Publicist (London)
Salary: £35,000 per annum, depending on experience, plus contributions to a pension scheme. This salary includes a London weighting.
Full time
Location: Candidates must be based in London. Work from home, plus meetings, events and travel.
Closing date: end of Sunday 6 September 2026
And Other Stories seeks a creative, highly organised publicist to join our small and passionate team. Our ideal candidate is a champion of extraordinary, highly original books across literary fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry. We are looking for a dynamic publicist to work across all our books, delivering innovative publicity campaigns that maximise the long-term reputations, profiles and sales of our authors. You’ll have a curiosity about the evolving media landscape and a keenness to work collaboratively in the team and deliver exceptional author care.
Working from home with regular travel for meetings and events, you will plan and execute press and publicity campaigns in the UK and Ireland for 15–20 titles per year, delivering exceptional author care and expanding the reach of our list.
A note on travel: Regular travel with authors and to other events (e.g. sales conferences) will be necessary. And Other Stories events may take place in the evenings or on weekends. All travel outside London is fully paid by the company. If you are interested in the position but are concerned about the impact of travel or evening events on your caring responsibilities, disability, long-term health condition, religious practices, commitment to sobriety, or any other personal factor, we strongly encourage you to apply anyway and discuss options with us. We actively tailor roles to ensure work is sustainable for everyone. If you are considering applying but have specific accessibility questions, we encourage you to be in touch.
Benefits & Perks
- In addition to regular annual leave allowance (38 days for full time roles, including bank holidays), employees also receive one extra (pro rata-ed) day’s annual leave after three years of service, and another after five years.
- To encourage climate-friendly lifestyle choices, any employee who has not travelled by air for personal holidays in one calendar year is entitled to three extra ‘slow travel’ days the following year.
- We are trialling a sabbatical scheme for employees.
Key Skills & Experience
We welcome applications from candidates who bring:
- Experience executing publicity or communications campaigns within publishing, the arts, media, or related creative sectors
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to pitch books with nuance and flair
- Familiarity with digital/social platforms as PR tool
- Drive to find innovative publicity avenues beyond standard avenues
- Proven organizational skills and the self-motivation needed to manage deadlines and working independently from home
- A commitment to anti-racism, inclusivity, and environmental sustainability in publishing
If you possess many of these skills and experiences but feel you don’t yet have all of them, please apply anyway!
Main Responsibilities in Brief
- Strategy & Campaigns: Plan and execute integrated publicity campaigns for 15–20 titles annually across national/regional print, broadcast, and online media.
- Tour Management: Plan and coordinate author tours (in-person, virtual, and hybrid), applying for cultural funding support for tours where applicable.
- Media & Author Care: Build trusting relationships with authors, journalists, booksellers, and festival programmers.
- Prize Administration & Events Data Reporting: Manage UK/European literary prize submissions and collate audience data from events for reporting to Arts Council England.
- Press & Partnerships: Draft press materials, manage media contact databases, and cultivate network partnerships to grow the press’s reach.
Candidates invited to interview will also be sent a more detailed list of responsibilities. As above, if you were responsible for some of these tasks in your previous role, but have yet to take point on others, we strongly encourage you to apply anyway!
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are actively seeking job applicants who reflect a broad representation of differences, including race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, neurodiversity, age, family status, economic background and status, geographical background and status, and perspective.
How to Apply
UK work permission required: candidates must already have the legal right to work indefinitely in the United Kingdom. Please confirm your eligibility in your application.
To apply, please email the following attachments to Publisher Stefan Tobler at stefantobler@andotherstories.org with the subject line ‘Publicist Application’:
- Your CV.
- A covering letter detailing your fit for the role and interest in And Other Stories. Please also state where you saw the job ad.
- A paragraph of no more than 250 words that answers the following question: “What is a recent literary/translated title from an independent press that you loved, and how would you pitch it to someone who has never heard of it before?”
Please ensure all file names begin with your name.
Deadline: Sunday 6 September 2026, 23:59 BST.
Access & Reasonable Adjustments: If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, please let us know in your email, or otherwise get in touch.
EDI Monitoring Form: We invite all applicants to complete our voluntary, anonymous Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Monitoring Form. Answers are kept strictly separate from the hiring team and do not form part of the selection process.
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