Candidates Programmes PR Training programme PR Training programme INTRODUCTION TO THE PR TRAINING PROGRAMME The Taylor Bennett Foundation's award-winning PR Training Programme is a ten week full-time training course in Public Relations (PR) and Communications, designed to equip participants with relevant skills to work in the PR and corporate communications industry. There are a number of programmes each year, each sponsored by a different PR or communications agency. Our current sponsors are: Brunswick Group, Finsbury and FTI Consulting. Applications for our Autumn PR Training programme are now closed. What is the PR Training programme? The PR Training programme is a ten-week intensive PR and Communications training programme, the current programme is sponsored by communications agency, Finsbury. Finsbury are a global leader in strategic communications. They are trusted advisers to boards, senior executives and legal counsel of many of the world’s most successful companies, institutions and organizations. This training programme is designed to directly address the need for greater ethnic diversity in the communications & PR industry and is open to BAME graduates only. The programme combines practical workshops with regular writing and presenting tasks, to provide extensive industry insight and allow the development of specific skills. English tuition is also provided to boost participants writing skills. Tasks on the programme include: Strategic Communications Workshops, including an introduction to Financial Communications, transactions (IPO and M&A), Investor & Media Relations, Public Affairs and Crisis Communications Presenting - presenting campaigns and research topics to a variety of audiences. Writing tasks - Conducting daily newspaper summaries of the broadsheets, mid-market tabloids and the red tops. Writing regular press releases and maintaining a blog which looks at prominent issues and case-studies within the industry. Visits: Weekly visits take place with a variety of agencies and in-house communication’s teams. Training courses via the CIPR and PRCA The Traineeships are paid - £269.50per week training allowance - TAX AND NI EXEMPT (take home pay is equivalent to national minimum wage) + travel expenses in London. Will I secure a job when the programme finishes? Jobs are not guaranteed, however we have a strong track record of graduates on the programme securing jobs. 83% of our alumni have gone on to secure work in the communications industry! What are we looking for? Passion for current affairs, the commercial world and the media. Raw talent, ambition and drive. Excellent research and analytical skills. Lively curiosity and a hunger to learn. Communications skills; people who can listen, are articulate and persuasive. The successful candidates will: Want to pursue a successful career in PR and communications Have graduated in the last three years. We will accept applications from graduates who have studied any subject Be a British national or have immigration status that allows you to be employed in the UK at the end of the 10-week programme. Be able to commit to the full 10-week programme. How do I apply? Applications have now closed for our Autumn programme. We will release information about our winter cohort shortly. What happens next? Shortlisted applicants will be invited to take part in an Assessment Day. From the Assessment Day, the successful candidates will be chosen to join the programme for 10 weeks. If you have any queries about the PR Training programme, please contact our programme manager Gabrielle Thuesday [email protected]