PR Marketing Coordinator
Job description
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So, you’re a proactive people person ready to be the friendly face our stores need? Sounds like you’d be a great fit here. If you are looking for a role that utilises your skills working with local companies and driving that community feel, this is the role for you. Joining us as a PR Marketing Coordinator, you'll channel your enthusiasm for the Specsavers brand, its offerings, and exceptional customer service to orchestrate events that not only showcase Specsavers but also actively engage the entire community.
Our store
Based in Evesham, our store has great career progression opportunities!
What’s on offer?
As well as all the support you need and great training and development opportunities, we have a whole load of benefits on offer for you to enjoy.
These include:
- 1 day a week (extra hours when attending events!)
- Flexible working – work from home
- Up to £12.91 an hour
- Bonus
- Specsavers Perks
What we’re looking for?
If this is still sounding like a bit of you, we do need you to have a few skills to get started as PR Marketing Co-ordinator.?
These include:
Previous event planning experience
Customer service skills
Find out more
If you’ve got all these skills, we’d love for you to apply.
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Key skills
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Application advice
5 AI-generated recommendations to maximise your chances.
⭐ Highlight your event planning experience prominently as this is explicitly mentioned as essential
🎯 Emphasise any community engagement or local marketing work you've done to match their community focus
🤝 Showcase customer service achievements as this is a key requirement for the role
📊 Quantify your event successes: 'Organised 8 community events, engaging 500+ local residents'
🌐 Mention any retail or optical industry experience if you have it, given Specsavers' sector
Suggested CV bullets
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Add these 3 bullets under your most recent experience:
- •Organised 12 community events over 18 months, increasing local brand awareness by 35% and generating 200+ new customer enquiries
- •Built partnerships with 15 local businesses for cross-promotional events, delivering £8,500 in additional revenue through collaborative marketing
- •Managed customer service initiatives that achieved 98% satisfaction ratings whilst coordinating event logistics for 300+ attendees
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Specsavers' commitment to community engagement through local events is exactly what draws me to the PR Marketing Coordinator role in Evesham. My event planning experience and customer service skills align perfectly with your requirements for orchestrating community-focused marketing initiatives.
My background in coordinating local events and building community partnerships would enable me to showcase the Specsavers brand effectively whilst engaging residents across Evesham. I'm particularly drawn to the flexible working arrangement and the opportunity to drive meaningful community connections.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How would you plan and execute a community event for Specsavers?
- ›What marketing channels would you use to promote local events?
- ›How do you measure the success of community engagement initiatives?
- ›Describe your approach to building partnerships with local businesses
- ›What tools or platforms do you use for event management?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you organised an event that didn't go as planned
- ›Describe a situation where you had to engage with difficult customers
- ›Give an example of when you showed initiative in a marketing role
- ›Tell me about a time you worked flexibly to meet business needs
- ›Describe how you've built relationships within a local community
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you organised an event that didn't go as planned
Describe how you've built relationships within a local community
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