Invitation to Tender for Marketing, Digital Media and PR Services for The North East Fund

The North East Fund Limited (TNEFL) provides commercial finance and business support services to companies based in the North East of England - with a view to helping businesses to grow and to create new jobs. It wants to engage a media agency to provide digital media, marketing and PR services - to help promote its services to companies, and also to raise awareness of TNEFL's activities among other key stakeholder groups. TNEFL is seeking to engage an agency for a period of two years (extendable by mutual agreement for up to a further two years) to provide digital media, marketing and PR services, which will include: • Refreshing the North East Fund's WordPress based website and providing assistance to TNEFL's team to enable it to be updated regularly with new content. • Reviewing and potentially refreshing the appearance of TNEFL's social media accounts, and - in conjunction with TNEFL's team - managing the accounts. • Production of short video content for use on TNEFL's website and social media accounts. • Production of newsletters and assistance with email marketing. • Writing copy for newsletters and press releases, and managing media relations - including liaison with the fund managers' PR representatives. • Identifying PR opportunities and helping TNEFL to frame its communication strategy and key messages. Please see the Invitation to Tender document for full details regarding TNEFL's requirements, what to include in tender proposals and how to ask any questions you may have regarding the process. The closing date for tender submissions is 12 noon on Monday 24th January 2022.