Marketing Assistant
CurrentTime divided between publicity and marketing teams, assisting with the day-to-day running of both departments.With publicity, my daily duties have included saving and filing press clippings, responding to enquiries and requests sent to the general publicity email as well as my own, organising review mailings using the Gorkana database and being on hand to assist all the publicists with their mailings and other ad-hoc tasks. Other responsibilities have included producing our ‘Books in the News’ newsletter delivered to the Quercus staff each week, designing and making show cards and other promotional material for book launches and events, writing press releases, and liaising with individuals from across the industry to generate interest and secure reviews and publicity for our titles. I can use programmes such as Biblio, Gorkana, Excel and Photoshop, as well as all social media platforms such Twitter, Instagram, Vine and Pintrest.