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About the Role

The Publicity Manager will work across a diverse range of literary fiction and non-fiction titles, developing imaginative, effective, and well-executed publicity campaigns within the busy Adult Publicity Department. The role will collaborate closely with editorial, marketing, digital, and sales teams to create integrated promotional plans that maximise author profiles, audience engagement, and book success.

Responsibilities

Coordinate publicity campaigns across a range of adult publishing titles.
Secure media coverage and opportunities to raise author profiles.
Write engaging copy for press releases, festival pitches, and other publicity materials.
Build and maintain relationships with journalists, librarians, festival programmers, and other key contacts.
Manage campaign budgets.
Organise and attend festivals, conferences, author tours, and promotional events.

Requirements

Proven track record of leading and delivering inventive, strategic publicity campaigns across traditional, digital, and social media.
Proven success in organising author events, book launches, and tours, both large and small.
Established network of media and event contacts.
Ability to manage multiple campaigns simultaneously, from debut authors to established brands.
Ability to build strong relationships with authors, agents, journalists, and colleagues.
Exercise sound judgement.
Communicate with confidence.
Thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Experience in publicity and public relations across any area of the arts or entertainment.
Must have a legal right to work in the UK.
Does not require visa sponsorship.

Skills

Publicity campaign development
Media relations
Copywriting
Relationship building
Budget management
Event organisation
Digital marketing
Social media marketing
Organizational skills
Attention to detail
Communication skills

Location

London

Work Type

Hybrid
Full-time

Experience Level

Publicity Manager experience
Experience in publicity and public relations across any area of the arts or entertainment

Salary/Compensations

Competitive

About the Company

Simon & Schuster, a global leader in general interest publishing, is dedicated to providing the best in fiction and non-fiction 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 honors 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.
Simon & Schuster is one of the most successful global publishers with a strong UK presence.
We publish a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction.
We are the proud publishers of many brand fiction names including Bob Mortimer and Ruth Ware.
We have thriving and rapidly growing literary lists, Scribner & Summit, which is home to writers such as Roisin O’Donnell, Tara Menon and Alice Hoffman.
Our non-fiction list is broad and hugely exciting.
We publish in the areas of sport, popular culture, health and wellbeing, history and many more - from Kathy Burke to Gordon Brown and everyone in between.

Equal Opportunity

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.