Job Description

About Penguin Press

Penguin Press publishes serious and ground-breaking non-fiction across our Allen Lane, Pelican and Particular Books imprints, with bestselling authors such as Naomi Klein, Claudia Rankine, James Rebanks, Carlo Rovelli, Lea Ypi, Ha-Joon Chang and Greta Thunberg. Press is also home to the world-famous Penguin Classics library. We\xe2\x80\x99re looking for a hard-working and creative Press Officer to join our team on a full-time and permanent basis.

The Opportunity

As Press Officer, you will be responsible for planning and implementing publicity and events campaigns for a range of non-fiction, poetry and Penguin Classics titles, from launching new voices to promoting established writers. You will have direction from senior publicity colleagues, and will collaborate with other publicists on campaigns. You will liaise between internal departments, from marketing and sales to rights and editorial, and communicate effectively with authors and agents, and other external stakeholders.

You can expect to:

Develop publicity and events plans and implement campaigns

Write press releases; create targeted mailing lists; place features, interviews and reviews across broadcast, print and online media

Plan and scheduling events, signings, and festival appearance

Accompany authors on press tours and to events

Manage your campaign budgets: estimating costs, staying within budget and processing invoices

Communicate effectively with authors and agents, including presenting campaign plans and results

Initiate and maintain relationships with journalists, festival and events organisers

Read acquisitions and provide feedback from a PR angle

Coordinate international press requests for group companies

Undertake general administrative tasks as required to support the department, eg maintaining databases, catalogue mailings, seasonal press releases

This role involves regular out of hours work on weekends and evenings in order to attend events.

What You\xe2\x80\x99ll Bring

We are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive team player with good communication, organisation and time management skills. You don\xe2\x80\x99t need to have come from a publishing background; you may have worked as a Publicity Assistant or Press Officer in a PR agency, or within the arts, creative or media industries.

Our perfect candidate will have some knowledge of publicity having supported on media and events campaigns, and are ready to make the next step, working across non-fiction, Penguin Classics and poetry publicity. Importantly, you will thrive in a fast-paced environment and come to work eager and ready to learn.

If this sounds like your next role, please apply with your CV and Cover Letter by midnight on Sunday 23rd July.

Interviews will be conducted over video call, likely in late July. This role is based at our offices on Vauxhall Bridge Road.

What you can expect from us:

Salary: c\xc2\xa330,000 dependent on how your skills and experience align with the role, plus bonus and benefits.

We\xe2\x80\x99re currently experimenting with hybrid working and involving colleagues across the business to shape our future ways of working. The needs of our teams and individuals are different, so we\xe2\x80\x99re not taking a one-size-fits-all approach. While our offices are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility about where you work is just as important for doing your best work and for your wellbeing.

Our employees are the heart of our business. We have a range of benefits to reflect our commitment to our employees, some of which are:

• 27 days paid holiday entitlement in year one (plus bank holidays), increasing a day each year up to 30 days
• Medical cover
• Life assurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Discounted gym membership
• Generous pension scheme
• Summer working hours (role dependent)
• Volunteering policy and charity matching
• Employee Assistance programme
• Mentoring programme
• Extended gender neutral parental leave
• Access to books and eBooks across Penguin Random House UK
• Each site has trained mental health first aiders
• We plant a tree for every new employee to our business

Our creativity is inspired by different perspectives, so we want our culture to be one of belonging, where everyone feels welcome and where differences are celebrated.

As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we\'re part of the offer an interview scheme. This is where disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role can opt in to get to the next recruitment stage. There may be some situations where volume of applicants means we can\'t take all eligible candidates to interview. We want to make sure disabled applicants can be their best at each step of the recruitment journey. If you need adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to get in touch with us at . Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your adjustment request. Find out more about our approach here:

We partner with The Book Trade Charity, who provide financial assistance for people looking to get into the publishing industry; you can find more information and talk directly here:

Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.

Company: Penguin Books Limited

Country: United Kingdom

State/Region: London

City: London

Postal Code: SW1V

Job ID: 262213

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