Publicity Assistant, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group (Hybrid)

Job description

The Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group is currently seeking a Publicity Assistant to provide day-to-day administrative and publicity support to two senior members of the Doubleday/Pantheon Publicity Department. The Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a storied leader in commercial and literary publishing and home to some of the most iconic authors in the world, including Nobel Laureates Toni Morrison, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Alice Munro; Prize-winners Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche, Margaret Atwood, Robert Caro, Joan Didion, Percival Everett, Yaa Gyasi, Jhumpa Lahiri, Cormac McCarthy, Michael Ondaatje, Tommy Orange, Patti Smith, Anne Tyler, and Colson Whitehead; and global bestsellers Dan Brown, John Grisham, E L James, Erin Morgenstern, and Jo Nesbo. Specific responsibilities include: - Learning to book media (print, radio, TV, online interviews) for book launches and author tours. - Pulling media lists and mailing books to print, radio, TV, and online contacts. - Arranging author events at bookstores and other event venues. - Learning to write press materials, including press releases and pitch letters. - Reading manuscripts ahead of publication and contributing to publicity plans. - Researchin...