Public Relations Coordinator
You will make sure that Project MARCH’s exoskeleton reaches the wider public through events and media exposure!
As Public Relations Coordinator you make sure that as many people as possible will get to hear about Project MARCH. You do this by organising both internal and external events, setting up interviews with interesting parties and by staying in contact with the press that writes about us. You will ensure that there will be no one left that has not yet heard about 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 make sure that Project MARCH is represented well at external events. These events can be for example fairs or symposia. You are the person that negotiates with the organizers who want Project MARCH to come to their event. And you also agree on who of your teammates will go to each event. Besides coordinating them, you are often the person who is present at the event and if you’re interested to do so, the person who will give the presentation or pitch!
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 have effective communication skills, both written and verbal, in formal and informal situations.
You are able to handle yourself in many different situations.
You have perseverance and are eager to learn.
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 organize events, both within your team and department as well as with external 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.
You get in return
Technical and personal skills.
Experience in working together in a large multi-disciplinary team.
Experience in handling journalists and writing press releases.
Organization and planning skills.
Social skills.
The space to make mistakes and learn from them.
A year full of unforgettable memories and new friends.