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About the Role

Join an award-winning PR team working with leading children's brands, authors, and illustrators. This role involves leading and delivering your own publicity campaigns, planning and executing PR strategies, driving demand, and creating standout events. We focus on innovation and put readers at the heart of everything we do.

Responsibilities

• Develop publicity plans and implement campaigns, potentially with support from senior colleagues.
• Promote books and authors through social media, digital channels, print, and broadcast to secure coverage and generate sales.
• Manage all aspects of author events, including creation, schedule management, and social media content.
• Establish and maintain relationships with key industry influencers.
• Respond to and fulfill routine requests from trade and consumer media.
• Build relationships with authors and provide high-level author care.
• Create and write press materials and contribute to written acquisition pitches.
• Stay updated on the UK media spectrum regarding PRH Children's titles and publishing news.
• Liaise with internal departments (marketing, sales, editorial) for campaign planning, implementation, and review.
• Undertake general administrative tasks, including maintaining databases, submitting books for awards, and financial tasks like raising purchase orders.

Requirements

• Proven PR experience and experience running and managing publicity campaigns.
• Relevant experience and knowledge of reaching children's consumers and the children's media landscape.
• Love reading and have a keen interest in the UK children's book market.
• Ability to secure strategic media, digital, and event opportunities.
• Avid interest in and knowledge of the UK media landscape.
• Interest in digital platforms and following social influencers.
• Creative individual not afraid to think outside the box.
• Strong personal organization and time management skills.
• Team player who can also work autonomously using initiative.
• Passion to work with children's brands is essential.
• Ability to work out of hours, covering evening and weekend events where necessary.

Skills

• Publicity campaign management
• Social media promotion
• Digital marketing
• Event management
• Media relations
• Author relations
• Press material creation
• Media monitoring
• Internal communication
• Administrative tasks
• Time management
• Organization

Location

• UK

Work Type

• Hybrid working
• Out of hours work

Experience Level

• Press Officer

Salary/Compensations

• Circa £31,000 dependent on skills and experience, plus bonus and benefits.

Benefits

• Bonus
• Benefits

About the Company

• Award-winning Children's PR team working with leading children’s brands and the world’s best authors and illustrators.
• The UK’s no.1 children’s publisher, home to Puffin and Ladybird.
• Home to recognised entertainment brands, authors and illustrators including: Peppa Pig, Bluey, Peter Rabbit, The Snowman, Eric Carle, Roald Dahl, Jeff Kinney, Katie Kirby, Adam Kay, Tom Fletcher, Robin Stevens, Nadia Shireen and Jacqueline Wilson.
• Publishes everything from picture books to young fiction and graphic novels, non-fiction and books for young adults.
• Believes in the power of authenticity and human creativity.
• Celebrates creativity and diverse perspectives.

Equal Opportunity

• 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.