Press release -
People Like Us to appoint working board
People Like Us, the award-winning not-for-profit, has today announced it has opened applications for its new working board. Positions on the board are open to people from all backgrounds and the deadline is 16 March 2023.
The group, led by brothers Sheeraz Gulsher and Darain Faraz, has continued to grow at pace since its launch in 2020. It hosts quarterly events to shine the spotlight on voices from racially diverse backgrounds in journalism, PR and marketing. Previous event partners include brands such as LinkedIn, Samsung, Sony Music and the England & Wales Cricket Board. The group also supports individuals in finding new roles, advises organisations on their D&I strategies and has also been lobbying for mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting.
People Like Us is stepping its efforts up by forming a new Working Board to help galvanise their efforts, with applications for those board roles opening up today. The team are seeking professionals with five or more years experience to take a role supporting the growth of the group.
The voluntary roles will last for 12 months and People Like Us ask those applying to ensure they are able to commit to requirements listed below. All applications are through the company website and those interested are asked to submit a short application on reasoning and role interest.
The available roles are outlined below:
- Head of Events – to manage and support planning future events – everything from brand partners, location planning, right through to the event on the night. Events take place once every quarter
- Head of Partnerships – that can manage onward tie-ups but also work closely with event lead
- Campaigns team – of two individuals
- Overall head of campaigns will manage calendar of activity / news and media sell in activity
- Campaigns executive to support campaigns lead with news generation and securing press coverage
- Treasurer – will have responsibilities for overseeing all accounts
- Head of Social/Digital – to run People Like Us LinkedIn channel, monitor social media for relevant opportunities, kickstart a dedicated Instagram channel and ensure a calendar of onward stories
- Head of Public Affairs - to advise on policy approach and strategy when lobbying for the ethnicity pay gap and wider issues faced by workers from Black, Asian, Mixed Race and minority ethnic backgrounds
- Mentoring Coordinator - person responsible for working with the event participants and matching them up with mentors and briefing them on the process. Also setting up and creating a bank of mentors, coaches and sponsors that are available to the People Like Us network
- Head of Recruitment- managing, collating and regularly sharing live roles from across the industry and making them available and visible to our network. Involves coordinating with agencies, organisations and recruiters who actively support People Like Us events to share live roles
Sheeraz Gulsher, co-founder of People Like Us commented:
“We have huge ambitions in our industries and beyond. Ultimately, we believe that the UK workplace should be a level playing field, but we need more People Like Us to help make that happen. That's why we are inviting applications from those of all backgrounds to join us and help support a mission that is bigger than us all.”
About People Like Us
People Like Us is an award-winning not-for-profit that celebrates and supports UK media, marketing and communications professionals from Black, Asian, Mixed Race and minority ethnic backgrounds. It does this by profiling individuals through quarterly networking events and by supporting professionals with tailored solutions on a range of career related challenges. This includes navigating tricky conversations in the workplace, finding mentors, LinkedIn/CV-shaping and, more broadly, advising organisations on inclusivity.
People Like Us is also on a mission to help foster a fairer workplace for allthrough equitable pay – and not just for those from ethnically diverse backgrounds, and not only those from the marcomms industries.
For more details: www.plu.org.uk.
For all media enquiries, please email sgulsher@gmail.comor visit www.plu.org.uk.
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