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| Title: | Publicity Assistant |
| Description: |
Contact: Elena Stokes elena@wunderkind-pr.com 917-887-0784 Wunderkind PR, Inc. is seeking a Publicity Assistant to support the publicity functions of Wunderkind PR authors. In this role, the Assistant will provide general administrative support and assist with the creation of publicity campaigns for hardcover and trade paperbacks titles. This is a great opportunity to learn about book publicity at a well-respected book publicity firm that has already been in business for ten years. Salary based on experience level, furnished upon request. Publicity Assistant specific responsibilities include: • Working directly with the Founding Partner on a daily basis on major national media campaigns. • Writing press releases, pitching via phone, email and through social media, performing research online, maintaining media grids and mailing list, and conducting media outreach. • Communicating with authors, agents, media contacts, and within the department. • Handling general requests from the media. • Inputting all confirmed events and author appearances, reviews, interviews, and other press coverage into internal google docs and preparing client reports. • Maintaining department budget including assisting with processing invoices, scanning receipts, tracking credit card expenditures, and creating author expense reports • Performing general administrative support, including daily meetings with Partner, keeping track of authors’ schedules, ordering office supplies, etc. Please apply if you meet the following minimum requirements: • Must have a love of books • Excellent writing, verbal, and communication skills are a MUST • Prior office experience a plus • Strong organizational skills • Ability to meet deadlines, multitask, and prioritize in a deadline driven environment • Excellent follow up skills • Understanding of social media as a marketing tool • A great eye for creating bookstagram posts • Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) About Wunderkind PR, Inc. Elena Stokes founded Wunderkind PR in September 2008 after more than a decade in Publicity at Tor and Forge Books, Macmillan. The Wunderkind PR philosophy is that it takes personal attention and creative planning to grow an author effectively. Whether it is building an author as a brand and expanding his or her audience or focusing in on a particular fan group or specific media contacts to disseminate a message, Wunderkind PR creates comprehensive publicity plans from the ground up, and works to place print, blog, and broadcast bookings at the time of on-sale. Check us out: Online www.wunderkind-pr.com On Facebook www.facebook.com/WunderkindPr On Instagram @wunderbookspr Former Wunderkind PR publicity assistants and interns have gone on to work at: · Penguin Random House · Scholastic · Simon & Schuster · Macmillan · Harper Collins · Tor & Forge Books · Houghton Mifflin Some of the bestselling authors and movie/TV tie-in properties we have worked with over the last 10 years at Wunderkind PR: · Ernest Cline, Ready Player One · Jenny Slate · Adi Alsaid · Sandra Boynton · Ursula K. Le Guin · Roald Dahl Story Company · Ken Liu · Kameron Hurley · Andy Weir, The Martian · Patti Callahan Henry · Peter James · Guy Gavriel Kay · Marjorie M. Liu · The Walking Dead · Doctor Who · Charlie and the Chocolate Factory · Star Wars |
| Requirements: | Please apply if you meet the following minimum requirements:
• Must have a love of books • Excellent writing, verbal, and communication skills are a MUST • Prior office experience a plus • Strong organizational skills • Ability to meet deadlines, multitask, and prioritize in a deadline driven environment • Excellent follow up skills • Understanding of social media as a marketing tool • A great eye for creating bookstagram posts • Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) |
| Company: | WUNDERKIND PR NEW YORK |
| Location: | Valley Cottage, NY |
| How To Apply For This Job: | Email cover letter and resume to Elena Stokes at elena@wunderkind-pr.com |
| Date Posted: | 5/23/2019 (Ongoing Job Posting) |
