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This is an exciting and challenging role as a Press Officer where you will utilize your passion for environmental conservation, nature, and addressing climate change and biodiversity loss to drive media coverage and influencer engagement for Kew Gardens.
Responsibilities
- Drive media coverage and influencer engagement for Kew Gardens as a leading visitor attraction and UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Identify media opportunities and earned influencer content through proactive and reactive requests
- Support and advise colleagues across Kew on media relations
- Handle sensitive issues and support crisis communications where required
- Attend events and travel to support core communications activity in the UK
- Take part in a press on-call rota
Requirements
- Proven PR experience
- Track record of supporting high impact PR campaigns (pitching, negotiating with media, setting up interviews, guiding filming)
- Experience working with influencers on an earned basis
- Confidence in managing sensitive issues and supporting crisis communications
- Motivated, self-starter, highly organised
- Comfortable with juggling multiple projects and deadlines
- Strong presentation and interpersonal skills
- Genuine appreciation for biodiversity and sound understanding of today’s environmental challenges
Qualifications
- Proven PR experience as a professional, gained either in-house or with an agency, ideally working in a visitor attraction.
Nice to Have
- Experience in a visitor attraction
Benefits
About Guardian Jobs
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) is a leading plant science institute, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and major visitor attraction. Its mission is to understand and protect plants and fungi for the well-being of people and the future of all life on Earth, addressing the extinction crisis and cl...