Company: HarperCollins Canada 
Date: October 31, 2024
Job Title: Publicity Assistant

Status: Regular Full Time 
Department: Marketing & Publicity
Reporting To: Senior Manager, Publicity  
Location: Toronto, 22 Adelaide Street West

Position Summary:

As a member of the publicity team, the publicity assistant is responsible for daily administrative tasks, departmental invoicing, management of the intern program, and executing publicity campaigns for select authors, among other duties.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Publicity

• Execute publicity campaigns
• Field media requests
• Create press materials
• Support publicists with events and media days
• Develop and maintain relationships with media, booksellers, event organizers, agents
  
  

Administrative

• Prepare key title catalogs for pitch meetings
• Manage general publicity inbox
• Manage all department inventory and supply ordering
• Manage monthly events newsletter
• Process all departmental invoices

Internships

• Interview and hire candidates
• Manage intern tasks and workload prioritization

• Internship in publicity or publishing
• Post-secondary education in a related field and/ or relevant experience
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Strong time management, organizational, and administrative skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Positive attitude
• Ability to work well within a close-knit, team environment
• Driver’s license an asset
• Book publishing courses or certificate an asset

About HarperCollins Canada and Harlequin

Harlequin is a leading publisher of commercial fiction and narrative nonfiction. We publish more than 100 titles a month that reach audiences globally. Encompassing highly recognizable imprints that span a broad number of genres, we are home to many award-winning New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling authors. Harlequin is a division of HarperCollins Publishers, the second-largest consumer book publisher in the world. Through HarperCollins’s global publishing program, Harlequin titles are published in 17 countries and 16 languages.

Known worldwide for the quality of its list, HarperCollins Canada is the proud home of many bestselling and award-winning authors, including Esi Edugyan, Heather O’Neill, and Lawrence Hill. It is our vision to publish the best books of our generation and to work with authors over the length and breadth of their careers. Our authors are at the centre of everything we do. In addition to the Canadian publishing program, HarperCollins Canada is responsible for the sales, marketing, and publicity of HarperCollins titles from around the globe.

HarperCollins Canada and Harlequin are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to equal employment opportunities. Employment decisions are based on job requirements and the skills, knowledge, and experience of the candidate, regardless of any other factors unrelated to job performance.

We are also committed to ensuring that the accessibility needs of candidates and employees are considered and accommodated during the recruitment process.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.