CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Are you passionate about popular culture and consider yourself a foodie? Do you plan your life around the new film from your favorite studio or full season drop on your favorite streamer or a long-anticipated video game release? Do you obsess over the latest cooking trends on social media? Are you a pop-culture junkie who loves talking about movies, television, and gaming, to anyone who will listen?

What We Are Looking For 

Insight Editions is looking for an Associate Publicist to join our growing marketing and publicity department. The ideal candidate will have 2+ years of publicity experience working on entertainment and cookbooks campaigns. You have developed and launched publicity campaigns, including crafting press materials, worked with national and local media outlets and communicated with authors/talent in planning author events. You will have experience collaborating directly with journalists, websites, bloggers/influencers, and other members of the media and you are an effective communicator that can comfortably strategize with key in-house stakeholders. We are looking for an enthusiastic and talented publicist that is focused on increasing visibility of our titles across all channels. 

In this role, you will have responsibility for implementing front list and key title publicity campaigns for our list. You will collaborate with our editorial teams and internal and external sales representatives and licensors to ensure maximum exposure and sales across multiple platforms. A key deliverable of this role to create impactful and timely publicity campaigns that grow sales and support our licensing partners media plans and strategies. To excel in this position, it is essential to be highly creative and motivated to grow your base of industry contacts while being a supportive and collaborative member of the marketing team. Additionally, we are always looking for team members that have a passion for pop culture and experience working with licensed content.  

Qualifications:

• 2+ years of trade book or entertainment publicity experience.
• Effective presentation skills and communication in both internal and external situations.
• Advanced or Expert proficiency with Adobe Acrobat Professional, MS Office Suite, Muck Rack, and FileMaker preferred. 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Proven ability to execute comprehensive and high-impact publicity campaigns, including booking national and local media.
• Experience tracking paid media and social media strategies and communicating key findings to internal and external stakeholders.
  
• Exceptional organization and communication skills.
  
• Ability to write impactful press materials including one sheets, pitch letters, interview questions and create full press kits for campaigns.
  
• Willingness to assist lead publicists as needed across multiple divisions on all aspects of media campaigns.
  
• A history of building and maintaining strong relationships with members of the press including broadcast, radio/podcasts, print/digital, trades, etc. with a particular emphasis on outlets that cover entertainment.
  
• A history of organizing effective media lists, press pitches, and coordinate interviews for publicity campaigns and book/media tours. Comfortable pitching ideas and suggestions and strategies during internal strategy calls and other regular internal touchpoints.
• Research media outlets as needed for assigned projects and titles.
• Collaborate and communicate regularly with key in-house departments, including Sales, and Editorial to ensure awareness of current and future publicity campaigns. 

About Insight Editions

Celebrated for its deep dedication to quality, Insight Editions is a bestselling publisher of books and collectibles that push the boundaries of creativity, design, and production. Through its licensed publishing program, Insight Editions produces unique books and products that provide meaningful ways to engage with characters and stories. Our publishing partners include Harry Potter, Marvel, DC, Star Wars, Disney, Mortal Kombat, Minecraft, Call of Duty, and more.

Base salary: $50,000 per year. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location. Please submit a cover letter and resume for consideration.

Insight Editions offers a 401k savings program, employer-paid health insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, paid sick leave, and paid vacation time.

Insight Editions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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