PR And Communications Manager at Hollywoodbets

Job Description

Hollywoodbets has an exciting opportunity for a PR and Communications Manager to be based at our Team Support Office, Durban, Umhlanga. The position will be responsible to manage and oversee the PR and Communication function for the business.

Minimum requirements:

• At least 2 years’ experience in a similar management role.
• A valid Driver’s License.

Advantageous:

• A relevant Degree.

Responsibilities:

• To formulate the PR and Communications strategy for the business
• To support the implementation of the business and marketing strategy.
• Helping to create a positive impression of the company to the outside world.
• Creating a strong brand when it comes to internal and external communication.
• Influencer and strategy management.
• Formulate and manage the brand voice.
• Formulate and manage the PR function including PR crisis plan.
• Liaising with, and building relationships, with key media personnel as identified by the PR strategy.
• Creating and implementing a PR strategy.
• Identifying opportunities where the Hollywoodbets brand can be portrayed in a positive light when it comes to sponsorships, events or CSI.
• Tracking and reporting on Hollywoodbets’ reputation within the media and reporting in this regard.
• Generating the words, slogans and audio scripts that accompany advertising visuals. To create persuasive writing to promote the sale of a business product or service. To integrate the copy with graphic images, music, and other visual and sound components.
• Ensuring the brand tone is consist as well as ensuring grammar and spelling is correct (this also applies to business-to-business documents and speeches).
• Managing PR and communications team.
• Responsible for the linguistic content of adverts.
• Work with the marketing manager to find core message and target audience.
• Researching trends within communication, PR as well as the gambling industry.
  Assisting with brainstorming further strategies to grow the brand’s reputation in the public eye.
• Creating and implementation of a PR Strategy and calendar.
• Presenting plans or findings to management.
• Brainstorming visual and copy ideas with other members of the creative team.
• Ability to work across a range of media and formats (print, digital, audio, video).
• Checking that our content complies with regulations and legislation.
• Interpret briefs into slogans, catchphrases and effective content.
• Researching the target audience and our competition.
• Building a media database.
• Building press relationships.
• Liaising with other departments to ensure that all requirements are in order for PR to be generated around a campaign, event/any relevant company news.
• Inviting media and hosting them at events.
• Generating press releases about any company news.
• Creating copy for internal marketing campaigns.
• Creating video scripts and identifying visual story elements.
• Conducting interviews for video/print/online content.
• Creating reports on Hollywoodbets’ reputation in the public eye.
• Managing all PR duties including attending events as well as handling reporting.
• Brief/train employees who will be speaking on behalf of the company regarding expectations and the message they must convey.
• Producing original, clear and credible ideas/messages/scripts.
• Updating and amending campaigns according to feedback.
• Understanding the brand and products sold.
• Conceptualizing and writing high quality work across multiple platforms such as print, outdoor, TV, activations, in-store, social media and online content.
• Generating internal communications including online and print documents.
• Ability to write in varying tones and styles.
• Drafting of speeches, MC scripts and presentations.
• Ensuring deadlines are met and opportunities are not missed.
• Working with the Transformation Department to get media exposure for all CSI projects.
• Overseeing the work done by PR and Communications Assistant/s.

Skills and competencies:

• Display exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrate impressive listening skills.
• Ability to take accountability.
• Demonstrate an exceptional level of customer service.
• Demonstrate the ability to pay attention to details, and to ensure quality outcome is achieved.
• Demonstrate exceptional interpersonal skills.
• Ability to identify, analyse, organize and solve problems.
• The ability to show consistently deliver required business results.  

Please be advised that should you not be contacted within 30 days, kindly consider your application to be unsuccessful.