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Kvadrat is seeking a PR manager to join its team in Copenhagen.

Are you looking to join a global design company that is growing rapidly, and furthering your career in an international environment?

Kvadrat is the world’s leading manufacturer of design textiles. We supply architects, designers and private consumers across the world with textiles and textile-related products

We are looking for a PR manager to join our marketing team in Copenhagen.

Job description

You will be responsible for creating quality press awareness and generate quality press stories for Kvadrat, Kvadrat Acoustics, Kvadrat Shade, Kvadrat/Raf Simons and Sahco globally.

You will report to the deputy director of communications, and be part of the PR and communications team in the marketing department and work out of our office in Copenhagen. You should expect 50 – 70 travel days per year.

Responsibilities

In close collaboration with the head of communication and PR you will develop and coordinate the global press strategy for all our brands in coordination with our PR agency network and internal regional responsibilities.

Some of your responsibilities will be to:

• manage our seven global PR agencies, implementing and developing PR strategy and making sure KPIs are met
• organise press events and press trips, interviews with key spokespeople in Kvadrat and our designers
• collaborate with the wider marketing team and stakeholders on key events and projects, ensuring PR is strategically implemented throughout
• work alongside the social media coordinator, marketing coordinators, segment marketing managers/coordinators on a consistent content strategy, with assets shared that can be pushed on online and digital media outlets
• devise and collaborate on communication and PR campaigns with selected industry partners, art institutions and other external collaborators
• help identify the right influencers to collaborate with and create meaningful content in line with the overall communication and content marketing strategy
• managing the PR budget alongside with the deputy director communication

Qualifications:

• master degree in marketing and/or communications
• minimum six years of current experience from a similar job in a related field
• strong communication skills and a hands-on mentality, highly motivated, organised, and detail-oriented with the ability to handle multiple, simultaneous projects and meet tight deadlines
• English is our corporate language and we expect you to be able to communicate fluently in both oral and written English
• a strong press and media network
• ability to work effectively within a matrix environment
• experience in working cross regional and globally with a diverse, multi-cultural team

Application

If you have any questions regarding this position, you are welcome to contact Pia Malling Cappuccini, deputy director of communications, at  +45 5196 5995.

We will invite for interviews on an ongoing basis and close the job post when we have found the right candidate.

Please submit your application through the application form below.

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We are Kvadrat

Our products reflect our commitment to colour, quality, simplicity, innovation and design. Kvadrat fabrics have been used in some of the world’s most intriguing architectural developments, such as the Gherkin, London; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles; Oslo Opera House, Norway; Reichstag, Berlin; Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao; Copenhagen Opera House, Denmark and Guangzhou Opera House, China.

At Kvadrat, we consistently push the aesthetic, technological and functional properties of textiles. In doing so, we collaborate with leading designers, architects and artists, including; David Adjaye, Miriam Bäckström, Tord Boontje, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Thomas Demand, Olafur Eliasson, Alfredo Häberli, Giulio Ridolfo, Peter Saville, Finn Sködt, Roman Signer, as well as Patricia Urquiola.

We try to set up as few rules as possible. In return, we expect each person to always act in accordance with our basic values, and in doing so, to be quality driven in all decisions and actions, to act according to our mindset of ‘strong teams – one company’, to be passionate about your daily tasks at the job and the design culture that we are an integrated part of, to stay open-minded towards clients and colleagues, and to be honest in communication and treat others with respect.

Application closing date: 25 March 2022

www.kvadrat.dk

• Applications have closed.