The Publicity Assistant will report to the two Associate Directors of Publicity for Minotaur Books in the St. Martin’s Publishing Group publicity department. In addition to departmental administrative duties, this position will provide support for publicizing a variety of books and authors, with a focus on crime fiction and related non-fiction titles. There are also opportunities for eventually handling independent publicity campaigns within the SMPG group.

What you'll do:

• Providing administrative support for both Associate Directors of Publicity at Minotaur Books
• Coordinating media mailings of galleys and finished books
• Assisting in writing and distributing compelling press materials and creative pitch letters
• Routing publicity materials for approval
• Assisting with author book tours, booking travel and maintaining schedules
• Assisting in outreach to targeted media
• Monitoring book coverage in key media outlets, responding to and fulfilling book requests from media, and tracking bestseller information
• Researching media outlets and event venues and updating publicity and tour information databases
• Organizing and submitting entries for book awards

What you'll bring:

• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks from two managers with competing deadlines
• Ability to work independently and remotely
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong work ethic, curiosity, and a proactive approach to projects
• Creative problem solving
• Proficiency with Google Workplace, Microsoft Word, and Excel, and the ability to learn and
• manage new systems

This role operates under a hybrid model offering the opportunity for partial remote work as well as requiring regular presence at our downtown Manhattan office.
Desirable: Ability to attend author events in NY/NJ/CT area

Ideal Experience/Education:

• Relevant work experience to match the required skills/knowledge above
• Desirable: Internship at a publishing house, literary agency, or public relations organization, or experience in book retail
• Bachelor’s Degree or relevant work experience

This role has a yearly salary of $42k.

Macmillan Publishers is a global trade book publishing company with prominent imprints around the world, publishing a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats. Macmillan Publishers is committed to our authors, our employees, and to the environment.

U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, Picador, St. Martin's Press and Tor Books. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, Macmillan publishes under the Pan Macmillan name. The German company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.

Macmillan Publishers is a part of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned media group of companies headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are actively seeking job applicants who reflect a broad representation of differences, including race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, neurodiversity, age, family status, economic background and status, geographical background and status, and perspective. We believe that the best companies reflect the incredible diversity in viewpoints, backgrounds, and identities of the world in their staffs, and are committed to inclusive hiring across departments and levels. The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC.