Job Description

Company

Simon & Schuster, a global leader in general interest publishing, is dedicated to providing the best in fiction and nonfiction for readers of all ages, and in all printed, digital and audio formats. Its distinguished roster of authors includes many of the world's most popular and widely recognized writers, and winners of the most prestigious literary honours and awards. It is home to numerous well-known imprints and divisions such as Simon & Schuster, Scribner, Atria Books, Gallery Books, Adams Media, Avid Reader Press, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing and Simon & Schuster Audio and international companies in Australia, Canada, India, and the United Kingdom, and proudly brings the works of its authors to readers in more than 200 countries and territories. For more information visit our website at www.simonandschuster.com.



About the M&P Division

We are looking for a Press Officer to join our award winning publicity team to implement creative campaigns for our list of distributed titles.



The Job Profile

We are looking for a publicist who is ready for their next step. Reporting to a senior member of the publicity team, the candidate for the role will coordinate successful publicity campaigns on a range of international adult fiction and non-fiction titles as well as children's and YA books. You will have a growing list of press contacts and experience working on a diverse range of creative and successful campaigns.



The Job Role

The role involves devising strategy for, and executing, a number of imaginative, effective and impactful publicity campaigns across the distribution list. They will work closely with the Intergroup Sales Manager as well as publicists and editors in the USA, Canadian, Indian, and Australian S&S offices.



The Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic and highly motivated, possessing excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.



A good understanding of what an inventive and strategic publicity campaign entails, and how to target their campaigns to the right audience in order to drive sales and meet key objectives for both international offices and UK sales teams.



Highly organised with an aptitude for multi-tasking and flexibility is crucial. The successful candidate will need to be able to work on a wide range of nonfiction, fiction, children's, and YA titles and will need to juggle multiple campaigns.



The candidate will have some media contacts and be open to maintaining, developing and growing their relationships with journalists, producers and serial editors across broadcast, print and digital media.

The right candidate will be able to work independently and be confident in allocating publicity resources on the distribution list.



Please note due to the nature of the industry the candidate maybe required to work non-office hours to support authors at publicity events.



Apply

Please apply by attaching your CV and cover letter.

Salary

Starting rom 30,000



Simon & Schuster UK is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity and gender expression. At Simon & Schuster UK, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all.

Candidates hired for this or any other posted Simon & Schuster UK role will be employees of Simon & Schuster UK Ltd subject to all policies, including the Workplace Privacy Notice, and eligible solely for the benefits plans thereof.