Publicity Assistant

Chronicle Books • San Francisco, CA

17h • $25 - $28 • Hybrid

About The Position

Chronicle Books is looking for a Publicity Assistant to join our team! This is an integral role supporting our publicity efforts across our entire publishing program, including Adult, Children’s, Gift, and Games. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about public relations, media, and the publishing industry. Reporting to the Associate Director of Publicity, this role will run point on our gift guide pitching as well as supporting other departmental projects and providing title support as needed.

Requirements

• A successful candidate will be an enthusiastic self-starter with strong organizational and communications skills.
• They will need excellent copywriting abilities, an interest in books, pop-culture, media, and consumer trends, familiarity with Microsoft 365 services (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) and be able to prioritize and manage multiple tasks.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Adobe Pro, Photoshop, Muck Rack/Cision and/or Salesforce, as well as professional office experience in publishing or media is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist with administrative tasks (mailings, media research, pulling images)
• Check the general publicity inbox, respond to inquiries, run seasonal catalog and gift guide media campaigns, and respond to all media calls for information.
• Create agendas for meetings, discover new media outlets, build and maintain lists in Muck Rack, convert interior images for media requests, assist with press materials, set up media monitoring alerts and create seasonal author event grids.
• Mailing books and materials, assisting with book tours, working openly and supportively with colleagues in Editorial, Marketing, and Sales, and attending and participating in departmental meetings and other planning sessions as needed

Benefits

• Chronicle Books offers a full suite of benefits, including, but not limited to, medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401k, a profit share plan, three weeks of paid vacation to start, two weeks of sick time per year, and company holidays, including a paid winter break between Christmas Day and New Year's Day, paid family, maternity, and paternity leave, commuter benefits, long-term disability insurance, annual tuition assistance, annual wellness stipend, and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed