Job Description
We're now looking for a PR Executive to join our London team in building the profile of the AJ Bell brand into one of the best known and well respected in the market.
What does the job involve?
- Regularly maintaining and developing press distribution lists and media contact programme
- Managing all press related contracts and subscriptions
- Develop and maintain relationships with journalists by helping to co-ordinate journalist events, dinners and meetings
- Identifying placed article opportunities in the trade press and managing the production/delivery of the material from our spokespeople
- Responding to information requests from journalists
- Identifying case studies for use in national media and managing relationships with those customers
- Manage and develop the media centre on the AJ Bell website
- Quarterly PR reporting for Exco and Board reports
- Supporting and enabling the business to achieve its regulatory requirements, including consumer duty
- Help to develop ideas for press releases and pitches to journalists based on current affairs and personal finance news
- To provide the Internal Communications Officer with ad hoc support, including:
- publishing and managing content on the staff intranet, our primary internal communication channel, as appropriate
- drafting and reviewing internal communications for staff as appropriate
What you'll have:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Understanding of financial services and AJ Bell’s market position
- PR background or qualifications preferable
- Good understanding of current affairs and the news cycle
- Self-starter with a strong desire to learn, develop and progress
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Highly organised and able to work to demanding deadlines
- Strong attention to detail in all aspects of work
About us
AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers, to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 542,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £86.5 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.
Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.
Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol, we now have over 1,450 employees and have been named one of the UK's 'Best 100 Companies to Work For’ for six consecutive years.
Our perks and benefits
- Starting holiday entitlement of 25 days, increasing up to 31 days with length of service
- Holiday buy and sell scheme
- A choice of pension schemes with matched contributions up to 6%
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Annual free share awards scheme
- Buy As You Earn (BAYE) Scheme
- Health Cash Plan – provided by SimplyHealth
- Discounted private healthcare scheme and dental plan
- Free gym membership
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Bike loan scheme
- Sick pay+ pledge
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave
- Loans for travel season tickets
- Death in service scheme
- Paid time off for volunteer work
- Charitable giving opportunities through salary sacrifice
- Calendar of social events, including monthly payday drinks, annual Christmas party, summer party and much more
- Personal development programmes built around you and your career goals, including access to personal skills workshops
- Ongoing technical training
- Professional qualification support
- Talent management programmes
- Peer recognition scheme, with rewards including restaurant and shopping vouchers or time off
- Monthly leadership breakfasts and lunches
- Casual dress code
- Access to a range of benefits from our sponsorship deals
Hybrid working
At AJ Bell, our people are the heart of our culture. We believe in building strong connections by working together. That's why we offer a hybrid working model, where you’ll spend a minimum of 50% of your working time per month in the office. For new team members, an initial period will be full-time in the office to help you immerse yourself in our business and build valuable relationships with your colleagues.
AJ Bell is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and all employees are empowered to bring their whole self to work.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, religion, physical and mental disability, marital status and any other characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010. All decisions to hire are based on qualifications, merit and business need.
If you like the sound of the above, or just want to know more about the company and the role, we'd love to speak to you.
What We Do
AJ Bell was formed in 1995 and is now one of the leading online investment platforms in the UK. We provide customers and advisers with wide investment choice, low-cost delivery, market leading online functionality and first class service to help them manage investment portfolios within SIPPs, ISAs and Dealing accounts. We are a fast growing and profitable company, with over 484,000 customers and £76.2 billion of assets under administration. We are part of the FTSE 250 on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.
