Pr & Events Specialist

**PR & Events Specialist**

**SOUTHAMPTON**

**£30,000 p.a. plus excellent benefits**

**About Us**

Here at Garmin UK, we love what we do, supporting the growing passion for fitness monitoring, sports timing, mapping and management, driving and/or sailing while navigating the world.

Our people enjoy bringing our products to the world and everyone one of us feels a part of our success story which has grown over the past few years.

**The Role**

Working with the PR & Events Manager, you will be responsible for running the day-to-day press office, launching new products to media and executing all brand events/activity across UK and Ireland. You will also have responsibility for all day-to-day press engagement, including managing day to day agency output will sit with you, as well as reporting back to the business on a weekly basis. You will drive Garmin’s coverage in the specialist press and foster existing relationships to increase share of voice across key print, digital and broadcast media, and will manage day to day reporting and tracking to review press office effectiveness.

You will support the PR & Events Manager in ideating and driving specialist campaigns, and support on wider PR strategy and decision making, and will also support with furthering Garmin’s ambassador and partner PR executions.

Your role will also see you managing and executing exciting key brand events, supporting in-person at these events and reporting back to the PR & Events Manager and business on results.

**About You**

You must have experience in a similar role in a similar business sector. With a relevant degree or equivalent experience, you must be a confident communicator and presenter with strong verbal and written communication skills, organisational and time management skills, and have a thorough understanding of media needs and possess existing media relationships, ideally in the fitness, automotive, marine, or outdoor categories. You should also be proactive, reliable, responsible and accurate with good attention to detail, resilience and positive attitude to colleagues and customers.

**Rewards**

In return, we offer a good salary, excellent benefits including hybrid working (2 days a week from home after 6 months’ probation), casual dress, health and other insurances, subsidised restaurant, pension, generous holidays - including celebration days - birthday and anniversary of joining, social events and a relaxed and friendly ethos where you and your career really do matter.

And if that all sounds exciting, please get in touch, we would love to hear from you.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £30,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Wellness programme

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Southampton: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Are you able to commute daily to our offices in Southampton for the first six months of employment (hybrid working 2 days a week at home after that) during on boarding and induction?

**Experience**:

- Public relations: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £30,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Canteen
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Wellness programme
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person