PR Executive

We are looking for an ambitious Public Relations Executive to join our Marketing Communications team and help promote the firm and our legal services to organisations across a range of different sectors. 

In this role you will work closely with the Public Relations Manager, to help shape and deliver a targeted PR and communications programme that supports the firm’s growth strategy and profile-raising objectives. 

You’ll be working on a broad range of communications activity such as social media stories, awards entries, thought-leadership content, internal communications, industry insights and more as part of a friendly and dynamic marketing communications team.

You'll be a brilliant writer, with experience in creating high quality written content for B2B audiences, with a proven track record of working effectively with journalists to secure positive press coverage.

You’ll be confident working with senior stakeholders, business services professionals and outside agencies, with exceptional client service skills as well as the ability to self-motivate. 

Your Role

• Press release writing and building media lists 
• Maintaining awareness and relationships with key media outlets and securing coverage including national, trade, business and online media 
• Identifying hot topics / emerging business issues and working with lawyers to develop angles 
• Maintaining a good working knowledge of the issues affecting TLT and our clients 
• Creating social media posts (written and visual) and articles for the website and intranet 
• Supporting campaign delivery including written, audio and visual content 
• Maintaining positive working relationships with senior lawyers and business services professionals
• Work closely with other team members to provide opportunities for profile raising across various channels and providing administrate support where needed.

Your Skills and Experience

• Two years+ B2B experience working in public relations (or campaigns with media experience), ideally within a public relations agency at senior account executive level or in-house within professional services
• Able to research, write, produce and edit great content for a range of formats 
• A persuasive communicator with strong attention to detail and an ability to manage multiple deadlines and competing demands in a fast-paced environment. 
• Able to develop and maintain strong relationships with journalists and handle media enquiries.
• Understanding of the full marketing communications mix and how different channels can be used to create awareness and influence a business audience. 
• Able to adapt style for different media and audiences. 
• Excellent interpersonal skills and good judgment, with an ability to build rapport with people at all levels of seniority and across different departments. 
• A genuine interest in a broad range of business topics that affect TLT and its clients. 
• Action-orientated and self-motivated.

Your Team

The Business Development & Marketing team are instrumental in creating awareness of our brand to identify and win new business opportunities as well as delivering for our existing clients. This involves establishing and nurturing relationships and using everything from events to media relations to tenders to explore new business ideas. Within the team, have specialists in: Business Development, Bids, Internal and External Communications, Campaigns, PR, Client Engagement, Marketing and Design and Marketing Operations. TLT is different because we live our values. This comes down to the hard work we have put in building and promoting a strong brand that aligns to our business strategy.

About TLT

Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.

We work with high profile clients in innovative sectors. With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,200 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. In 2021 we were named The Lawyer’s Law Firm of the Year, recognising our incredible success story.

Our purpose is to protect, prepare and progress our clients for what comes next and it’s essential that we do the same for our people, our planet and our communities too. In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute.

Our Benefits

We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance.

At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people.

TLT is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment and encourages applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of any of the characteristics protected by the laws in the locations in which we operate.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, where necessary, to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, require any reasonable adjustments or an application to Access to work please contact the recruitment team on Recruitment.Operations@TLTsolicitors.com