Publicity Assistant (Transworld)

Publicity Assistant (Transworld)

The role

Transworld is looking for a dynamic, proactive and organised new Publicity Assistant to join its industry award-winning team. 

Key responsibilities:

• Providing a high level of support to three senior publicists with their publicity campaigns e.g. organising travel arrangements, creating press releases, coordinating mailings, admin across supply of images and information to journalists and media 

• General administration e.g. booking meetings, attending meetings and taking minutes, diary management 

• Maintaining databases, updating systems and budget sheets, and raising and coding purchase orders and invoices

• ​Posting, when required, to our social media channels

• Acting as a point of contact for the department, fielding phone calls from journalists, monitoring of the generic Publicity Department email inbox daily, and answering queries from the public.

What you’ll bring

Essential criteria:

• Good attention to detail

• The ability to multitask and identify how to manage competing priorities

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively to a wide range of people

• Experience of using a variety of social media

• Good organisation skills

• Experience/ Knowledge of MS Office Excel/Word/ Outlook

Disability Confident

If you have opted into our disability confident scheme, the above is the essential criteria you must meet to be considered for our interview scheme. Please note, there may be occasions where the volume of applicants means we can’t take all eligible candidates to interview.

Application instructions

Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for the role by 11:59pm on 13th May 2025.

• 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 anticipate a two-stage interview process which will include a virtual first-stage interview and in-person second stage interview. We are happy to discuss this further with you throughout the recruitment process.

Salary

£27,500 plus 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.

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 the successful candidate to work from our London-based office a minimum of three days per week (two being Tuesdays and Wednesdays) and offer a maximum of two days per week working remotely.

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

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: 279786