Publicity Assistant, Tor - New York New York

Company: Macmillan Learning
Location: New York, New York
Posted On: 05/01/2024

DescriptionThe Publicity Assistant will report to a Senior Publicity Manager in the Tor Publishing Group publicity department. In addition to departmental administrative duties, this position will provide support for other members of the publicity department, and work on a variety of books and authors across all of the TPG imprints, including Tor, Tor Teen, Tordotcom Publishing, Nightfire,Bramble, and Forge.
What you'll do:

• Assist publicity manager in her duties, as well as working to assist the department with administrative tasks
  
• Coordinate author events and bookstore signings, create author tour schedules (both in-person and virtual), and book author travel for book tours and events
  
• Handle book mailings and review copy requests, as well as manage monthly and seasonal catalog digital mailings
  
• Monitor general publicity email inbox
  
• Monitor and share reviews from various trade publications
  
• Track media coverage and maintain internal publicity database
  
• Write press materials and pitches
  
  What you'll bring:
  
  
  
  • Excellent organization skills and detail-oriented
    
  • Ability to manage and assist on multiple projects in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment
    
  • Ability to work independently and remotely, as well as collaboratively and as part of a team
    
  • Strong work ethic and critical thinking skills
    
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
    
  • Strong interest in book publishing and publicity, with a focus on SFF and romance genres
    
  • Proficiency with Google Workplace, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
    
    Ideal Experience:
    
    
    
    • Prior experience in a fast-paced environment; book publishing, publicity, or bookselling
      
    • A knowledge of the current romance, science fiction, fantasy, and horror media landscape
      
      Please submit a cover letter to be considered for this role.
      This role will have an annual salary of $47,500.
      Macmillan Publishers is the U.S. trade division of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned media company headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Its publishing companies include prominent imprints around the world that publish a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.
      U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, Macmillan publishes under the Pan Macmillan name. The German company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.
      We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are actively seeking job applicants who reflect a broad representation of differences, including race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, neurodiversity, age, family status, economic background and status, geographical background and status, and perspective. We believe that the best companies reflect the incredible diversity in viewpoints, backgrounds, and identities of the world in their staffs, and are committed to inclusive hiring across departments and levels. The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC.
      
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