Head of Publicity
This Head of Publicity vacancy is an ideal opportunity for an experienced Senior Publicity Manager looking to take a step up and gain experience working on a prestigious list of cookery books. The successful candidate will head up a small team and be responsible for managing publicity campaigns for established celebrity chefs and exciting new authors for this prestigious list. This is a 12 month maternity cover contract based in central London.
Key duties:
- Create and manage major publicity campaigns for a wide range of cookery titles
- Oversee the Marketing Manager working on marketing campaigns for cookery imprints
- Develop strong relationships with media contacts to ensure promotion of authors and the brand across print, broadcast and online
- Establish effective relationships and communication with editors across the cookery list
- Manage campaign budgets and oversee budgets for marketing of list
- Work closely and in partnership with external PR agencies as required
Closing Date: Midday on Monday 19th June
Experience / skills required:
- Experience of building and leading effective publicity campaigns in trade non-fiction publishing
- A track record of managing successful publicity campaigns for high profile and debut authors
- Experience of working with celebrity authors or with PR agencies is desirable
- A creative approach and drive to create striking and original campaigns
- Excellent interpersonal, presentation and organisational skills
- A passion for cookery and food
- Established relationships with the food media would be advantageous, but is not essential
For further information, please apply online or email a CV and salary expectations to helenspeedy@atwoodtate.co.uk
Contact: Helen Speedy
Tel: 020 7034 7904
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