HarperCollins Children’s Books, one of the leading publishers of children’s and teen books, is currently seeking a Publicity Manager to join its publicity team. This candidate will work on a wide variety of bestselling titles across all imprints. The ideal candidate is creative, enthusiastic, and has a positive, can-do attitude.

This position is based in NYC on a hybrid schedule.

Responsibilities:

• Spearheads publicity campaigns for authors and illustrators of picture books, middle grade and young adult novels, as well as franchise/brand programs.
• Pitches and secures interviews, features, and review coverage with national and local media, including broadcast, print, podcasts, and online blogs and sites.
• Cultivates and maintains relationships with media including TV/radio producers, book reviewers, as well as booksellers/event coordinators.
• Plans and executes author appearances including multi-city book tours, virtual appearances, local appearances, school visits, and special events.
• Arranges all travel for assigned authors and create tour schedules.
• Writes compelling press releases, pitches, and other promotional materials relating to a book’s campaign.
• Briefs authors and editors on how to communicate key messages in media interviews/appearances
• Accompanies authors to NYC based media bookings/events and attend festivals/conventions as needed.
• Builds and maintains strong and collaborative relationships with authors, literary agents, media contacts and internal stakeholders.
• Manages at least one direct report.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 4 years of publicity experience required with an emphasis placed on booking national media in both traditional and digital outlets and author events
• Experience in children’s publishing or media is preferred
• Proven ability to generate creative angles, pitches, and secure off the book page coverage
• Strong presentation skills and the ability to represent campaigns to authors, agents and internally in meetings
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment under deadlines
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organizational, attention to detail, and time-management skills
• A college degree or equivalent experience

HarperCollins Publishers is a company full of people who are passionate about books. When you apply for a position, we want to know why you want to work here, and why you are interested in the job. That’s why cover letters are strongly preferred.

The salary range for this position is $70,000-$75,000. We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

In addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.

Please note that HarperCollins Publishers does not accept resumes from agencies unless our Human Resources department has authorized in writing a specific agency to submit resumes for a specific position. Therefore, if an agency submits a resume without Human Resources’ prior written approval to do so, the individual identified on that resume will not be considered a candidate presented by your company.

HarperCollins Publishers is an equal opportunity employer.