Publicity Manager, Harper; Maternity Cover

Publicity Manager, Harper
360 (12-Month Maternity Cover) - News Corp

Publicity Manager, Harper
360 (12-Month Maternity Cover) Harper Collins Publishers

Employment Type

Contract 12 month FTC – Starting End of March/ Beginning of April

Location Hybrid
· London, UK 3+ days office based

Seniority Mid-level, Senior

+ Closing:11:55pm, 27th Jan 2026 GMT

Perks and benefits

Work from home option

Wellness programs

Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Mentoring/coaching

Cycle to work scheme

Candidate happiness

8.67 (33306)

Launched in 2013, Harper
360 is Harper Collins’ successful international publishing programme. Harper
360 UK provides a strong and harmonious global distribution across all genres and formats from Harper Collins global companies in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India. Harper
360 authors include

TikToksensation Tessa Bailey, rapper and businessman Curtis Jackson (50 Cent), Australia’s most loved home cook Donna Hay, self-help guru Mark Manson, US entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk and YA author Maureen Johnson.

As Publicity Manager you will join our small, friendly, supportive and inclusive team to create standout campaigns for a mix of international Non Fiction, Fiction, Children’s and YA authors.

• Develop innovative and creative sales driving publicity campaigns in line with key objectives across titles and brand authors
• Target and secure review and feature coverage across relevant media, including newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, podcasts, online and social media
• Plan and execute online and in-person author events to raise author profile and generate sales
• Work closely with our international and UK Sales teams to ensure publicity opportunities are fully maximised and communicated across the wider business
• Deliver high levels of author care, where relevant, present and communicate publicity campaigns and strategy to external stakeholders including authors, agents and managers
• Stay in tune with trends and news within fiction and non-fiction publishing, to maintain an awareness of the market
• Maintain, develop and grow relationships with key journalists, producers and new media contacts across all channels
• Generate trade press releases and announce new title acquisitions where relevant
• Be an active voice in divisional meetings
• Manage key publicity tracking documents
• Manage freelance publicists and organise payment, including raising POs and processing invoices
• Oversee co-ordination and execution of the seasonal PR catalogues

• Relevant campaign experience in an arts-based environment; evidence of planning and executing creative and innovative publicity campaigns
• Proven track record in generating stand-out, industry leading publicity coverage across a variety of authors and campaigns
• Proven network of press contacts and strong knowledge of media across broadcast, print and online
• Experience with planning effective in-person tours and online events
• Experience of using social media to drive awareness around authors and books

• Excellent communication and people skills at all levels and ability to build and maintain first-rate relationships with external and internal contacts, including authors and agents
• A team player who will thrive as part of a collaborative and dynamic team with the ability to be creative and innovative in a busy working environment
• Professionally resilient and determined with a solutions mindset
• A motivated and proactive self-starter with a ‘can-do’ attitude and the ability to remain calm under pressure
• A genuine passion for commercial fiction and non-fiction with an enthusiasm to find new and innovative ways to promote our books
• Results-driven, with an ability to analyse effectiveness of campaigns against budget and sales
• Strong attention to detail, with an understanding of the elements need to make a title commercially successful
• Ability to work evenings and weekends as required

Hybrid working model (3 days in the office)

28 days holiday plus bank holidays (option to buy and sell holiday days)

Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave

Private healthcare cover and life…