£43,000 - £55,000 • Hachette UK • London
Dialogue is a division of Hachette, one of the largest publishing groups in the UK, with 12 publishing divisions and over 60 imprints. Everyone here is proud to be in the business of opening doors and minds.
Dialogue's mission is driven by innovation, inclusion and inspiration. Home to voices often excluded from the mainstream, we're dedicated to sparking conversations across a range of genres and narratives. We believe that the power of storytelling can create a more nuanced conversation about past, present and future experiences in our world. Our aim is to share our stories with all.
What you'll be doing
Are you ready to step up into a more senior role? Are you commercially aware, passionate about literary and commercial works, with a talent for building hype around a great book? We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, confident, agile publicist to join Dialogue, a Hachette UK division as Head of Publicity.
At Dialogue we are proud publishers of Irenosen Okojie, Brit Bennett, Liv Little, Charlene White, bell hooks, Lisa Ko, Sir Trevor McDonald, Okechuku Nzelu, Mendez, Rachel Blackmore, Michelle Elman, Jeffrey Boakye, Paula Sutton, Yvonne Battle Felton, Paterson Joseph and many more...
We are seeking an experienced, enthusiastic, and entrepreneurial senior PR professional to join us as Head of Publicity and lead on key campaigns across our literary list Dialogue Books and commercial list Renegade. We’re looking for someone who will embody our values of innovation, inspiration and inclusion whilst getting our books to the widest possible audience and will enjoy creating incredible campaigns that generate media coverage which drives sales.
In this role, you will lead publicity campaigns on some of the list’s key titles and oversee activity across the division as a whole, looking after a range of authors across both fiction and non-fiction. Your role will be to plan and implement innovative and effective campaigns across all media platforms with digital at the heart of everything you do.
You will represent a strong voice in the division and will need to establish yourself as a trusted expert for colleagues and contacts both within and outside the organisation. You will build strong working relationships with authors and agents to provide the highest-level of author care.
This role reports into the Dialogue Managing Director and manages freelance support.
Detailed responsibilities include:
- Working closely and effectively with the Publishers and Marketer to shape strategy for the Dialogue Books and Renegade lists
- Planning and implementing effective and creative promotional campaigns
- Event creation and management e.g., book festivals, bookshops, and media showcases
- Managing individual campaign and event budgets
- Presenting publishing highlights to key media contacts
- Developing new and nurturing existing media contacts to grow publicity coverage
- Contributing to writing pitches to secure new talent
- Reading and providing input on new and potential book acquisitions
- Global campaign management, where relevant, including coordinating international press requests for group companies
- High profile talent management
Who we are looking for
You don’t need to have worked in publishing before to be considered for this role, but a passion to work within the arena of cultural inclusion is essential. Perhaps you’ve worked in entertainment or media PR previously, or in a PR agency – whatever your PR background, we’d like to hear from you if you:
- Have a keen interest in the Fiction and Non-Fiction book market
- Are a creative thinker, using innovative strategy to build campaigns
- Are an excellent team player, who excels in strategic and problem-solving conversations
- Have excellent communication skills, confident pitching and presenting internally and externally
- Ability to be entrepreneurial and pivot whilst working within a fast-paced, start-up environment
- Have proven senior publicity management experience, especially working with high-profile talent and multiple, complex stakeholders
What we offer
Our staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:
- 28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)
- Private medical insurance
- Generous pension schemes
- Rent deposit loans
- 2 community days per year
- Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)
- Retail discounts through Hachette rewards
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye care vouchers
- Wide-ranging training library
- Development programmes (including mentoring)
- Up to 70% off book purchases
- A charity bookshelf
- 12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing and religious networks
- Season ticket loans
- And much more!
The role will be based at our London office, Carmelite House, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.
Our commitment
Hachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.
If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.
The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit www.booktradeentrysupport.org