Publicity Assistant, Penguin Michael Joseph

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity to join Penguin Michael Joseph as a Publicity Assistant. You’ll not only handle administrative tasks but also play a crucial role in supporting our talented publicists with their campaigns and events. If you’re ready to work in a fast-paced environment and make an impact on our team's success, we’d love to hear from you.

In this varied role, responsibilities will include:

- Providing high level of support for senior publicists with their publicity campaigns e.g. organising travel arrangements, creating seasonal press releases, biannual divisional catalogues among other tasks
- General administration e.g. booking meetings and diary management, organising office supplies and stationary
- Maintaining databases, updating systems and budget sheets, and raising and coding purchase orders or invoices
- Posting, when required, to our social media channel
- Growing to work more independently on PR for smaller, review-driven titles and drafting press releases for these and other titles
- Acting as a point of contact for the department, fielding phone calls from the Press and answering queries from the public
Plus much more!

If you are detail-oriented and enjoy ensuring things run efficiently, please apply by submitting your CV and cover letter by 23:59 on Tuesday 28th May. As part of your cover letter, please tell us about a time you have demonstrated that you are a good team player (no more than 200 words).

We’d love it if you had…

We are looking for a dynamic individual who enjoys working as part of team and is able to think creatively to solve problems. We hope you’ll love working with the books published by Penguin Michael Joseph, too. You’ll also have:

- Excellent organisation and time management skills with excellent attention to detail
- The ability to multitask and identify how to manage competing priorities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively to a wide range of people
- Experience of using a variety of social media
- The ability to be a team-player

Employer details

We’re the UK’s largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing over 1,500 books each year. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent. In a constantly evolving industry, we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher. Here, you’ll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success. Together, we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone.