PR Executive, HCCB

London, UK (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableMid LevelFull time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the publicity support for children’s titles, coordinating media outreach, events, and author PR under the Head of Publicity to drive coverage and relationships.

  • Campaign execution and event logistics under oversight of the Head of Publicity
  • Media outreach, proactive pitching, and journalist relationship-building
  • Administrative support and relationship management across authors, editors, and agents

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Supporting the Head of Publicity in the implementation of successful and innovative PR campaigns for specific authors/brands
  • Opportunity to lead on campaigns under the mentorship of Head of Publicity
  • Support author events and tour activity, writing author schedules, coordinating logistics, sending marketing materials and book stock and accompanying authors to events (some weekend and evening work required)
  • To work closely with editorial team, agents, and authors to ensure strong relationships are maintained
  • Respond to media enquiries as well as proactively pitch feature ideas and other PR opportunities to journalists
  • Attend regular meetings with journalists and festival directors, growing your network of contacts
  • Assist with HCCB’s presence at book conferences, librarian conferences and other industry occasions and represent HCCB when required at these events.
  • Assist in drafting and distributing press releases and media mailings
  • Arrange for authors to speak to the media
  • Managing personal administration and organisation to a high standard

Requirements

  • Passion for children's books and brands
  • Previous press office and/or publishing experience
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Strong relationship building skills
  • Collaborative team player
  • Highly creative
  • Digital native
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HarperCollins Publishers UK

A history stretching back over 200 years, HarperCollins is the second largest consumer book publisher in the world. Here at HarperCollins UK, we publish around 1,500 books a year for readers of all ages and interests.Our bestsellers include Bernard Cornwell, Adele Parks, Jonathan Franzen, David Walliams, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Memoirs of British prime ministers. Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilogy. George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. And legendary titles by legacy authors J.R.R. Tolkien, Agatha Christie and C.S. Lewis.We’re home to the most iconic bears, Paddington, Rupert and Winnie-the-Pooh, and Judith Kerr, Rob Biddulph and Michael Morpurgo, Mr Men & Little Miss, Thomas & Friends and Minecraft for our younger readers.As the only UK publisher to release audio versions of all our new fiction, narrative non-fiction and children’s books at the same time as their print publication, we publish 700 audio books every year. In a unique partnership with the Royal National Institute for the Blind, our complete catalogue is free for their members.Collins Learning, our education division is a pioneer in reference publishing. We develop market-leading dictionaries, atlases and bibles. And our state-of-the-art online learning platforms supplement our award-winning books for primary and secondary school students.Brothers James and John Harper founded J. and J. Harper in 1817. By 1825, their small printing shop had become the biggest publisher in New York City. As Harper & Row in 1987, it was acquired by News Corporation. In 1990, we became HarperCollins after acquiring William Collins & Sons, founded in Glasgow in 1819.We have offices in London, Honley, Manchester, Glasgow and Dublin. In London, we’re in The News Building with News UK companies. Keeping our historic connection to Glasgow, we’re also based in the Robroyston district where each week, our distribution centre sends 3 million books around the world.

London, England, GBR
325 employees (184 in marketing)

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361.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
49.8%
Direct
38.5%
Referral
7.9%
Social
2.7%
Paid
0.9%

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Current headcount: ~325

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172 (53% of company)
Median Career Experience
14 years
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