Publicity Assistant

Nosy Crow; London; Hybrid; GBP 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading children's publishing company as a Publicity Assistant. This full-time, hybrid role involves supporting PR campaigns, organizing events, and providing creative input in a dynamic team dedicated to promoting talented authors and brands. Ideal for someone passionate about children's literature and eager to start a career in publicity.

Benefits

Christmas Closure

Summer Hours

Employee Assistance Programme

Income Protection

Critical Illness Cover

Group Life Assurance

Enhanced Parental Leave

Cycle to Work Scheme

Discounts on Book Purchases

Free Fruit and Snacks

Qualifications

• Interest in children's books and enthusiasm for PR.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organization and time management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Assist in promoting authors and titles through PR campaigns.
• Organize events, festivals, and book signings.
• Create publicity communications and maintain PR systems.

Skills

Communication Skills

Organisational Skills

Enthusiasm for Children's Books

Tools

InDesign

Photoshop

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, organised and creative individual to join our team as a Publicity Assistant on a full-time basis. This role is ideal for someone eager to launch their publicity career in a fast-growing company with many high profile and award-winning authors, illustrators and brands.

Nosy Crow is a multi-award winning, independent children’s publishing company with operations in both the UK and the USA. We make child-focused, parent-friendly children’s books for ages 0-12.

This is a full-time position. This is a hybrid role, working a minimum of three days per week in our office near to London Bridge.

The successful candidate will have the right to live and work in the UK.

Purpose of the Job:

The role of the Publicity Assistant is to assist the Publicity team in promoting Nosy Crow’s authors and illustrators, our high-profile list of titles and award-winning brands. The Publicity Assistant reports to our Publicity Manager, and will be joining a dedicated, bright and vibrant Sales and Marketing Department.

We are a close team and we value the experience and creative input that we can each provide to help shape our products to be the best they canbe.

Key responsibilities:

• To work closely with the Senior Publicity Manager, Publicity Manager, Senior Executive and Executive to help implement and support creative and targeted PR campaigns that deliver coverage and sales for Nosy Crow.
• Work with the Publicity team to organise and coordinate a Nosy Crow presence at festivals and librarian conferences as well as launches, book tours, school visits and bookshop signings. This entails occasional evening/weekend work.
• To create and provide regular publicity communications, including newsletters and internal updates
• To maintain a range of PR systems, from our contacts database to our review tracking to our awards submissions, and to compile and facilitate our proof mailings
• Providing general administration support where required, including drafting PR materials like press releases and pitch presentations and managing award submissions.

Key skills, characteristics and capabilities:

• A keen interest in children’s books and lots of enthusiasm!
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a keen eye for detail and creative flair.
• Eagerness to deliver the best possible author care and confidence in building and maintaining relationships with authors, illustrators and key contacts
• Strong organisation and time management skills, and the ability to constantly prioritise in a busy and sometimes pressurised environment.
• Basic design skills using InDesign and Photoshop desirable but not essential.
• Previous experience working in the children’s book world, organising events or in publicity is beneficial but not essential.
• Christmas closure
• Summer hours
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Income Protection
• Critical Illness cover
• Group Life Assurance
• Enhanced parental leave
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Season ticket loans
• Up to 80% off RRP for Nosy Crow book purchases
• Emergency loans
• Free fruit and snacks in the office
• Moving day leave
• Charitable/socially beneficial leave
• Remote working anywhere in the world for up to 2 weeks per year

The successful candidate will have the right to live and work in the UK.

The starting salary for this role is £27,000.

If you would like to apply for this role, please email your CV, accompanied by not more than 500 words outlining why you think you would be the perfect candidate for this exciting new opportunity to Rhianna ([e-mail]).We really look forward to reading your application.

Please let us know if you are comfortable doing so, whether or not there are any reasonable adjustments that we should consider that would help during the recruitment process.

The closing date for applications is midnight GMT (UK time) on the 25 th June 2025.

Nosy Crow is an Disability Confident, committed equal opportunities employer. We believe that employing a diverse workforce is an important factor in success and make recruiting decisions based on applicants’ experience and skills. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective ofrace, age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity, marriage or civil partnership. Applications are treated with due confidentiality.

Nosy Crow is a member of the Living Wage foundation.