Hachette Book Group Canada has an opening for a creative, ambitious, and versatile part-time intern (three days per week for five months/paid) to assist in the Publicity department.
Duration: This is a five-month (negotiable), part-time internship.
Pay Rate: $17.60/ hour
Location: Toronto
Weekly schedule: Intern will be in the Toronto office one day per week, and work from home two days per week, 9am - 5pm. This will average to 21 hours per week. (Specific days to be determined)
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Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Develop social media content for Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok
- Assist with blogger and influencer outreach
- Develop content and graphics to increase online community engagement
- Respond to queries through social networks
- Coordinate media mailings for the publicity team
- Create press releases and other publicity materials
- Maintain and update database of media contacts
- Maintain and update database of influencer contacts
- Assist with research projects
- Assist with award submissions
- Track media coverage and create publicity reports
- Assist with coordinating logistics for book tours, author interviews, and events
- Distribute mail, sample books, and other publicity materials
- Assist with miscellaneous publicity department administration as required
Qualifications:
- University degree
- Professional publishing program certificate a benefit
- Experience using Canva and a keen interest in social media
- Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
- Excellent verbal and communication skills
- Good judgment and excellent interpersonal skills
- Strong organizational skills; detail-oriented
- Ability to multi-task with all administrative duties
- Related work experience is beneficial
- Ability to work in a small, team-oriented office
The ideal candidate should be a quick learner who wants a career in the book publishing industry and thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
For further information on HBG Canada, please view our website at www.hachettebookgroup.com.
If you are interested in applying for this position, please email your resume and cover letter to Donna.Nopper@hbgcanada.com with “Internship” in the subject line.
Hachette Book Group Canada (HBG Canada) was established in 2009. It is the Canadian marketing and publicity arm of Hachette Book Group, Inc. (HBG), which was created in 2006 when Hachette Livre acquired the company from Time Warner. HBG is a leading trade publisher based in New York and a division of Hachette Livre, the second-largest publisher in the world. HBG publishes under the divisions of Little, Brown and Company, Little Brown Books for Young Readers, Grand Central Publishing, Workman, FaithWords, Center Street, Orbit, Hachette Digital, Union Square, and Basic Book Group. HBG also provides a wide range of custom distribution, fulfillment, digital and sales services to third party publishers. In Canada, distribution clients represented by HBG Canada include Hachette UK, Kids Can Press and Nosy Crow. HBG’s independent and library sales in Canada are handled by Canadian Manda Group.
HBG’s bestselling authors include JK Rowling, Ansel Adams, Sherman Alexie, David Baldacci, Stephen Colbert, Michael Connelly, Harlan Coben, Elin Hilderbrand, Nelson DeMille, Tina Fey, Jonathan Safran Foer, Cornelia Funke, Malcolm Gladwell, Jane Goodall, Chelsea Handler, Lisi Harrison, Steve Martin, John Maxwell, Patrick McDonnell, Brad Meltzer, Joyce Meyer, Stephenie Meyer, Joel Osteen, Todd Parr, James Patterson, Jerry Pinkney, Keith Richards, J.D. Salinger, Stacy Schiff, Alice Sebold, Amy Sedaris, David Sedaris, Anita Shreve, Nicholas Sparks, Jon Stewart, Trenton Lee Stewart, Laini Taylor, Scott Turow, David Foster Wallace, and Cecily von Ziegesar.
Hachette UK is the largest and one of the most diversified book publishers in the UK. The UK group is made up of several publishing companies and imprints including, Hachette Children’s Books, Headline Publishing Group, Hodder & Stoughton, Hodder Education, John Murray, Little, Brown Publishing Group, Octopus Publishing Group and Orion Publishing Group with international companies Hachette Book Group Australia, Hachette New Zealand, Hachette India, Hachette Ireland and Hachette Scotland.