Public Relations Coordinator
You will make sure that Project MARCH's exoskeleton will be propagated to the rest of the world!
How do you make sure the exoskeleton walks
As Public Relations Coordinator you make sure that as many people as possible will get to hear about Project MARCH. You do this by arranging that we will be present at many external events, that we will be interviewed, that we give presentations at different occasions and that the press wants to write about us. You will ensure that there will be no one that has not yet heard of Project MARCH!
What you will do as Public Relations Coordinator
As Public Relations Coordinator you are responsible for the coordination of the internal and external events. Together with the rest of the Operations Department you will organise our own internal events, for example the Design Presentation and the Exoskeleton Reveal. Besides our own events, you are the person that represents Project MARCH at external events. External events are for example fairs and presentations. You negotiate with organizers who want Project MARCH to come to their event. And you also agree on who of your teammates will go to each event and coordinate that everything goes well, such as a presentation that might have to be given. Besides coordinating them, you are often the person who is present at the event!
You will seek and approach the press, and investigate whether they want to write about Project MARCH. Furthermore, you coordinate all press requests, match the right people to journalists wishes, discuss the interviews in advance, and you will also be the person who checks all written articles before they are published. During Project MARCH's own events, you will be the one who writes press releases and who makes sure that as much press as possible is present at the event.
On a daily basis you will mainly be busy with attending meetings, preparing upcoming events, answering emails and making phone calls. Your focus will be Public Relations, but you will work closely together with the rest of your department: the Marketing Coordinator, the UX/UI Designer and the Partnerships Coordinator. You will work together a lot and support each other in your functions, by for example writing texts together, brainstorming about events and coming up with new exposure.
You recognize yourself in
You enjoy organizing events.
You easily make contact and chat easily as well.
You are able to handle yourself in many different situations.
You have perseverance and take criticism well.
You are well organized and have planning skills.
Your friends describe you as enthusiastic and always smiling.
You dare to take initiative and can be flexible when necessary.
You are willing to take on new challenges.
You want to become (even) better at
Presenting in front of different groups.
Working together with a lot of different people to arganize events, both within your team and department as well as with other teams and parties
Approaching and negotiating with people and companies that you do not know.
Writing and checking important messages.
Dealing with journalists and all press related matters.
Working independently within a team, setting your own deadlines while taking into account many others.
What do you get in return
Social skills.
Experience in working together in a large multidisciplinary team.
Having the space to make mistakes and learning from them.
New friends for life.
A year full of unforgettable memories.