Media Officer

As recruitment partners to one of the world’s most well-known organisations campaigning for animal rights, Access Ambition are recruiting for a Media Officer to build and develop media relationships on behalf of our client, finding opportunities to promote the animal rights message through different mediums and generating media coverage for our client’s campaigns, including handling interviews and organising news releases and statements.

Please note that as our client advocates adherence to a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle as part of the moral perspective they were founded to advance, it is a genuine occupational requirement that the postholder adhere to at least a vegetarian, if not a vegan lifestyle.

The main responsibilities of the Media Officerpostare:

• Developing new pitch ideas and ways to increase media coverage for animal rights issues using independent judgement


• Pitching our client’s work to the media


• Cultivating and developing relationships with journalists in a way productive for our client’s objectives


• Creating and taking advantages of opportunities to get our client’s message across


• Being a key spokesperson for the organisation, including through TV and radio appearances, ultimately being ready to interview at any point.

The main requirements for the Media Officerposition are:

• Proven experience of media management (ideally in a similar role)


• Prior experience of being a spokesperson, especially on TV


• Commitment to the aims and values of our client, including adherence to a vegan (or at least vegetarian) lifestyle


• Thorough commitment to and knowledge of animal rights issues and campaigns


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a proactive, self-motivated mindset and the proven ability to work both independently and as part of a team

Access Ambition is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and applications are encouraged from all sections of the community. All job applicants or work-seekers will receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.