Career as Public Relations Officer

Public Relations is a career avenue for those who have excellent communication skills and who wish to pursue a career that offers an opportunity to interact with lots of interesting people. This is a profession where you need to understand the listener’s psyche and mould it in your favour. A public relations course is designed to equip you with skills like public speaking and understanding the listener’s psychology to facilitate useful exchange of information. Nonetheless, it borders on understanding human beings and their communication needs to a large extent. The syllabi are usually shared with Mass communication students and are designed to enhance communication skills amidst technicalities. The challenge is to simplify technical information.

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Job Profile

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

• Job opportunities for public relations professionals are very assuring in various industries if the applicants have excellent communication skills and convincing abilities.
• Advertising agencies and Marketing companies are constantly on the lookout for PR professionals.
• Several PR professionals pursue a course in photography or visual communication along with their PR course and get placed with filmmaking agencies in Mumbai.
• The job prospects in India are bright. Companies such as Balaji Telefilms, Mukta Arts and other agencies usually display the openings for creative heads and creative advertisement professionals on the popular jobsites.

Recruiting Companies

•        Ogilvy and Mather
•        J Walter Thompson India
•        Mudra Communication Pvt. Ltd.
•         FCB-Ulka Advertising Ltd.
•         Rediffusion- DY&R
•         Wipro
•         HCL
•         Infosys

How do I get there?

Pathway Courses

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