Lendingkart - Public Relations/Media Consultant

- Liaising on a daily basis with clients and the media, often via telephone and email;

- Relationship building and networking with colleagues, clients and the media;

- Monitoring the media, including newspapers, magazines, journals, broadcasts, newswires, social media sites and blogs, for opportunities for clients;

- Working as part of an account team to develop client proposals and implement the PR activity;

- Preparing regular client reports and attending client meetings;

- Researching, writing and distributing press releases to targeted media;

- Promoting news stories and features to the media, known as 'selling in';

- Collating, analyzing and evaluating media coverage;

- Event management, including press conferences and promotional events;

- Attending and promoting client events to the media;

- Assisting with the production of client publications, such as in-house magazines;

- Commissioning market research;

- Coordinating studio or location photography;

- Undertaking research for new business proposals and presenting to potential new clients;

- Managing the PR aspect of a possible crisis situation.