Publicist

NBCUniversal•Universal City, CA

12d•$65,000 - $80,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Publicist will generate maximum exposure for Universal Studio Group original projects with a focus on series showrunners, BTL, awards editorial, and talent relations. The series include scripted and unscripted television, co-productions, and podcasts. The position reports into a senior member of the Communications team for Universal Studio Group.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree
3+ years of entertainment publicity experience, preferably at a studio
Knowledge of pitching, booking, and covering national and local media interviews
Have established relationships with the Television Press, Trade, Awards and Guild Press
Exhibit strong interpersonal and presentation skills
Willingness to learn
Self-motivated and a self-starter
Ability to work both independently and with a team
Ability to juggle and meet numerous deadlines and identify press opportunities
Proactive master multi-tasker and creative/strategic thinker
Open to feedback
Exhibit strong external and internal communication skills
Experience working on scripted and/or unscripted series
Superior organization and creative skills
Strong written and verbal communications skills

Responsibilities

Under the leadership of supervisor, work with network and distribution partners to create and implement unique and strategic PR campaigns for assigned series
Support studio PR leads on priority projects which includes, but is not limited to: Identify press opportunities for below-the-line creatives, showrunners, and executive producers
Service daily media requests
Coordinate appearances for electronic interviews, photo and video shoots, as well as industry and press events
Contribute to award strategy campaigns for assigned series
Position series for awards consideration with key press and industry influencers
Provide talent and executive producers with media training as needed
Serve as a talent relations liaison for the studio, which includes talent logistics for awards, booking hair, make and cars, start of production gifts, booking studio panels, assembling itineraries, etc.
Maintain budget trackers for assigned projects
Work with talent representatives to organize logistics for festivals, awards shows, etc.
Monitor competitive environment via daily review of competitive/industry news and podcasts
Monitor and pull press coverage of assigned show titles
Identify and share press clippings about industry business news
Work with network and distribution partners to help plan press events (junkets, red carpets, press screenings, panels, speaking opportunities, etc.)
Collaborate with the marketing team on awards campaigns, including gathering assets for microsite, various ads, panels, etc.
Collaborate with Corp Comms on executive opportunities and studio announcements and initiatives
Develop and maintain relations with key press (long lead magazines, weeklies, trade publications, major dailies, blogs, and other digital outlets)
Support supervisor in crafting strategies around projects, including series, library titles, and overall deals
Create and update team documents
Copy editing written materials
Be willing to step in and help colleagues and the team whenever needed