St. Martin’s Publishing Group is seeking a Publicist to work on PR campaigns and strategic planning for our titles, specifically with a role on Wednesday Books, our YA imprint. Our Publicist will create and execute publicity campaigns for a variety of high profile and debut YA authors, working closely with publishing and marketing colleagues on the Wednesday team. In addition, there are opportunities to work on PR campaigns for general adult fiction and nonfiction books across the St. Martin’s Press Group. Our ideal candidate will have experience planning and executing PR campaigns and tours for YA authors, a proven track-record of booking national media and will thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. This role operates under a hybrid model offering the opportunity for partial remote work as well as requiring an occasional presence at our downtown Manhattan office.

What you will do:

• Creating original and compelling publicity campaigns for multiple titles per season
• Planning and executing multi-city book tours and author appearances, including coordinating in-person book signings, virtual events, arranging travel and creating comprehensive tour schedules
• Pitching and securing top national and local media, including print, radio, television, and digital outlets
• Writing press materials, including compelling press releases and creative pitch letters
• Working closely with publicity team as well as maintaining attentive communication with authors, agents, publishers, editors, sales and marketing colleagues
• Presenting at large and small meetings both in-person and virtually
• Researching new media outlets, cultivating and maintaining media contacts

What you will bring:

• Demonstrated booking and author tour management skills.
• Established network of broadcast, print, and digital contacts.
• Exceptional organizational skills and interpersonal skills
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks with competing deadlines and work independently on multiple projects
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks with competing deadlines
• Superior verbal and written communication skills
• Strong work ethic and critical thinking skills
• Motivated, curious, and detail-oriented

Experience/Education

• At least 3-4 years of publicity experience with a well-rounded knowledge of trade book publishing
• College degree or equivalent relevant experience

This position will have an annual salary of $58,000-$62,500

Macmillan Publishers is the U.S. trade division of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned media company headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Its publishing companies include prominent imprints around the world that publish a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.

U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. 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 & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.

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.