Building, protecting and maintaining a positive reputation for brands, organizations and individuals
Occupational Profile
Public Relations (PR) and Communications concerns the building, protecting and maintaining of positive reputation for brands, organizations and individuals. It also concerns the way those brands, organizations and individuals communicate about themselves, their products or their services with the public, via different methods. The industry employs over 63,000 individuals in the UK and organizations and employers come from the public, private and voluntary sectors.
Typically, PR & Communications Assistants either work in agencies or in-house for employers. They communicate with different people: the media, the public, internal colleagues or any number of different audiences to get their client’s or organization’s message across and influence opinions and behavior in the most effective way.
They are responsible for researching and understanding their clients’ / organization’s goals, and then using their digital and communication expertise to support the day to day delivery of effective campaigns in order to deliver specific or organizational objectives. This could take various forms including supporting social media activity, blogs, press releases or planning events. The occupation requires using one’s own initiative while supporting those leading on campaigns and so involves working closely with colleagues in a team environment.
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