Public Relations Professional - ANZSCO 225311

Public Relations Professional plans, develops, implements and evaluates information and communication strategies that create an understanding and a favourable view of an organisation, its goods and services, and its role in the community.

Public Relations Professional may perform the following tasks:

• planning and organising publicity campaigns and communication strategies
• advising executives on the public relations implications of their policies, programs and practices
• preparing and controlling the issue of news and press releases
• undertaking and commissioning public opinion research, analysing the findings and planning public relations and promotional campaigns
• organising special events, seminars, entertainment, competitions and social functions to promote goodwill and favourable publicity
• representing organisations and arranging executive interviews with publicity media
• attending business, social and other functions to promote the organisation
• commissioning and obtaining photographs and other illustrative material
• selecting, appraising and revising material submitted by publicity writers, Photographers, Illustrators and others to create favourable publicity

Are you Eligible to Live and Work in Australia as a Public Relations Professional ?

Public Relations Professional is classified as Group B occupations by Vetassess. The criteria for skills assessment of Group B occupations are the following :

• Qualification(s) assessed at AQF Bachelor degree or higher degree with a highly relevant field of study and at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant employment in the last five years; Or
• Qualification(s) assessed at AQF Bachelor degree or higher degree with an additional qualification at least Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Diploma level in a highly relevant field of study and at least two years of post qualification highly relevant employment in the last five years; Or
• Qualification(s) assessed at AQF Bachelor degree or higher degree without a highly relevant field of study and at least three years of post-qualification highly relevant employment in the last five years;

According to Vetassess, if you have pre-qualification employment and if all of your employment is before your qualification assessed at the AQF bachelor degree level , you are required to have five years of highly relevant employment in addition to at least one year of highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level completed in the last five years.

As stated on the vetassess website, This occupation is different to 225113 Marketing Specialist, 225111 Advertising Specialist and 225112 Market Research Analyst. Applicants with employment in one of these professions would not be assessed positively for Public Relations Professional.

If you wish to check your eligibility to migrate permanently to Australia as a Public Relations Professional , please fill out the below assessment form. The assessment is free. After submitting the form, a registered migration consultant will look into the information and advise you of the outcome of the assessment via your email address.