Avalon produced Newman and Baddiel: Live at Wembley, the UK’s first arena comedy show, Jerry Springer: The Opera, winner of four Olivier Awards, and is currently producing the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical, Operation Mincemeat in the West End and on Broadway, and on a world tour.

Avalon is committed to creating a diverse environment and proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We encourage applications from individuals from underrepresented groups. Regardless of your race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, or veteran status, you are welcome at Avalon.

The Team

The primary objective of the department is to secure positive coverage of our clients and content, encouraging audiences to enjoy our output. Alongside this, we use external communications to build understanding of the company and what we do.

Key Responsibilities

• Help to deliver publicity campaigns and strategies with key stakeholders; using initiative and proactivity, you will be able and confident to work with the team on creative ideas and play your part in driving them through to execute successful campaigns.
• Media liaison, including developing and maintaining great relationships with a broad range of print, online, broadcast media, and influencers; make use of these relationships for the benefit of our clients and projects.
• Talent liaison and relationship management/building to enable (but not exclusively) successful delivery of publicity campaigns.
• Working on events from media days, press events (could include press nights/guest nights/channel events/show launches/screenings).
• Understanding of the industries you are involved in and ability to advise/discuss in a professional manner.

Specific Duties

• To write engaging and professional copy including (but not exclusively) press releases, presentations, and reports.
• Utilise your artistic, visual skills including (but not exclusively) photoshoots, press pack design, and event design.
• 360° awareness of the campaigns/clients you are working on; if news is breaking or stories are being written, it is essential to be across this.
• Understanding what is your responsibility; understand when you need to flag a potential issue up the chain of management.
• To trouble shoot, help improve systems, and help develop new processes across the department and publicity/media team.
• Regular management liaison (internally and externally).
• Budget management.
• Delivering great results time-and-time again across your list of projects; to challenge complacency and ‘raise the bar’ across projects you are involved with.
• Develop key external relationships including (but not exclusively) television channels, external promoters, streaming platforms, and live venues.
• Supporting the clients/company on key activity as directed by the SVP, Press & Publicity / Director of Communications.

NB. This summarises the main aspects of the job but does not cover all the duties that the job holder may have to perform.

About You

The ideal candidate will be responsive, available, aware, and ready to work in a fast-moving news-led environment.

• Attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to prioritise tasks effectively.
• Ability to work calmly under pressure.
• Keen interest in theatre, musicals, and comedy.
• Ideally, experience in a similar role.

What We Offer

• Cycle to work scheme
• Income protection scheme
• Life assurance
• Pension scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Competitive holiday allowance
• Season ticket loans
• Regular staff socials, seasonal parties, tickets for our Live gigs, Monday breakfasts, and more