Macmillan · 2 months ago
Senior Publicist, Celadon Books
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$65K/yr - $70K/yr
4+ years expCeladon Books, a division of Macmillan Publishing, is seeking a Senior Publicist to join their dynamic team. The role involves executing impactful publicity campaigns for both fiction and nonfiction, leveraging media relationships, and planning author tours.
BooksEducationInternetMedia and EntertainmentPublishing
Responsibilities
Leverage deep knowledge of the media landscape—across legacy outlets, podcasts, newsletters, influencers, and emerging platforms—to craft innovative, customized publicity campaignsSecure national and regional media coverage for hardcover and paperback campaigns, across genres
Independently plan and execute author tours, including local book events, media interviews and author travel
Develop and maintain strong working relationships with producers, editors, book reviewers, event coordinators and booksellers
Communicate regularly and effectively with authors and agents
Write and shape all press materials: pitch letters, press releases, author Q&As, and targeted media angles
Collaborate with the editorial, marketing, and sales teams on campaign execution
Have a deep understanding of the digital media space, including bloggers and social media is required
Qualification
Required
Proven media relationships
Ability to work independently while collaborating across departments
Track record of crafting compelling pitches
Managing multi-stop author tours
Problem-solving in real time
Deep knowledge of the media landscape—across legacy outlets, podcasts, newsletters, influencers, and emerging platforms
Secure national and regional media coverage for hardcover and paperback campaigns, across genres
Independently plan and execute author tours, including local book events, media interviews and author travel
Develop and maintain strong working relationships with producers, editors, book reviewers, event coordinators and booksellers
Communicate regularly and effectively with authors and agents
Write and shape all press materials: pitch letters, press releases, author Q&As, and targeted media angles
Collaborate with the editorial, marketing, and sales teams on campaign execution
Deep understanding of the digital media space, including bloggers and social media
Strong project management skills, with the ability to document and drive campaign timelines from planning through execution
Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
Initiative and desire to work successfully in a fast-paced, small team environment
Strong attention to detail, with an ability to follow up on items to ensure tight timelines and releases are met
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Proven ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, collaborative environment
Strong organizational skills and detail-oriented nature
4+ years book publicity experience
Proficiency with Sales Force and Cision
Preferred
Understanding of AI models to be used for research and development of campaigns
Curiosity around new uses of AI for workflow optimization
Management experience
Company
Macmillan
Macmillan Publishers is a book publishing company.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
William Schwalbe
Publisher at Large
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