PR Executive - Journey Further

£26,000 - £28,000 • Journey Further • Manchester

About Journey Further:

At Journey Further, we don’t just deliver results – we push the boundaries of what’s possible. Founded in the UK in 2017, the agency has rapidly grown to over 160 specialists across offices in London, Leeds, Manchester and New York City, all on a mission to take brands beyond the limits of performance, platform optimisation, and human potential. As a global, full-service digital media agency, we believe in transparency, innovation, and expertise to create partnerships that drive real, measurable impact.

Role purpose:

As a PR Executive, you’ll be instrumental in delivering effective and impactful PR strategies for our clients. You’ll have a passion for building and maintaining strong relationships with journalists, securing high-value media coverage, and supporting the delivery of PR content and campaigns to help deliver brand value for our clients.

This is a hands-on role where you’ll be at the forefront of outreach, ensuring our clients get the coverage and recognition they deserve. You won’t be afraid to try new things to keep our outreach process fresh, innovative, and ever-evolving, pushing boundaries to ensure our clients are always ahead of the curve.

What you will do:

• Take ownership of outreach efforts across assigned accounts, securing relevant media placements to meet and exceed client KPIs
• Create and adapt outreach strategies based on insights and results to ensure maximum coverage and performance for each client
• Stay ahead of media trends and continuously develop your knowledge of the ever-evolving media landscape to drive results
• Provide performance-led updates, including reporting coverage, tracker updates, and coverage books to ensure transparency and progress
• Draft press releases and materials with minimal amendments needed, and identify opportunities for newsjacking and reactive PR that benefit clients
• Play an active role in brainstorming and researching ideas for campaigns, ensuring that creativity and performance are always at the forefront
• Always look for ways to surprise and delight clients by delivering results that go above and beyond expectations
• Contribute to onboarding, QBR slides, and pitches, ensuring PR excellence across the team
• Ensure deadlines are met and outreach activity remains on track across all clients
• Share knowledge on best practices from training, events, or case studies, and contribute to making the team even better

Requirements:

• 1+ years of PR experience: a strong foundation with proven success in delivering media coverage and results, preferably within an agency setting
• A love for keeping up with the latest media trends, with a growing network of media contacts and the ability to secure coverage across a range of PR tactics
• You’re a natural storyteller who loves coming up with new, innovative ideas, and can write and communicate with clarity and impact
• You understand the broader performance marketing landscape and how PR contributes to improving brand visibility and organic growth
• You take initiative, managing your time and responsibilities effectively while delivering excellent results
• Ability to work across internal teams (SEO, creative, and social) and external teams, ensuring campaigns are integrated and deliver maximum value

Location:

Manchester

Salary:

£26,000 - £28,000

Process:

Apply via the Journey Further website, any applications not submitted via the website will not be considered. If your application is successful, you can expect:

• Step 1: Screening call with TA team member and PR team member
• Step 2: In-person task based interview with members of the PR team

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role. Please do not apply if you do not have the right to work in the UK.

Diversity & Inclusion

Journey Further takes pride in creating an environment where everyone can be themselves. This starts with recruitment.

We pledge to make our roles as open as possible and to provide equal opportunities to everyone that is kind enough to give us their time. All recruitment decisions we take will be based solely on the positive skills and behaviours that applicants display and absolutely nothing else.

We do not discriminate based on any personal characteristic, we are a people first agency and we care about and celebrate individuals.

If something is important to you, it's important to us. If you have a particular need during the application process or during your time at Journey Further, please let us know.