Publicity Assistant London, England
Job description
Job title: Publicity Assistant, Adult Division
Reports to: Publicity Manager Isabel Smith
Location: Victoria House, Bloomsbury Square, London
Working pattern: Flexible home working up to three days per week
Division: Adult - ZPG and BWPG
Department: Publicity
Salary: £26k per annum
General Summary
Bonnier Books UK is looking for an enthusiastic and diligent assistant to join the publicity department, supporting the adult PR team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone serious about getting their start in a publicity and hoping to work across a broad range of titles and genres.
In this role, being an enthusiastic self-starter is key. You will be responsible for a lot of rolling admin and logistics to support the team. You will be well supported by your line manager and other colleagues, but attention to detail, excellent communication and problem-solving are essential.
A team player who is excited to try lots of new things will be best suited to this role. As well as rolling tasks, each day will play out differently and could include completing last-minute mailings, prepping materials for meetings and attending events with authors.
With lots going on at any given time, good time management and prioritisation is vital. Building great relationships with team members, knowing how to set yourself deadlines and when to push back is important.
A passion for books, media and digital spheres is crucial. The role offers progression to exciting campaign work as workload allows and offers excellent collaborative opportunities with a range of award-winning and experienced publicists.
A friendly and creative department, we are a supportive, successful team. There are lots of great publicists to learn from and exciting opportunities to be seized by the right candidate. There are also many other ways to impact the business, company culture and accommodate personal interests. These include charitable and social initiatives, mentoring, Inclusion and Representation and Mental Health Networks.
Core responsibilities:
- Helps manage the team’s day-to-day admin tasks including invoices, budget sheets, calendars and more
- Regularly updates media and events contacts
- Leads seasonal opportunities for the teams such as summer reads, Christmas gifting press releases and more
- Gets to grips with and help manage external databases and tools, such as Cision and Netgalley
- Works with external agencies such as Reading Agency
- Supports the team and authors with logistics including travel arrangements and materials for meetings and presentations
- Contributes to campaigns as required (pitching, press releases, booking travel etc).
- Manages award and media submissions where necessary
- Manages general enquiries to the department
- Logs and circulates press coverage, team department highlights
- Collaborates with the teams on digital and social media Initiatives
- Helps organise and attends events, launches and festivals
- Helps facilitate our book mailings
- Further collaborative and solo campaign work as the role develops
What does success in this role looks like?
Person in this role consistently demonstrates:
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Attention to detail
- Ability to take initiative and prioritise workload
- Ability to deliver on tasks to deadline
- Excellent communication skills – in writing and in person
- Actively anticipating issues coming around the corner
- Work with various stakeholders and to different deadlines
- Great copy writing in pitches and press releases
- Strong relationships with team, as well as other colleagues, authors and key stakeholders
Qualifications and Experience
- This is an entry level role
- A real passion for books and how we reach readers
- Genuine interest in starting a career in Publicity
- Understanding/interest in the media and digital book communities
- Being proactive and resourceful
- Provide examples of prioritising, time management and attention to detail
- Team player who enjoys building and fostering relationships
- Desirable: previous office-based work or work-experience
Competitive Salary
Working with a team of passionate, talented people
Internal learning and development programmes
Career Development opportunities
Fun social events
At Bonnier Books UK, we believe that every book matters. We love to publish stories and content that open our eyes to new perspectives and bring us closer together. We offer a nurturing home for our authors, illustrators and brand partners, publishing bestselling books for readers and listeners everywhere. We know that fantastic stories can come from anywhere and our purpose is to bring them to as wide an audience as possible, a simple ethos that has led to us becoming one of the country’s leading publishers.
The offspring of Bonnier Books, a family-owned top-15 world publisher headquartered in Sweden, we are inspired by a rich literary heritage but not bound by convention. We think in generations rather than quarters, and strive always to operate in an open, curious way that contributes to the future of the planet and its people. As a climate-neutral publisher we are an active participant in the Science Based Target initiative, committed to a strategy to limit global warming to 1.5 °C.
