Overview
Media Relations and PR Coordinator: Creative Scotland
Posted on: 2nd October, 2025. Closing date: 13th October, 2025
Apply by: midday on Monday 13 October for this full-time, fixed-term role based in Edinburgh/remote.
Responsibilities
* Support the Media Relations and PR Team across a range of duties, including researching and writing press releases, triaging press enquiries, liaising with a wide range of stakeholders, logging, monitoring and analysing press coverage, and ensuring the Team’s press office systems are up to date and accurate.
Contract details
* Contract: Full-time (35 hours per week), fixed-term (end 31 March 2026)
* Preferred start date: Monday 3 November 2025
* Salary: £28,685 (Grade B) pro-rata plus pension and benefits
* Location: The contractual base for this post is Edinburgh, however, this post will be predominantly remote.
Candidate profile / Qualifications
* Experience of working in a busy Press Office
* Great research and writing skills
* The ability to collate analytical data and accurately compile reporting data
* A driven and proactive approach, with the ability to use own initiative, prioritise and meet deadlines
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office and good aptitude for learning new applications
* The ability to deal with a wide range of people and the media confidently, courteously and discreetly
* Given this is a contract role, prior experience in an arts or media organisation will be highly regarded, as will the ability to get up to speed with specialised subject-matter related to arts and culture and become operational in a short space of time.
Additional information
Interviews will be held online on Wednesday 22 October. If selected for interview you will be expected to be available on this date.
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