Pr and Admin Assistant, Cornerstone

7 months ago

London, United Kingdom Penguin Books Limited Full time

Do you have top-notch organisation skills and attention to detail? Do you enjoy a busy role with no two days the same?

**About Cornerstone**

Cornerstone is made up of books published by Century, Cornerstone Press, Hutchinson Heinemann, #Merky Books and Del Rey. This means we publish an excellent range of fiction and non-fiction authors including Lisa Jewell, Taylor Jenkins-Reid, Chigozie Obioma, Malorie Blackman, Chris van Tulleken and Keanu Reeves & China Mieville.

**The Opportunity**

We’re looking for a new publicity and administrative Assistant to provide organisational support to a team of 10 busy publicists.

The role involves:

- Booking author travel and accommodation
- Dealing with enquiries from media, influencers, bookshops and members of the public
- Organisation of book mailings
- Research tasks
- Diary management
- Arranging meetings and taking minutes
- Media monitoring and circulation of coverage
- Invoice processing
- Organisation of team folders and systems

As part of working in PR, this role requires regular evening and weekend work assisting at various events.

**What you’ll bring**

**How to apply**
- As part of your cover letter, tell us about how you like to organise yourself and why you would be an asset to our team._

**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.

**Salary**: You'll start on £27,500 plus bonus and benefits.

Competitive benefits package: Our people are the heart of our business, and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition.

Our benefits include:

- Financial - discounted shopping, season ticket loan, rental deposit loan
- Wellbeing - healthcare cash plan, employee assistance, gym loan
- Lifestyle - taste card, tech scheme, free and discounted books

Hybrid working: We’re experimenting with a hybrid way of working that suits the needs of each team. 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, some meetings will need to be attended in person at our offices in Pimlico on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. As said above too, regular out of hours evening and weekend work is a requirement for this role, too.

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**: Penguin Books Limited

**Country**: United Kingdom

**State/Region**: London

**City**:London

**Postal Code**: SW11 7BW

**Job ID**: 268270

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