Requirements & Qualifications

The PR & Communication Manager is a key interface between PurpleAsia’s internal teams and the client. The job demands tact, super communications and interpersonal skills and, above all, outstanding project management and organisation skills.

Other skills include:

• Familiarity with marketing strategy, business processes, communications, and brand management.
• Negotiation skills.
• Presentation skills.
• Flawless time management skills.
• Familiarity with all of PurpleAsia’s standard documentation and systems including contracts, invoices, client briefs, communication briefs,  WIP update sheets, meeting minutes templates, sitemaps, timelines, checklists and sign-off documentation…

Employment Type: Full time – Permanence

Specific Tasks and Responsibilities

Main PR tasks:

• Planning and implementing PR Plan, Advertising Plan, aligning them with the client’s key business objectives.
• Develop media materials, including news releases, articles, facebook posts and other written materials.
• Develop and maintain relationship with media network.
• Liaise with clients and act as key point of media contact for clients.
• Organize and manage client events, including press conferences, media tour, promotional client events.
• Assist in the reporting, analysis and evaluation of PR campaigns.
• Monitor news on newspapers, magazines, online media for opportunities for clients.
• Execute PR Plan, Advertising Plan, Social Media Plan, Digital Campaign effectively in term of timeline and budget.
• Create/edit/translate content for branding and marketing materials: website, brochure, leaflet, etc.
• Develop new business opportunities, present and follow up with clients.

Other responsibilities:

• Coordinate the issuing of contracts, formal quotations, invoices, briefs (internal and external), project timelines, etc once jobs are confirmed.
• Liaise between the client and the Admin/Finance dept to ensure documentation is complete and correct and payments are not delayed for any reason.
• Work with the Account Director, Creative Director and the Digital Team leader to ensure that tasks are clearly communicated and allocated to those teams.
• Maintain a clear and orderly filing system so that all staff involved in the job know clearly where all documentation is stored.
• Source third party suppliers where applicable and manage contracts, quotations, payments and delivery of all third party deliverables.
• Obtain and document client sign-off at all key stages of the job, particularly for final sign off. Make sure clients are familiar with our sign-off requirements and that their expectations are clearly set for those milestones (e.g. press checks, attendance at photo shoots etc).

Please send your CV to info@purpleasia.com or call 0905.604.010 for further information.