Job Description
ABOUT THE JOB
- Devising and delivering creative ideas that deliver impactful media coverage, laddering back to brand strategy and business objectives
- Identify stories working very closely with the marketing, product and brand specific teams to ensure synergy across activity
- Organising, managing and executing press events, press trips and production activities
- A driving force in running press office activity including news generation helping support and coach more junior team members
- Respond to any issues to media in a timely, professionally manner ensuring damage to TUI’s reputation is minimised
- Actively media pitch, handling media calls and developing team in this area
- Evaluate PR activity, work with measurement media monitoring agency ensuring KPI’s are met
- Undertaking on call duties outside of office hours
ABOUT YOU
- Has a hunger to seek out great stories from the business and work with media contacts to land coverage
- Creative and strategic thinker
- Adaptive, diplomatic, proactive and driven
- Experience of working in public relations or press office environment. Agency experience preferred.
- A self-starter with a little black book of consumer media contacts
- A thirst to generate news, deliver stand out coverage and drive and run award winning campaigns
- Outstanding media pitching skills.
- Crisis and issues management – experience of dealing with negatives stories and issues and ability to brief senior management where appropriate.
- There are two roles available and one will have specific responsibility for our Crystal Ski Holidays brand as part of their remit, so an interest in snowsports and a good basic level of skiing would be a definite advantage.
ABOUT OUR OFFER
- Fantastic holiday benefits including discounts, special offers and the ability to purchase additional ‘TUI time off’
- Excellent rates with foreign exchange
- Health and Wellbeing support in five key areas – Financial, Health, Social, Community and Career
- Private Medical Insurance, single cover with option to add dependants
- Permanent Health Insurance
- Pension scheme, life assurance and options to buy shares
TUI is the leading tourism business and our vision is to make travel experiences special. To fulfil this vision, we never stop looking ahead, seeking new ways to delight our customers and grow our business. We recognise the power of digital and the massive contribution this brings to creating a truly unique and differentiated customer experience.
Job ID: 7847