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible.  We do work with recruitment agencies and where we require external support we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us.  Speculative CVs sent by any agency to any DAC Beachcroft employee without a specific request by the recruitment team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable.  Our recruitment team can be contacted at recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com

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