Manifest London needs you! (well, we need a PR and social media account manager to be precise!)
Manifest is not like other PR agencies. We’re shaking the dust from the PR industry and we need a PR and social media account manager to join the revolution.
Not just any account manager, though. We need someone who is looking for something different to the big, slow-moving agencies. Someone who is a media junkie, who has creativity in their bones and who is willing to break the mould in order to achieve something remarkable. We need someone who is passionate about the work they do and the success of their clients. Oh, and you need to make a decent brew too.
Joining our award-winning London PR team, you’ll be pivotal in delivering genuinely groundbreaking campaigns for a portfolio of clients that range from consumer technology to craft beer, innovating both online and offline to achieve amazing results.
So send us your CV to iwouldliketowork@manifestlondon.co.uk and one main reason why we should have a chat. No ‘gurus’, no luvvie-darlings and no agencies please – just those people who think differently.
Interested? Then you might be wondering what it’s like working at Manifest. Here are some clues…
This one’s a guest post from the lovely @sarahhinchliffe who spent a week with us in January (when Kate was off on her jollies!) and has been back in over the last few weeks…
… Since leaving the University of Salford last month, with the excitement of graduation, I wanted something new and fun to do. I’ve got a part time job, but not in the career I would like to pursue. No I don’t want to work in a café for the rest of my life, I want to be a PR girl!
I consider myself to be a bit of a drifter. Since leaving school, I worked in completely unrelated fields and used the money I made to fund 3 months of traveling, or more accurately for me, dossing in the sunshine (although the cyclone season in Fiji left some of that to be desired, but seaweed fights in the rain made up for it 100%). From Teaching Assistant to Receptionist to, currently, PR Intern, I feel like I’ve been around the block in my 4 years as a full-time working citizen.
I’d never really considered an internship for myself; having worked part-time from the age of 13 – just paper-rounds and babysitting, we’re not talking about child labour here – I was far too accustomed to earning my own money, even being a civilized tax-payer, and internships I’d heard of were more similar to work experience, being unpaid and requiring predominantly tea-making and sorting out post, among other menial (and pretty rubbish) duties.
I came across Manifest through a friend-of-the-family who was, and is, working for the company full-time. At a time when I was temping as a Customer Service Assistant for a publishing company in Oxford (quite possibly the dullest job of my life, I think I would have preferred the paper-round), the opportunity to work as a paid intern in the big smoke for an expanding and pretty-damn-cool PR agency seemed like a dream come true!
I’ve been commuting in from Oxford – the monthly train passes are a Godsend! – and definitely don’t think this is something I could have committed myself to had it been unpaid, or ‘voluntary’ as some companies seem to try to pass of their internships as.
I can honestly understand and appreciate why people opt for an unpaid internship; although the experience you gain may not be hugely substantial in larger companies where, as I mentioned previously, you don’t get much of a range with the workload, having worked within any company in the PR sector is a fantastic addition to your CV and gives you an overview of how the industry works, and of course if it’s the right industry for you. It seems to have unfortunately come to the point, however, where internship positions are limited to the wealthy folk with parents who are able to support them. Those less fortunate, those who would probably deserve and gain more from a foot in the door, are left without this opportunity, as they simply can’t support themselves. It seems as though companies are taking advantage of people trying to take their first step on the career ladder by exploiting their inexperience and perhaps, in some cases, naivety. The current climate definitely worsens the situation, as entry-level positions are especially hard to come by, so the demand for internships and work experience placements is continuously growing.
I’ve been exceptionally lucky with my internship. Working within a small team with a wide variety of client types, I have been able to get stuck in with all aspects of the work, from blog writing, to managing coverage and attending client events. A great 3 months, thank you Manifest!
I consider myself to be a bit of a drifter. Since leaving school, I worked in completely unrelated fields and used the money I made to fund 3 months of traveling, or more accurately for me, dossing in the sunshine (although the cyclone season in Fiji left some of that to be desired, but seaweed fights in the rain made up for it 100%). From Teaching Assistant to Receptionist to, currently, PR Intern, I feel like I’ve been around the block in my 4 years as a full-time working citizen.
I’d never really considered an internship for myself; having worked part-time from the age of 13 – just paper-rounds and babysitting, we’re not talking about child labour here – I was far too accustomed to earning my own money, even being a civilized tax-payer, and internships I’d heard of were more similar to work experience, being unpaid and requiring predominantly tea-making and sorting out post, among other menial (and pretty rubbish) duties.
Given that innovative Scottish brewers BrewDog certainly don’t do things by halves (or thirds, ironically) the recent announcement of the Government’s plans to amend a 300-year old legislation and make the two-thirds pint glass legal is a fantastic result following the World’s Smallest Protest.
BrewDog appointed Manifest in their battle against tradition and conformity, and together we came, saw and subsequently conquered.
With Britain’s overall lack of appreciation for good beer and a tendency to binge, BrewDog decided it was time for a mentality overhaul, and so the World’s Smallest Protest was born, fully equipped with a 4’ 5” punk dwarf and pickets claiming ‘Size Matters’ and ‘Small for All’.
Manifest London is on the hunt for the next mover and shaker in the PR world to join its growing team… but, be warned, the role is not for the faint hearted. We’re looking for someone with creativity in their bones, who can make a good brew (white milky coffee please), and who is passionate about a long and successful career in PR.
3rd October 2011
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