£35,000 • Penguin Random House UK • London
Are you excited by books that captivate readers, inspire new thinking and become part of the conversation? Can you create strategic campaigns that reach readers and drive sales?
If you're passionate about the power of books to create conversation, we'd love to hear from you.
About Ebury
Ebury is an award-winning non-fiction publishing division of Penguin Random House, and in 2024 won Publisher of the Year. Our Smart Hub is an audience-focused team working across innovative publishing lists on imprints WH Allen, Witness Books, Ebury Edge, Ebury Press and Flight Books.
Within this non-fiction team we publish prizewinning bestsellers by global leading writers, thinkers, journalists and cultural figures, across genres of history, politics, literary memoir, nature-writing, high performance, self-development and more. Our authors include: James O’Brien, Steven Bartlett, Caitlin Moran, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Ressa, Michael Rosen, Zeinab Badawi, David Attenborough, Michaela Coel, Dara McAnulty, Adam Grant, and many others.
The role
Ebury’s Smart Hub are looking for a creative, experienced and proactive PR professional with experience working on conversation starting books or entertainment brands to join our award-winning comms team as a publicist.
You will get to work with some of the most creative publishing colleagues in the business in a friendly and inclusive environment, joining at an exciting moment of growth and momentum for the UK’s largest dedicated non-fiction publisher.
Key responsibilities:
- To create and implement ambitious, strategic PR campaigns and events for authors and titles across an array of genres within non-fiction.
- Communicate effectively with internal departments as well as external stakeholders, including sales and marketing, editorial, rights, international colleagues, authors and agents.
- Maintain, develop and seek out new relationships with high-profile and influential stakeholders, such as media, bookshops and events partners
- To play an important role in the acquisition of new books, providing PR feedback in New Projects meetings and acquisition. Contributing to and attending pitches to acquire new talent and inputting into the overall Smart hub strategic priorities.
What you’ll bring
Essential criteria:
- A track record of producing standout publicity campaigns in a publishing or content-led environment.
- Be confident writing engaging press materials, organising events, and be a high-level networker with the media.
- Be well networked with media contacts and be knowledgeable and curious about making new contacts and understanding what turns the dial for different genres.
- Be highly organised with excellent prioritisation skills to juggle concurrent projects or campaigns with different lead times.
- Be able to think in innovative and creative ways to create buzz behind our books, always with your eye on the activity that truly drives book sales and strategy.
Application instructions
Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for the role by 11:59pm on Thursday 17th July. As part of your cover letter, please briefly let us know about a campaign that has caught your eye and why (max 200 words).
Please ensure you include a cover letter, as it is a crucial part of our assessment process. The cover letter offers an opportunity to show how your experience and interests align with the role requirements. Typically, we expect the cover letter to be no more than one or two pages in length.
Salary
Circa £35,000 dependent on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.
Hybrid working
While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important. For this role we expect that you will attend in person meetings in our Embassy Gardens office for a minimum 2 days a week (Tuesday and Thursday). Given the nature of the role, there will be times where you will be required to work outside of usual office hours, such as evenings and weekends. We’re happy to discuss this further through the recruitment process.
The recruitment process
You can read about our recruitment process at https://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/how-we-hire/
As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role, and opt-in on their application form. The essential criteria for this role are listed as part of the ‘What you’ll bring’ section. There may be times when the volume of applications means we cannot take all eligible candidates to interview.
We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing PRHCareersUK@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk. Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your request.
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