Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

As a key member of Sky’s PR team, you will help to drive our Product PR in the UK and deliver best in class work, as part of a small in-house team and with the support of a retained agency. You will lead on selected activity and support the PR Manager/Senior PR Manager/Head of PR on large scale campaigns.

Product areas covered by the role include TV (i.e. Sky Glass and Sky Q). The role does not cover shows or content.

What you’ll do:
– Work on priority PR campaigns for key Sky products, with a focus on TV. Including activity as part of a team and managing individual aspects of an overall campaign (e.g. media relations, press events or creative executions).
– Build and enhance Sky’s relationship with the media, including fostering key media contacts for the benefit of the team and business. Build your network and think innovatively based on the changing landscape of media.
– Develop strong relationship with agency partners to ensure they are delivering the best work for our business.
– Work closely with our agency partner on press office retainers for our key products, including attending internal working groups, developing PR strategies, drafting media materials to the highest standard, researching and fact checking information and coverage reporting.
– Event management including spokesperson briefings, press events and product launches.
– Support the team on reactive media enquiries and manage issues when required, including drafting statements, seeking internal sign off and collaborating closely with journalists.

What you’ll bring:
– A passion for tech and TV.
– Demonstrable experience of working across a relevant business sector.
– Experience working on a TV brand is not essential but would be useful.
– Experience in implementing effective PR campaigns and the ability to take initiative and work under pressure in a lively, fast paced environment.
– Experience pitching to journalists, an instinct for what makes a story and building and maintaining key relationships, with a network of strong media contacts, particularly in the consumer tech space
– Strong understanding of the broader print, broadcast, online and social media landscape, and ability to leverage to find opportunities.
– Strong copywriting skills (press releases, media pitches etc) and excellent organisation

The rewards:
There’s a reason people can’t stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

– Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
– A generous pension package
– Private healthcare
– Discounted mobile and broadband
– Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Where you’ll work:
Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There’s also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

On campus, you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Inclusion:
We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we’ve been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we’ve committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We’ve also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.

At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, So we’re happy to discuss flexible working.

And we’ll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

Why wait?
Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.