PR and Communications Officer

PR and Communications Officer

Working Pattern: Minimum 2 days per week in the office (flexible based on business needs)
Contract: Permanent Hours: 37.5 hours
Department: Marketing & Engagement Reporting to: Head of Communications

I am thrilled to be representing a highly respected organisation in Leicestershire, who are seeking an ambitious and creative PR and Communications Officer to join their Marketing & Engagement team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a passion for sport, looking to elevate their communications or PR career within a renowned organisation. If you're eager to make a real impact and take the next step in your professional journey, this role offers the perfect platform for growth and success

About the Role

As the PR and Communications Officer, you will play a key role in shaping how they communicate with audiences both inside and outside the organisation. You'll be involved in everything from media relations and press activity to content creation, internal communications, and supporting their sports teams with high quality video and photography.

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain broad experience across PR, content and digital communications, with exposure to leading athletes and major sporting events.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver clear and engaging communications to external audiences.
• Lead proactive media relations, build strong journalist relationships and manage press enquiries.
• Produce high quality written and video content for a range of platforms.
• Manage internal communications, including newsletters, team briefings and digital updates.
• Maintain and update website content, ensuring information is accurate and user journeys are effective.
• Support content creation at events, including photography, videography and interviews.
• Edit video and imagery using Adobe tools (Premiere Pro, Photoshop) or similar.
• Evaluate content performance and support campaign planning and delivery.
• Collaborate closely with sport, club and safe aquatics teams on integrated communication activity.

What you'll bring:

• Experienced in PR, communications and media relations.
• Skilled in creating compelling written, visual and video content.
• Confident using CMS platforms, social media and email marketing tools.
• Able to manage multiple deadlines with strong project management skills.
• A strong communicator with excellent attention to detail and proofreading ability.
• Proactive, positive and confident taking ownership of tasks.
• Flexible to work occasional evenings and weekends (with time off in lieu).
• Experience working with the sports or a personal passion within this (desirable)

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Company pension scheme
• Discount offers and cashback reward scheme
• Extended lunch break twice a week
• Fitness Memberships
• Eye test vouchers
• Counselling and wellbeing service
• Up to one week of paid leave annually for study or volunteer work
• Extra leave accrued over length of service

If you are interested in this opportunity or know someone who might be then please feel free to share this with them or reach out as I would love to hear from you.

Please put your home postcode on your CV when applying. Our recruitment tech uses this to make sure your CV is reviewed by the relevant consultant, for the relevant job(s), in the relevant geography.

Macildowie are a recruitment business working on behalf of a client to recruit this role. Your personal data may be forwarded to that client company as part of the application process.

If you would like information on how we will process your data please go to our website (macildowie.com) and view our fair processing notices which are located at the bottom of the page under privacy policies. Within the fair processing notice for Candidates there is guidance on how to amend your contact preferences or exercise your rights relating to personal data. We can't provide direct links as email address and website urls within our job adverts are removed by some of the websites on which we advertise.

Macildowie is a specialist recruitment consultancy with a rich history of enhancing the careers of professionals across the Midlands and the Northern Home Counties. We have an unrivalled understanding of the local market place and recruit for the majority of the region's premier employers. To search for all of our live jobs please visit us at macildowie.com.