Press Officer, Children's in London

Want to join an award-winning PR team who works with leading children’s brands and the world’s best authors and illustrators? Are you great with people, highly organised and full of initiative? Our award-winning Children’s PR team is seeking an enthusiastic and extremely well-organised Press Officer to work across its outstanding portfolio of books and brands.

In this exciting role, you’ll build on your PR experience by leading and delivering your own publicity campaigns. Working closely with a range of departments, you will plan and execute impactful PR strategies, drive demand, and create standout events. We pride ourselves on innovation and put our readers at the heart of everything we do.

To be considered for this role you will have proven PR experience and will be used to running and managing your own publicity campaigns. You don’t need to have prior children’s book experience, but we are looking for relevant experience and knowledge of reaching children’s consumers and the children’s media landscape.

About the team: Our marketing and PR teams are organised into four audience-focussed hubs (across three core audience age-ranges, Pre-School, Primary and YA), publishing everything from picture books to young fiction and graphic novels, non-fiction and books for young adults. We are the UK’s No.1 children’s publisher, home to Puffin and Ladybird, and some of the most recognised entertainment brands, authors and illustrators.

The role: As Press Officer, you’ll be responsible for planning and implementing PR campaigns with direction from more senior members of staff and the role will cover the following areas:

• Developing publicity plans (this may be with the support of more senior colleagues) and implementing campaigns
• Promoting books and authors through social media and digital channels, print and broadcast to secure coverage and generate sales
• Manage all aspects of author events including event creation, schedule management and social media content across our channels.
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with key influencers in the industry
• Responding to and fulfilling routine requests from trade and consumer media for information, author features, review copies etc.
• Building relationships with authors and providing the highest level of author care at all times
• Creating and writing press materials, contribution to written acquisition pitches
• Keeping up to date with the UK media spectrum to be aware of coverage of PRH Children’s titles and of publishing news
• Liaising regularly with other internal departments, such as marketing, sales, editorial, in order to plan, implement and review campaigns
• Undertaking general administrative tasks as required to facilitate the smooth running of the department.

What you’ll bring:

• Love reading and have a keen interest in the UK children’s book market
• Have publicity campaign experience and the ability to secure strategic media, digital and event opportunities
• Have an avid interest in and knowledge of the UK media landscape
• Are interested in digital platforms and follow social influencers
• Are a creative individual who isn’t afraid to think outside of the box
• Have strong personal organisation and time management skills
• Are a team player but can work autonomously using initiative

Disability Confident: As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Compensation: Circa £31,000 per year, dependent on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.

Work location and hours: While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important. As part of the Children’s team, the expectation is that colleagues work in the office three days per week.