PR & Communications Executive

Full Time

Dunnes Stores is Ireland’s leading retailer positioned at the cutting edge of food and fashion retailing. We have over 142 stores in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Spain and are expanding our service and product offer all the time. An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Marketing Department:

Dunnes Stores is looking to recruit a highly motivated and creative PR & Communications Executive. The successful applicant will be given the opportunity to be part of a thriving business and highly motivated & dynamic team. 

 Responsibilities:                         

  • Be part of the social media and content marketing strategy, developing ideas to support key occasions and launches across the business
  • Work closely with marketing team to create content to drive engagement, and sharing all key channels esp. social media
  • Manage social content for beauty at Dunnes Stores, supporting launches, bespoke content, developing and executing the social media calendar including posting
  • Spot opportunities to build audiences and create relevant content for all channels
  • Liaise with internal stakeholders and brand launches/collections at press and influencer  and store events
  • Responding in timely manner to press queries and stimulating new ones
  • Updating building and managing press lists
  • Drafting press releases and managing press releases to support launches and business needs as required
  • Briefing design resources and any external agency resource on projects acting as key liaison point and follow up on projects end to end.
  • Raising POs, budget management ,

Requirements:

  • Excellent written and oral  communication skills
  • Strong creative ability and idea generation
  • Social media knowledge and expertise – experience being a “hands on” part of the content team including scheduling posts
  • Strong project management skills in all areas of the job including for event management
  • Excellent MS Office & MS Excel skills.
  • Good organisational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
  • Ability to multi-task and work to tight deadlines.
  • Capacity to work in a fast-paced, cross-functional team environment

Interested? Then apply now and see what difference you could make!

Dunnes Stores is an Equal Opportunities Employer

This opportunity is closed to applications.