Job Description
Want to grow with an agency that’s making a difference? Do you love telling stand-out stories? Are you excited by the impact that good communications can have? Please read on…
Distinctive Communications has an opportunity for a PR and content executive, to work with our amazing clients and support our growth ambitions.
This role would suit an all-rounder, who is strong writer and knows what makes a good story. You may already be in a comms-related role, with a track record of engaging audiences. This could be an in agency or in house role. Either way, we’re looking brilliant people to join us as we approach the end of our third year in business an.
While a proven track record of working in our key sectors is helpful, we value a shared passion for the work that we do and excitement for where we are heading. And we prize personal qualities like integrity, emotional intelligence and transparency more than where you went to university.
If you join us on the journey, you’ll work for a business that cares about its team and its impact. We offer a good package of benefits (see below) and are proud of our flexible approach. And as a key member of a small team, colleagues also have a say in how we develop in future.
In return, you’ll work with an award-winning team who are dedicated to making a positive difference in the communities in which we work.
Open to all
We are all different and recognise that to deliver the best work for our clients, we need a diverse range of perspectives.
We believe that building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace delivers better outcomes for clients. As an employer that’s committed to inclusion, we want to encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
We treat all applicants equally regardless of race, gender or other status.
Required skills
Please read the Job Description (PDF) with this ad for the finer details.
Key skills:
- Strong writing, with the ability to adapt style for different audiences and platforms.
- Confident communicator, with an interest in working with the media.
- Ability to spot and shape great stories.
- Organised and detail-oriented, able to manage multiple projects while staying on course.
- Creativity and innovative thinking.
- A good understanding of AI and social media, and how comms teams use them
- Ability to work independently on tasks, but equally collaborate with a hybrid working team.
Benefits
Based in Bristol and Exeter, we are a welcoming, fun and passionate group of PR, creative and stakeholder engagement professionals who help our clients make a difference.
We are proud to be full members of the West of England Combined Authority’s Good Employment Charter, which recognises positive efforts to raise standards and help staff succeed.
We are committed to a supportive approach and helping our teams be the very best they can be. Flexible working is a given for us and key to our success as a team: we were doing this before hybrid working was even a thing.
In that spirit, we make this available to candidates who wish to work full or part time.
On benefits, we offer:
- Thirty days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays), representing one of our sector’s most generous provisions.
- Work anywhere / any time, through a flexible working hours and location policy.
- Generous discretionary and new business bonus schemes.
- Volunteer leave – every employee gets up to five days a year to support good causes.
- Quarterly team get-togethers and socials.
These aren’t really benefits, but we offer them because it’s the right thing to do:
- Access to high quality co-working spaces in Bristol, Bath and Exeter.
- Commitment to continuous learning and development as part of an individual professional development plan.
- Enhanced sickness, compassionate, maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
- Access to our healthcare scheme and Employee Assistance Programme.
- A say in shaping the future direction of an ambitious business that wants to make a difference.