Hybrid

Agency :

Havas

Job Description Summary :

Global PR & Communications Director – a new role – will be a key PR & Comms role within Prose on Pixels and EPN. Working alongside and reporting into two chief executives – one from each network – on a 50/50 resource allocation to ensure responsibilities are equally divided. They will be responsible for the day-to-day PR activity and external communications for both agencies globally.

The primary objective for this role is to raise awareness, perception, and consideration for each network, along with the agencies that sit within them. This will include earned (i.e., PR), owned (i.e., content, social), and paid (i.e., partnerships) media. You will also work closely with our Prose on Pixels and EPN leadership teams, as well as Havas Creative Network’s PR Team and their counterparts in new business and marketing to ultimately drive business growth.

Job Description :

Core responsibilities

PR

• Working across Prose on Pixels and EPN agencies – including news announcements (drafting, managing approvals, selling in), thought leadership (including ghost writing for agency leadership as required), personal profile-raising and feature opportunities.
• Be the first port of call for inbound media enquiries.
• Drive submissions and award entries (non-campaign-based), i.e. Campaign Agency of the Year, School Reports, 40 Over 40, Ad Net Zero Awards, etc..
• Draft copy as required for the new business team.
• Develop and maintain a PR ‘pipeline’.
• Track and save press coverage.
• Some reporting, as required.
• Maintain up-to-date media lists.
• Ensure ‘hygiene’ material, such as biographies, headshots and boilerplates, are kept up-to-date and of high-quality.
• Manage subscriptions (i.e. Campaign, Little Black Book, David Reviews) and related admin (i.e. purchase orders).
• Reinforce Global presence, structure and capabilities of both networks.

Social

• Manage social media platforms (including paid social plans) working closely with the new business team on content sharing, amplification and best practice across divisional channels.
• Generate regular, engaging content for these channels.

Events

• Investigate and secure speaking opportunities for Prose on Pixels and EPN’s leadership and the agencies’ clients.
• Assess and advise on paid-for opportunities (i.e. sponsorship).
• Support the wider new business team on owned events, i.e. in-person events, webinars, podcasts, etc.

Content

• Work with the new business and marketing team to create and deliver material for other internal and external communications, i.e. newsletters, presentations, website updates, etc.
• Work with the wider new business and marketing teams to maximise content and marketing opportunities within paid, non-media partnerships i.e. Adforum, intermediaries

Requirements

• 8+ years’ experience in a PR or corporate communications role, ideally (but not necessarily) within a creative agency or related PR agency.
• Excellent writing (and editing) skills.
• Strong verbal communication skills, and the ability to manage various internal and external stakeholders.
• A proactive, can-do, independently minded attitude.
• The ability to juggle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Basic knowledge of social media and platforms.
• Strong and existing journalist relationships within the advertising/creative sector is preferred, but not absolutely necessary.
• Basic design skills would be an added bonus – but is absolutely not necessary.
• Happy to work three days in the office – this is a hybrid role, not a remote one.

About Havas

Founded in 1835 in Paris, Havas is one of the world’s largest global communications networks, with more than 22,000 people in over 100 countries sharing one single mission: to make a meaningful difference to brands, businesses, and people. Havas has developed a fully integrated model through its 70+ Havas Villages around the world, covering all communication activities. The teams of the three business units, Havas Creative Network, Havas Media Network and Havas Health & You, work together with agility and in perfect synergy to offer tailor-made, innovative solutions to clients that support them in their positive transformation. Havas is committed to building a diverse culture where everybody feels they belong and can be themselves and thrive. Havas integrated into Vivendi, a global leader in media, entertainment, and communications, in December 2017. Further information about Havas is available at www.havas.com.

About Prose on Pixels

Prose on Pixels is a global content at scale agency built to address the marketing challenges of today and deliver meaningful content into the future.

With our unique AI powered Audience-First production model, we Create, Scale and Personalize content to captivate audiences and achieve desired brand and business outcomes. We deliver production with a performance mindset - resulting in harder working content, reduced waste, and stronger ROI.

To find out more, please visit: www.proseonpixels.com

About EPN

The Edge Performance Network is the largest full-service Performance Marketing group in the World, providing an international resource for clients who seek an integrated performance marking approach on a global level. The Edge Performance Network is vertically integrated, offering clients experience and expertise in all aspects of performance marketing, from analytics to strategy, creative and production, media planning and buying across all channels, as well as the industry's best attribution and modeling capabilities. EPN is led by Performance Marketing giants Havas Edge (US and France), All Response Media, Revenue Frontier, and Frontier Australia.

To find out more, please visit: https://epn.havas.com/

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Skills :

Communication, Media Relations

Contract Type :

Permanent

Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.

Due to high volume of applications, only eligible or matching candidates will be contacted by us.