PR & Communications Assistant Manager

About eToro

eToro is the trading and investing platform that empowers you to invest, share and learn. We were founded in 2007 with the vision of a world where everyone can trade and invest in a simple and transparent way. Today we have 40 million registered users from 75 countries. We believe there is power in shared knowledge and that we can become more successful by investing together. So we’ve created a collaborative investment community designed to provide you with the tools you need to grow your knowledge and wealth. On eToro, you can hold a range of traditional and innovative assets and choose how you invest: trade directly, invest in a portfolio, or copy other investors. You can visit our media centre here for our latest news.

Role overview:

Based in London and reporting to the UK and DACH PR and Communications Manager, the PR & Communications Assistant Manager will be responsible for helping to grow eToro’s presence and protect its reputation, as well as providing support to the wider PR team. They will be part of a Global PR Team of 6 and will have specific roles and responsibilities to ensure that this is not an ‘admin’ role. There is huge scope for progression and the goal is that the right candidate will in time take on responsibility for managing one or more PR markets in partnership with the local PR agency.

Main tasks/responsibilities:

Provide support in a number of markets and for specific business areas, Including:

• assisting with day to day contact with local PR agencies;
• supporting the production of weekly, monthly and quarterly updates for the global PR evaluation;
• drafting and reviewing communications including press releases, market commentary, positioning statements, Q&As, briefing notes, internal news roundups etc.;
• working closely with the team on local or global surveys and reports.

Press office functions, including:

• assisting with direct media requests; 
• progressing appropriate opportunities put forward by the the PR agencies or ideas generated in-house;
• managing the distribution of commentary from our global network of market analysts and act as main point of contact for the local analysts in your markets;
• coordinating media opportunities for our analysts and spokespeople;
• assisting with organizing media events and media attendance at events and conferences
• co-ordinating submissions for awards and surveys.

Monitoring and managing eToro’s reputation globally, including:

• reviewing daily press clippings; 
• monitoring of journalists’ requests;
• monitoring key debates and identifying story opportunities as well as potential issues;
• managing eToro’s media center and keeping this up to date.

Acting as a key part of the global PR team, including: 

• providing support for all markets as required;
• supporting coordination of PR activity between local marketing and PR teams and the central teams in Israel and London;
• liaising with regional managers as required;
• helping to promote PR successes and educate on the value of PR within eToro.