Press Box – Head of Content – Sports

About the agency

Bringing together the best PR minds and ex-journalists, Press Box PR was founded in 2020 by Alex Donohue, motivated to harness the value those with firsthand experience of working in media could bring to modern day PR.

Since then, they’ve grown rapidly into a thriving agency, gaining coverage and creating campaigns for brands across sport, consumer and B2B. Press Box PR also has a Talent Management team, using editorial and PR skills to help household names grow their profiles, steal the limelight and increase their commercial value.

Press Box PR’s specialisms include digital PR/PR for SEO, creative and brand PR, B2B PR and publicity for talent, all underpinned by a thorough, firsthand understanding of how media works.

Benefits & Culture

With an open-plan office in the heart of Barbican, the Press Box PR team is a collaborative and friendly bunch who take pride in relationship building and the positives associated with regular in-person interactions with journalists, clients and colleagues.

Press Box PR is proud of creating an environment where people with all levels of experience are given responsibility, support and reward accordingly, enjoying being part of a growing team and the associated social benefits.

The basics:

• 30 days holiday (incl. bank holidays)
• Competitive annual bonus
• Hybrid working (3 office days/week)

Perks you’ll love:

• Gym membership
• Enhanced sick pay
• Medicash health insurance
• Income protection insurance
• Life cover
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Regular team socials – previous highlights include a trip to Brighton cooking school, Go Ape, and a weekend in Paris!

Training & Development 

From in-house training to external workshops, Press Box PR are committed to nurturing their teams professional development and career progression. With a great retention rate (approx. 90%) and a strong track record of promoting from within, your career is in (really) good hands.

DE&I

Press Box is an agency committed to proactively creating an inclusive environment that celebrates and champions diversity of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religious beliefs and socio-economic background. The MD has committed to creating an inclusive space that not just encourages talent from different educational backgrounds, but also from underrepresented geographical locations in the UK. 

As a part of their commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion in the industry, Press Box has formed partnerships with state schools in Croydon and Peckham to raise awareness of careers in media and PR to students, participating in careers events with our own talent clients and staff whilst also successfully delivering paid work experience programmes for students without any existing connection to the industry.

They know they still have more to do, but have made a commitment to continue on this journey with concrete actions backing up commitments and regular reviews of progress. 

Over 80% of the Press Box PR team has no background in the PR industry and varying educational and professional experiences. The agency is committed to ensuring it continues to cultivate its reputation as an environment where anyone can thrive, with increased diversity and an inclusive culture playing a vital part in this journey. 

About the job

• This job requires strong experience in content management and direction, from either an agency, journalistic environment, or at a publication/company.
• You’ll be regularly presenting, interviewing, panel hosting and other associated activities
• You’re required to have strong commercial and working knowledge of sports industries and breaking news.
• You’ll be managing content and talent teams both internally and externally in this role.
• Using your knowledge of the industry you will curate and maintain a pool of talent (e.g. ex-footballers) from across the industry that can be tapped into on comms campaigns.
• The role will have you facilitating and organising industry events, panels, shows and conferences.
• You will be a part of the senior Sports team, and be heavily involved in hiring and training new and existing employees.

About you 

• You’ll have at least five years’ experience in a relevant digital PR, content or commercial editorial role in Sports Media or consumer PR industry.
• Exceptional journalistic and writing skills including creation of content ideas and pushing the direction of the content and editorial teams.
• A network within the industry including and not limited to publications, affiliates, sports creators, ex-sports stars and more.
• A thorough understanding of the sports and brand industries and media landscapes, including popular coverage and editorial ideas within relevant digital and print titles
• You’ll have experience in managing creation and curation of content end to end; including creative ideas/research, utilising data/surveys, obtaining opinions and headlines from sports talent
• You’ll have strong experience in managing and training people, including managing and guiding content teams.
• You’ll have a strong understanding of the production of multiple media formats including social media, video and others.

Interested?

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For more information, please contact Satchit Srikanth: [email protected]