Press Officer, Audio (12-month FTC)

We have an exciting opportunity to join our innovative and ground-breaking Audio Marketing & Publicity team on a 12-month maternity cover contract as Press Officer. Please note that this role is referred to as a Campaigns Executive internally. 

About the Audio team

At Penguin Random House Audio, the UK’s leading audiobook publisher, we are dedicated to making the very best audiobooks. Working with exceptional acting talent, producers and studios, we publish award-winning and bestselling audiobooks such as Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club series, Bernardine Evaristo’s Booker-winning Girl, Woman, Other, Prince Harry’s Spare and Dr Julie Smith’s Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

The role

We’re looking for a Press Officer who is eager to join an award-winning team in the fastest-growing segment of publishing. You’ll have experience developing inspiring and highly effective publicity campaigns that deliver results. With a love of all things audio, you’ll be brimming with ideas to reach new and existing listeners.

Key responsibilities:

• Planning, implementing, and analysing standout audio campaigns to reach selected audiences and drive sales.
• Working collaboratively with the PRH Audio M&P and Editorial teams to identify authors and narrators who could excite media.
• Drafting press materials; creating targeted mailings lists; placing features, interviews and reviews across broadcast, print and online media in collaboration with our PR agency.
• Leading the Audio marketing and publicity relationship with selected publishing houses at Penguin Random House, integrating audio into multi-format campaigns for our biggest books.
• Identifying opportunities to promote audiobooks in collaboration with influencers.
• Developing content ideas for authors and narrators in the recording studio.
• Briefing media agencies, booking small budget marketing campaigns, monitoring results, and reporting post-campaign.

What you’ll bring

You do not need experience in marketing to be considered for this role. It goes without saying you’ll have a passion for audio, but you certainly don’t need to have worked in audiobooks or publishing before. Whoever you are, we want someone ready for an exciting new challenge.

Essential criteria:

• Experience working with authors or talent and their agents
• Experience pitching to press – whether broadsheet, broadcast or online media
• Knowledge of the media landscape
• Confidence in your approach and ability to represent the Audio team in inter-departmental meetings
• Engaged with social media, TikTok, Instagram etc. with awareness of key influencers and current trends
• Experience of running your own campaigns, bringing bags of enthusiasm and ideas to each one
• Excellent organisational, attention to detail and prioritisation skills, juggling multiple projects and campaigns at once
• Excellent written communication

Application instructions

Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for the role by 11:59pm on Sunday 21st April. As part of your cover letter, please tell us about a recent audiobook you loved, and why (in no more than 200 words).

Please ensure you include a cover letter, as it is a crucial part of our assessment process. The cover letter offers an opportunity to show how your experience and interests align with the role requirements. Typically, we expect the cover letter to be no more than one or two pages in length.

Please note we are looking for someone to join the team as soon as possible, but we are also happy to accommodate a reasonable notice period for the right candidate.

We expect to hold first round interviews for this role during the week commencing 28th April. We will keep candidates updated through the process.

Salary

Up to £31,000 dependent on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.

What you can expect from us

Our people are the heart of our business, and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition.

Our benefits include:

• Financial – discounted shopping, season ticket loan, rental deposit loan
• Wellbeing – healthcare cash plan, employee assistance, gym loan
• Lifestyle – taste card, tech scheme, free and discounted books

For our full benefits list please visit: https://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/what-we-offer/

Hybrid working

While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important. For this role, we expect a minimum of two days in our Embassy Gardens office.

About Penguin

We’re the UK’s largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing over 1,500 books each year. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent. In a constantly evolving industry, we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher. Here, you’ll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success. Together, we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone.

The recruitment process

You can read about our recruitment process at https://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/how-we-hire/

As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role, and opt-in on their application form. The essential criteria for this role are listed as part of the ‘What you’ll bring’ section. There may be times when the volume of applications means we cannot take all eligible candidates to interview.

We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing PRHCareersUK@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk. Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your request.

Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.

Company: The Random House Group Limited 

Country: United Kingdom 

State/Region: London 

City: London 

Postal Code: SW11 7BW 

Job ID: 278982