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Public Relations Professionals

Public relations professionals plan, organise and co-ordinate the activities that promote the image and understanding of an organisation and its products or services to consumers, businesses, members of the public and other specified audiences.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£20,537
£28,060
£53,328

New workers start around £20,537. Normal pay is £28,060 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £53,328.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 58,909 vacancies for this type of job

6.15%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Develops and implements tools to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of public relations exercises.

  • Addresses individuals, clients and other target groups through meetings, presentations, the media and other events to enhance the public image of an organisation.

  • Writes, edits and arranges for the effective distribution of press releases, newsletters, social media and other public relations material.

  • Discusses issues of business strategy, products, services and target client base with senior colleagues to identify public relations requirements.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Marketing

  • Project Management

  • Social Media

  • Internal Communications

  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

  • Customer Relationship Management

  • Newsletters

  • Effective Communication

  • Content Creation

  • Press Releases

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Management

  • Customer Service

  • Detail Oriented

  • Planning

  • Writing

  • English Language

  • Sales

  • Research

  • Organizational Skills

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Public Relations

University of the Arts London

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Public Service Management (Top-up)

University Centre at the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group (inc Wakefield College & Selby College)

BA (Hons) · 1 Year · Full-time · Wakefield, · 09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Public Services

Orbital South Colleges University Centre

HNC · 1 Year · Full-time · Redhill · 09/2024

Tariff points: 80/224

Public Services (Top-Up)

University of Central Lancashire

BA (Hons) · 1 Year · Full-time · Preston · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Public Services

West Herts College

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · Watford · 09/2024

Tariff points: 48/48

Public Services

Loughborough College

HNC · 1 Year · Full-time · Loughborough · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 32/32

Public Services

Chesterfield College

HND · 1 Year · Full-time · Chesterfield · 09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Public Services

Barnfield College, Luton

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · Luton · 09/2024

Tariff points: 48/48

Public Services

Weymouth College

FdSc · 2 Years · Full-time · Weymouth · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 80/80

Public Services

David Game College - Higher Education Centre

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · London · 30/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Public Services (HNC)

Cambridge Regional College

HNC · 1 Year · Full-time · Cambridge · 09/2024

Tariff points: 48/48

Public Services

Walsall College

HNC · 1 Year · Full-time · Walsall · 10/2024

Tariff points: 72/80

Public Services

Harrow, Richmond & Uxbridge College

HNC · 1 Year · Full-time · Uxbridge · 30/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Public Services

Wigan and Leigh College

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · Wigan · 09/2024

Tariff points: 80/80

Public Services

NPTC Group

BA · 3 Years · Full-time · Llandarcy · 09/2024

Tariff points: 96/96

Marketing Management Top-up

University College Birmingham

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Variable · Birmingham · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Public Relations and Media

Canterbury Christ Church University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Canterbury · 09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

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