Eastside Radio Publicist
Be a part of this growing vibrant community radio station!
Eastside Radio is the community station for the City of Sydney and Eastern Suburbs. Having been on air for nearly 30 years the station is an established cultural icon with a loyal following of listeners. We love jazz, world music, the blues, soul, funk, Hip Hop and electronic sounds.
Eastside Radio exists to give voice to the people and places in our community with 74 specialist music, arts and local news programs. We rely on the generosity of over 150 volunteers every week. Over 30,000 people listen exclusively to Eastside Radio with 76,000 people tuning in over the course of one week. That figure grows to 160,000 listeners in a month and our website currently has 24,000 hits per month.
Our audience are loyal, creative, innovative music lovers who love to go out and experience new trends. They are passionate, freethinking and attend many music/arts/community events.
As our Publicist, you would be working closely with the Sponsorship & Marketing Manager.
Responsibilities
- Increase overall profile and awareness of upcoming Eastside events/projects
- Increase media supporters and build on current relationships
- Assist with preparation of promotional materials ie. Press Releases and Media Kits.
- Keep up-to-date with current media trends.
- Keep up-to-date on Eastside events past, present and future and our ongoing campaigns
- Identify new avenues to further publicise Eastside events/projects
- Contribute to maintaining social media promotion
- Act as a point of contact for any media enquiries on Eastside events/projects
- Identify opportunities for media coverage.
- Maintain positive relationships with representatives of the media
Skills
- Press relations, journalism or media related experience.
- B.A. degree in communications or related studies.
- Attention to detail
- Ability to manage a number of projects simultaneously and prioritize task.
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Current book of media contacts.
- Proven track record of seeing projects through to completion with little or no supervision.
- Experience in using MailChimp (preferred)
- Understanding of Eastside Radio’s programs, audience and overall sound
This would suit a recent graduate who is looking for experience in Media/Events or a Senior/established publicist with some time on their hands. It would also suit a small-medium Publicity company looking to include media in the portfolio. Pro bono arrangements will be considered.
You would be committing to the role for a minimum of three months at 4-6 hours/week.
Eastside Radio is based at Paddington Town Hall.
Please contact Katerina for further information on 9331 3000 or email katerina@eastsidefm.org
We look forward to hearing from you!