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Job description

Our client, a highly successful PR agency, seeks the services of a PR account executive to join its highly successful team.

The executive will be responsible for the full public relations function on behalf of clients of the company. This includes ensuring that the communication plans that have been proposed and accepted by clients are implemented creatively and quickly. Firm and open relationships with clients and the media are essential and need to be developed and maintained. The executive will be responsible for maintaining and actively managing the allocated accounts both strategically and tactically.

1. Adhering to the administration required by the management, including consistency of all outgoing communications.

2. Actively managing the day-to-day running of retained clients business and maintaining regular contact with them.

3. This will include:

• Following up any requests made by clients pertaining to communication.
• Preparing for and attending status meetings with clients according to an agreed timetable.
• Taking minutes and issuing accurate contact/status reports within 48 hours of the meeting.
• Constantly seeking fresh communication ideas and angles and discussing these with clients.
• Researching, writing, checking and issuing press releases using the correct format.
• Following up the releases or angles presented to media on a consistent basis.
• Maintaining up-to-date media and feature lists on behalf of clients.
• Checking articles and disseminating as necessary.
• Preparing quarterly reports on all activities undertaken and discussing these internally and with clients assigned to you.
• Participate in the sourcing of leads for new business prospects.
• Present the company’s credentials together with other executives when requested to do so.
• Assist in the preparation of strategic and tactical plans for clients.
• Ensure that deliverables agreed to with clients are addressed and achieved.
• Establish professional relationships with clients for purposes of retention of the business.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key target markets such as journalists and analysts.
• Generally act in a manner and with an attitude befitting the culture and status of the business and its associate companies.
• Attend client functions as and when required.
• Develop and maintain a working relationship with all members of the team.

Requirements

• Strong client service skills
• At least two to three years’ experience within a public relations agency, where you will have attained account management level
• Media relationships must be very strong with the ability to create maximum exposure for clients
• Commitment to a strong work ethic
• Good written, verbal and listening skills
• Ability to plan, organise and control work flows
• Self-motivated and disciplined
• Accountable and responsible
• Good team player

Posted on 17 Oct 09:26

Job description

Freeman Productions has another wonderful training opportunity for a self-motivated and driven intern looking to pursue an exciting career in video production, editing and media.  

The prospective candidate will need to be able to commit to a minimum full-time 12-month training period with the view to full-time permanent employment with the company, at the end of the period. 

The successful candidate will undergo a combination of real life, on the job training as well as computer-based training in the following areas: 

• Adobe Premiere and video editing.
• Function and event shooting and videography and editing. 
• Conversion of all different video and audio analogue formats to DVD and digital. 
• Adobe Photoshop.
• After Effects – time permitting 

It’s hard to beat real-life practical on the job training and experience. The intern will also be provided with a monthly learning allowance between R3000- R4000 per month (cost to company depending on existing level).

Ideally, the candidate should have formally studied video or film production with a qualification and editing animation or graphic design and should be creative and artistic. The candidate should have ideally completed and passed their third year. 

Our internship has provided students that have for various financial reasons been unable to complete their formal qualification at college or film school, the opportunity to carry on learning practical, real-life production without the stress of having to pay for college. 

Please email your CV and portfolio as well any video links to work that you have produced. We would like to see anything that will show us your potential and creativity.

Important: This is a wonderful opportunity however please do not apply for the position if you live more than 15km radius from Freeman Production Studios and do not have reliable transport on a daily basis.

Company Description

Freeman Productions is a dynamic and highly successful video production and multimedia company and has been in business for 25 years. We produce corporate and function videos as well as education and training videos. We do all media transfers We produce YouTube videos and online media as well as music videos.

Requirements

Ideally a diploma in video/film/design/sound/media.

Posted on 17 Oct 09:18