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This is an exciting opportunity to join an award-winning publisher and two of its fastest-growing imprints. The Communications Assistant will be responsible for supporting PR and Marketing campaigns and the development of our ever-expanding brands, reporting to the Communications Director, Picador, and the Communications Director, Bluebird.
This is an entry level role. You may not have worked in book publishing previously but you will have demonstrated strong organisational and communication skills in a previous role.
Key tasks include
- Being the first point of contact for queries from journalists, members of the public and suppliers via telephone and email
- Maintaining a schedule of book titles and digital book proofs and approving access to journalists and bloggers when required
- Coordinating the mailing of review copies of books to journalists, influencers and bloggers
- Assisting freelancers with campaign administration
- Creating meeting agendas, running dashboards in meetings, taking and circulating minutes
- Assisting in tracking of budgets and processing invoices
- Coordinating presentations
The successful candidate will have
- An impeccable eye for detail
- Strong organisational skills
- An exceptional ability to prioritise and multi-task
- Strong and persuasive communication skills
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Good digital knowledge
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Experience of working in an office environment
- Superb diary and time management skills
We’d love it if you had
- A keen interest in books
- A good eye for design
- An interest in the media
Job description
This is a full time, permanent role, and will be based in our offices in Farringdon, London, with some flexibility to work from home each week.
All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to live and work in the UK in order to be considered for this role.
Some of the benefits we offer:
- 25 days annual leave increasing with years of service + bank holidays
- Generous pension scheme
- 13 weeks company sick pay and discounted private medical insurance
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and Mental Health First Aiders
- Life insurance – 4 x base salary
- Group income protection scheme
- Enhanced family-friendly policies
- Flexible working hours and summer hours (early finish during summer months)
- Volunteer Days
- Learning, development and training opportunities including mentoring
- 75% off all Macmillan books and regular staff book sales (highly reduced rates)
- Season ticket loan/advance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Onsite health checks, flu jabs and massages
- Eyecare contributions
- Discounts on shopping, Tastecard+ and gym memberships; Christmas club savings
- Free breakfast and fruit at our office
- Seasonal parties, author visits and signings
- Give As You Earn
- Employee referral scheme
We are highly committed to equality and diversity. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
