Attention to detail, accuracy and punctuality are highly regarded, and as a result, we have never let a client down, so if you take client service personally, TopLine is the ideal agency for you.

TopLine offers the unusual ability to integrate video production and social media into PR campaigns (see the thought leadership service on our website and our B2B social media blog), opening up new opportunities for innovating in B2B PR.

The work environment is flexible and the ideal candidate will:

- Have solid B2B PR experience
- Have excellent written and oral communication skills
- Be entrepreneurial
- Be thoughtful and considerate of colleagues
- Relish the opportunity to be part of a growing, highly competent team

You will be expected to demonstrate why you’re interested in our specialist sectors upon interview.

Benefits include flexible hours, a tablet PC, Friday breakfast, time off for Christmas shopping, a wellbeing bonus, profit-related bonus, 25 days paid holiday, late start on your birthday, early finish some Fridays, and a great social calendar, including weekly drinks in the office, quarterly lunches and nights out and monthly drinks in the pub.

Last night, TopLine landed the Crisis and Issues Management Campaign of the Year Award at the prestigious PRCA awards in London.

TopLine, which is a PR and communications leader in the education, HR and recruitment sectors, ran an integrated PR, video production and social media campaign on behalf of Study Group to raise awareness of objections to proposed changes to the student visa system. The highly successful campaign resulted in coverage across the national, business, education and broadcast media and was branded an ‘unqualified success’ by PR Week.

Heather Baker, TopLine’s Managing Director, commented: “Our education PR team worked incredibly hard on this campaign and we are very proud of the results. It is fantastic to be recognised with these awards.”

The campaign case study can be viewed here.

The B2B Guide to Social Media, a blog providing practical advice to B2B organisations, today publishes its 1,300^th statistic.  The blog started publishing statistics on social media usage, social gaming, Twitter, LinkedIn, apps and others in March in an effort to provide a single hub of reliable information on the subject.

The B2B Guide’s editor, Heather Baker, comments: “The blog is a one-stop-shop for marketers and business owners in B2B industries, who are looking for ways to get the most out of social media. It offers practical guidelines on how to generate leads, drive traffic to your website or build thought leadership using social media.”

And the prize (a hug delivered in London) for the 1,300^th statistic goes to Mashable, who this week unveiled that 47% of Facebook users have swear words on their profile.

Heather continues: “We’re proud of every one of our 1300 social media statistics, which cover everything from Facebook statistics to social gaming and video statistics.”

The B2B Guide to Social Media has been nominated for two awards in the last month: Best Blog 2011 at the International Stevie Awards, and Business Blog of the Year 2011 at the SomeComms awards.

Managing Director Heather Baker comments:

“Our people are the source of our competitive advantage. Our recruitment process is tough, including interviews, personality tests and written assignments, to ensure that we only employ highly intelligent, creative and committed individuals. We believe they should be rewarded with a great working environment that includes loads of fun and the ability to benefit directly from company success. I would like the new benefits system to put TopLine up there among the best PR agencies to work for.”

Benefits are broken down into social, lifestyle, professional and career development. A full overview of the package on offer can be viewed on the TopLine website.

The company blog, the B2B Guide to Social Media, which has grown to attract over 16,000 views a month in less than a year, received a nomination under the hotly contested Blog of the Year category. Heather Baker, TopLine’s founder and managing director, who led a buy-out of the company’s investors in early 2011, is up for Best Entrepreneur, EMEA. And the company’s campaign against government changes to the student visa system on behalf of Study Group, has been nominated for Issues Management Campaign of the Year.

Heather Baker comments: “I’m very proud of TopLine’s achievements to date. The company launched in a tough economic environment and we have managed to grow, build a highly effective team and maintain a strong record of excellent client service. Fingers crossed for 11 November when the award winners will be announced!”.

“Charlotte has a great combination of solid PR experience and a passion for social media. She breezed through our tests during the recruitment process and I have no doubt that she will be a real asset to the TopLine team,” comments Heather Baker, TopLine’s managing director.

“I’m really excited about joining TopLine Communications. I wanted to work for a company which could demonstrate an excellent reputation, diverse client portfolio and a friendly and personable team, all of which I found at TopLine,” concludes Charlotte.

The education PR campaign against proposed government changes to the student visa system saw Study Group working closely with competitors and other stakeholders in the sector to object to, among other issues, the raising of the minimum English language requirements for international students looking to study in the UK. TopLine worked with Study Group to bring the international education sector together to respond to the proposals in a press conference. As the UK’s education export sector is worth an estimated £40bn a year, the proposals were seen as a major threat to the sector and the economy.

A database of information on the confusing visa rules was also developed for the media, using, among other tools, requests to the UK Border Agency under the Freedom of Information Act.

The campaign resulted in 79 pieces of coverage, with 40 in Tier 1 media, and caught the attention of the media, the public and government. As a result of the media relations programme and the concurrent lobbying campaign it supported, the most controversial elements of the proposals were dropped.

Heather Baker, TopLine’s Managing Director of TopLine Communications, comments:

“We are delighted to see our PR work in the education sector recognised with an award nomination. Our team worked hard to understand this very complex issue and ensure the media saw both sides of the story in the face of much public support for the proposals. Congratulations to the team.”

The campaign was labelled an ‘unqualified success’ in PR Week in June.

Over 50 agencies across the world have already registered their social media services in the last month and it is hoped that the directory will continue to grow.

Heather Baker, Managing Director of TopLine Communications, and editor of the B2B Guide, commented:

“I would like the blog to be the ultimate resource for anyone in a B2B industry who wants to make the most of the many opportunities for publicity, research, new business development and knowledge sharing offered by social networking. As a social media agency ourselves, we have come across many B2B organisations that struggle to find the right supplier to help them create and launch their social strategy. The global directory should make this process easier by enabling them to browse through a list of suppliers and compare them on merit.”

“Our collection of social media statistics – the most comprehensive on the web – has proved highly popular, helping the blog attract a monthly readership of over 8,000 people. We are also delighted that the blog has been nominated for Best Business Blog 2011 by the Some Comms media awards.”

Within one month of TLC Education Group appointing TopLine, the company featured on the BBC, The Guardian and in the Times Educational Supplement.

TLC Education Group was founded in July 2010 by managing director Simon Barnes and specialises in maths and English tuition, GCSE and common entrance exam preparation, for children aged between 6 and 16. It is the only tutoring organisation to have Learning Centres in schools all year around, and offers tailored one-to-one tuition programmes in small classroom environments with no more than five students per lesson.

Heather Baker, TopLine’s founder and managing director, comments:

“We are delighted to be working with TLC to help promote the company’s unique approach to tuition. TopLine has a long history of successful education PR campaigns thanks to our ability to understand the issues affecting the education sector, our strong professional relationships with education journalists and our ability to spot and create great education stories.”

Over 50 agencies across the world have already registered their social media services in the last week and it is hoped that the directory will continue to grow.

Heather Baker, Managing Director of TopLine Communications, and editor of the B2B Guide, commented:

“I would like the blog to be the ultimate resource for anyone in a B2B industry who wants to make the most of the many opportunities for publicity, research, business development and knowledge sharing offered by social networking. Our collection of social media stats has proved highly popular and I am hoping that the directory will add as much value again.”