External Relations Assistant

Main Duties

We are looking for an external communications assistant to join our Brand Development and External Communications team. reporting to the Senior External Communications Specialist you will provide comprehensive support to the Brand Development & External Relations Team to help build the QVC brand reputation and awareness, with a focus on press office and Influencer activity, across beauty, interiors, garden and fashion.

QVC empowers shoppers with knowledge and shares insights in a lively, engaging way. We offer an ever-changing collection of familiar brands and fresh new products – from home and fashion to beauty, electronics and jewellery – and we connect shoppers to interesting personalities, engaging stories and award-winning customer service. Worldwide, QVC reaches more than 200 million homes via our 12 broadcast networks and reaches millions more via multiple streaming services, websites, mobile apps and social pages. In 2021, QVC International served 4.7 million customers and has more than 7,000 team members in the U.K., Germany, Japan, Italy, Poland and China.

Your Impact

• You will work with two consumer PR agencies to help create campaign send out and sample call ins.
• You will be part of the PR team hosting brand launch events.
• You will have lots of exciting projects to support often at one time so you’ll need to be organised.
• You will focus on support to the External Relations team with the sourcing of products from Buyers and Brands, sending out samples and images to the media & Influencers, coordinating photography, liaising with Influencers, co-hosting at events and admin management.
• You will order samples from the warehouse/ vendors and send out to Press/ Influencers promptly. Remaining within the designated budget ensuring samples are logged and managed.
• You will build a positive working relationship with the Post room & Warehouse team and endeavour to adhere to their processes.
• You will be admin focused, managing the process of finance vendor set up and PO creation for the team, keeping the team updated on the status.
• You will share monthly team spends with the Senior Manager promptly. Learning the process to contract Influencers for paid partnerships with the correct type of legal agreement.
• You will ensure coverage is filed and shared weekly in trade meetings to represent our team in the best possible way.
• You will send labelled high resolution images to PR agencies/ Press promptly. Working with internally or with external agencies to coordinate photography of new product launches
• You will support the team with paid partnerships,

Skills and Experience Required

• You will be a team player, with a positive approach to work.
• You will have great attention to detail when working on campaigns.
• You will need to plan and organise your tasks effectively.
• You should be able to work to deadlines , within a pressurised environment.
• You will have good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively.
• You will have a creative eye with the ability to critique artwork and contribute to team ideas whilst adhering to QVC’s brand guidelines.