Publicity Director Senior Level // Publicity Director What does a Publicity Director do? A publicity director is responsible for working with authors, journalists, retail partners and other audiences to reach a set of people to influence them to buy a book. The publicity department will create a set of messages, decide which audience they want…
Publicity Manager Senior Level // Publicity Department What does a Publicity Manager do? A Publicity Manager is an important part of the core team behind the publication and launch of a book. They are responsible for making sure that potential readers know about the book and are persuaded to buy it (and tell others to…
Publicity Assistant Entry Level // Publicity Department What does a Publicity Assistant do? A Publicity Assistant’s job can be very varied – you can be doing completely different things from one day to the next – which makes it a fun and fast-paced role. Ultimately, a Publicity Assistant’s role is to support the wider Publicity…
Publicist Various Levels // Publicity Department What does a Publicist do? A publicists job in its simplest form is to get publicity coverage for the books and clients they work with. This coverage can be in the form of broadcast (TV, radio, regional radio), print (national newspapers, regional newspapers, magazines) or online (websites, blogs, social…
Rights Director Senior Level // Rights Department What does a Rights Director do? A Rights Director is responsible for selling books to lots of different publishers around the world to publish them into different languages, including American English for sale in different countries. They spend much of their time selling and making deals with publishers…
Rights Executive Entry Level // Rights Department What does a Rights Executive do? A Rights Executive is responsible for selling co-editions and rights in specified territories. What is a Rights Executive good at? Passionate; about promoting and selling, persuading publishers is a significant part of the role Enthusiastic; motivated self-starter who can establish strong working relationships Organised; able…