Marketing and Publicity Officer
Icon Books
London
£26-£28k per annum
Full time, Hybrid
Elle-Jay Christodoulou (elle-jay.christodoulou@iconbooks.net)
Closing date: 21/10/2024
A publisher of intelligent, popular non-fiction seeks a Marketing and Publicity Officer. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing administrative support to the Marketing and Publicity Manager and assisting them in the day-to-day running of the marketing and publicity office. The candidate will be responsible for looking after our social media platforms, designing Amazon A+ pages, creating marketing materials, producing the catalogue, researching, and reaching out to organisations and weekly PR and marketing roundup.
Alongside that they will be responsible for answering and responding to media enquiries, preparing press releases and mailings, liaising with authors and booksellers, and coordinating travel plans and schedules. You will also be required to accompany authors to events and literary festivals. Depending on your experience you will have the opportunity to manage some of your own campaigns as well as helping with lead-titles.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to gain invaluable experience, working across an eclectic non-fiction list. The ideal candidate will be extremely efficient and organised, possess exceptional communication skills and bring creativity and enthusiasm to the role. You will be confident, professional, enjoy being busy and be able to use your initiative whilst remaining calm under pressure. This is the perfect job for an experienced assistant looking to make a step up. Previous publishing experience is required.
Early applications will be prioritised. Please apply with a cover letter and CV to Elle-Jay Christodoulou, Marketing and Publicity Manager: elle-jay.christodoulou@iconbooks.net