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Press Officer, The Lancet Group
Elsevier · Amsterdam
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What you will do
- As Press Officer you will be skilled in spotting newsworthy research, identifying the story, and finding the best way to tell it to achieve accurate, high quality media coverage;
- Managing multiple papers and deadlines, you will have excellent project management and teamwork skills, collaborating with the wider communications, editorial and productions teams at The Lancet Group, as well as with authors and their comms teams. You will have creative ideas for how to promote our research to the media;
- You will be skilled in quickly identifying risks to The Lancet’s reputation, and proactive in suggesting solutions to help handle them effectively;
- Working in a busy press office, you’ll be able to prioritise and have a calm approach, while continuously offering excellent service to our editors and authors.
What you will do
- Reviewing papers and working with our editors to identify newsworthy research, and identifying the best way to share the story to the media – including researching and pitching to relevant reporters, writing clear and engaging press releases or media summaries;
- Supporting the media approach for our major reports and papers by understanding the report’s aims and key messages and suggesting and delivering media tactics to support these;
- Identifying and helping to handle reputational issues, including cautiously navigating contentious research papers to ensure that they are presented clearly and accurately to journalists, and clearly communicated via our channels;
- Managing our press release distribution platform and media database, and providing regular coverage reports and analysis;
- Monitoring the Press Office inbox and responding promptly to journalists’ requests, and supporting external communications teams with their media plans.