The PublicAffairs and Bold Type Books imprints of Hachette Book Group are seeking a Marketing and Publicity Assistant to join our team and assist on a variety of nonfiction titles. Building buzz is of paramount importance to our business model, so we’re looking for a dynamic, creative, enthusiastic individual to help keep our groundbreaking books and authors in the public conversation.

As part of the marketing team, you’ll assist in creating marketing strategies for our books, help maintain our website and social media presence, and assist on email marketing and advertising plans. On the publicity side, you’ll see nonfiction publicity campaigns from manuscript through publication, including helping to create press materials, organize tours and events, scheduling interviews, and arranging travel.

You will have the opportunity to work closely with seasoned professionals and gain hands-on professional experience as you own day-to-day tasks, help with special projects, and attend interdepartmental meetings.

Our ideal candidate:

• Has a strong interest in reading and promoting nonfiction books
• Has excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Possesses a great attitude and a desire to learn as well as excellent organizational skills
• Has an ability to work independently as well as collaboratively
• Has a strong focus on details and deadlines
• Proficient in MS Word and Excel
• Has some social media and/or design experience

• Demonstrated understanding of and an appreciation for the ideas of diversity, equity, and inclusion

What you will work on:

• Assist in marketing research for our forthcoming books
• Help to maintain and update our website
• Help manage social media channels
• Assist in developing content for direct-to-consumer marketing initiatives
• Help keep track of deadlines and other general administrative duties

• Create press releases, pitch letters, promotional materials and media lists
• Organize and coordinate author schedules
• Circulating agendas and hosting web conference calls for several weekly meetings

How to apply:

In order to be considered, all candidates must submit both a resume and cover letter.

About us: PublicAffairs and Bold Type Books authors have been at the heart of the national and global conversation, and our books have served to inform, advocate, educate, debunk, and speak truth to power. Our books include deeply researched nonfiction, urgent and ambitious journalism, revelatory cultural analysis and social history. For more than 25 years we have been fortunate to welcome onto our lists four Nobel Prize winners, and three Presidential Medal of Freedom winners, as well as winners of the National Book Award, the J. Anthony Lukas Prize and Lambda Literary Awards. We publish many national bestsellers, pioneering investigative reporters, business innovators, cutting-edge economists, skeptics, enthusiasts, and brilliantly compelling writers across many disciplines and sometimes entirely outside them.

As a leading book publisher, we believe that including and representing diverse voices in all aspects of our business is fundamental to what we do. Our publishing programs must reflect the broad range of backgrounds, experiences, political views and ideas that shape our society and publish books for all readers.

Hachette Book Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

The compensation range for this position is $45,000. Salary can vary based on a number of factors including skills, experience, and location — talk with your recruiter to learn more. There may be times that you will be required (or requested) to work overtime due to the nature of your role or exceptional workload issues or special projects.

The following benefits are offered by the company: medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life, short-term and long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment, critical illness, hospital indemnity, long-term care, health and dependent care FSA, commuter benefit plan, employee assistance program, tuition reimbursement, travel assistance, 401(k), discretionary bonus program, PTO (15 vacation days, 2 personal days, 10 holidays and generous sick leave) and group discounts on auto and home insurance and legal services. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification, hours worked and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms.