Publicity Assistant (Hybrid)

Description

Bloomsbury Publishing is looking for an organized, creative, and enthusiastic person to join our Adult Trade Publicity team as a Publicity Assistant. This person will work on a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction titles. The ideal candidate will have a passion for books.

Responsibilities

• Provide general administrative support to the Senior Director of Marketing, Publicity & Communications, Senior Publicity Managers, Senior Publicist, and Associate Publicist
• Write press material, pitch letters, emails, and secure national and local media, including print, radio, television, and online outlets
• Manage online publicity, including updating the website’s event lists, maintain and build contact lists, and fielding general media requests in a fast-paced environment
• Help execute author appearances and book tours, including arranging travel and creating tour schedules
• Process invoices and update annual budget with department credit card expenses
• Coordinate galley-to-trade, galley, finished book, monthly paperback, and catalogue mailings
• Pitch authors available for interview to our extensive radio list and field responses
• Create an office-wide posting of monthly NYC author events
• Office maintenance including book ordering, galley organization, magazine subscriptions, and other duties
• Collate weekly report on media hits and campaign results
• Work closely with authors as well as marketing, editorial, and sales teams
  
  

Requirements

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must be detailed-oriented, well-organized, and able to manage multiple priorities
• Ability to work in a collaborative, team environment
• Internship experience in publishing preferred
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite, Publicity Assistant, Cision and social media is a plus
• 4-year college degree or equivalent business experience
  
  

Location

Candidates must reside in the NY tri-state area, and be able to work in person 2 days per week.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Bloomsbury Publishing USA is committed to a merit-based, equal-opportunity workplace. We hire, retain, and promote employees based on individual qualifications, skills, and performance, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Our company fosters an inclusive environment where all employees are treated fairly and have the opportunity to succeed based on their abilities and contributions. We remain dedicated to upholding the highest standards of professionalism and fairness in all aspects of employment.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid parental leave
• Hybrid Work Schedule
  
  

About Bloomsbury

Established in 1998 and located in midtown Manhattan, Bloomsbury USA is a general interest publisher of adult and children’s books which has become known for both its high quality fiction and non-fiction for adults and children as well as its extensive Academic publishing from the world’s most recognized experts.

Bloomsbury is the publisher of Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones (National Book Award Fiction Winner), Roz Chast’s Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? (National Book Award Nonfiction Finalist), Dr. Louise Aronson’s Elderhood (Pulitzer Prize finalist), Carol Anderson’s White Rage (NBCC Criticism Winner), Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi and Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, and Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential; as well as works by award-winning writers Sam Quinones, Edmund White, and Mark Kurlansky and by bestselling writers Mary Pipher, Miriam Toews, Deborah Levy, Samantha Shannon and Elif Shafak.

Read more about our Mission & Values on our website .