Contract Type: Full-time
Job Type: Permanent
Pay: Dependent on experience
Location: London, UK
Tenure: Permanent
Job description:
A highly respected blue chip gallery is looking for a Press Officer to join their busy team.
Main responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Press
- Devising and delivering press campaigns for a range of gallery artists and exhibitions, alongside Senior Communications Officer
- Managing the press inbox: includes fielding press queries and liaising with artists’ studios and representatives
- Providing press support on selected external exhibitions as necessary, via PR agencies or galleries/museums
- Developing and maintaining relationships with journalists through regular phone and email contact, special events and 1-2-1 meetings
- Monitoring, filing and circulating press coverage internally
- Attending external press views and launch events where necessary
- Overseeing the press database, including proactively gathering new press contacts and coordinating press mailing data
- Identifying news and feature opportunities for gallery artists, Art Fairs and the exhibition programme
- Pitching stories and features on gallery’s programme and activities
- Regular maintenance of selected artist press coverage packs
- Understanding how the media operates, and how to supply journalists with what they need
- Responding to requests for photography and filming, supervising where needed
Communications
- Acting as the main communications liaison for a selection of artists represented by gallery
- Sourcing and clearing images from Artist Liaisons, artists and studios for use across digital platforms including the website, e-news and social media
- Writing clear and concise copy for Digital Coordinator, for use across digital platforms including the website, e-news, social media
- Designing selected e-mail communications via Mailchimp (such as press releases, preview invitations, event invitations, general news announcements)
- Keeping communications planner/ event calendar updated with deadlines of materials to be issued
- Ensuring communications deadlines are met
- Cover for Digital Coordinator and Senior Communications Officer as required in their absence
