Executive Director, Publicity

Job description

Henry Holt is seeking an experienced, creative, and enthusiastic Executive Director of Publicity with a track record of highly successful campaigns across a wide range of genres to lead our seven-person publicity department. From breaking out literary/commercial crossover and book club fiction to elevating narrative, journalistic, and prescriptive nonfiction into the national conversation, our ideal candidate has extensive experience strategizing on and executing high-profile PR campaigns from start to finish, with the ability to pivot and be nimble in order to take advantage of opportunities created by the news cycle. They bring a well-established network of national broadcast, print, podcast and online media contacts, and excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. This position will manage the department budget and assignments, coordinate seasonal media meetings, pitch national book clubs, and work closely with marketing, editorial, leadership, and internal Macmillan communications and events teams. They will develop top-level seasonal publicity plans, advise on positioning, collaborate with team members on campaign strategy, engage the team in creative brainstorming on...