Phaidon

Phaidon & Monacelli seeks a full-time Assistant or Associate Publicity Director based in New York City to lead communications for art, design, culinary, interiors, and lifestyle categories. The candidate will work closely with the VP of Global Marketing and Publicity to shape and execute high-impact global PR campaigns, while leading a team of 3-4 members of the publicity team.

The successful candidate will be a strategic, proactive communicator with deep media relationships and a passion for the creative arts. This is an exciting opportunity to take on an elevated role at the world's premier publisher of art, design, and culture — working alongside the most influential artists, designers, and architects working today.

This is a hybrid working position with in-office responsibilities. To apply, please email a full CV and cover letter to careers@phaidon.com. Only candidates who write to Phaidon directly with these materials will be considered for this role. 

Responsibilities:

• Lead creative publicity campaigns for approximately 8 titles per season across multiple categories
• Manage a team of 3-4 publicists, including 2 direct reports
• Drive high-level media strategy and pitch national, local, and trade outlets for reviews, features, and interviews across print, broadcast, and digital
• Cultivate and maintain strong, lasting relationships with top-tier press contacts across traditional and new media
• Serve as a main point of contact for UK press colleagues, ensuring cohesive and well-coordinated global campaigns
• Implement and maintain a system for tracking and reporting publicity hits, clips, and press quotes
• Write and edit press materials, formatted in InDesign
• Use Muck Rack to build, maintain, and develop media lists
• Represent Phaidon at author events, including nights and weekends as needed

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in book publicity, with a proven track record of securing high-profile media coverage
• Experience managing junior publicists
• Established relationships with national media contacts across print, digital, and broadcast
• Previous experience pitching art, cookbooks, interiors, and lifestyle titles strongly preferred
• Ability to manage and prioritize a large, varied list of tasks effectively under deadline in a fast-paced environment
• Exceptional organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in Muck Rack and InDesign

• Must be based in the New York City area

Salary Range: $85,000 – $90,000

Phaidon is the premier global publisher of the creative arts with over 1,500 titles in print. We work with the world's most influential artists, chefs, writers, and thinkers to produce innovative books on art, photography, design, architecture, fashion, food, and travel, and illustrated books for children. Phaidon is headquartered in New York and London, with offices in Paris and Berlin. Phaidon books are sold in a wide variety of sales channels, bookstores, and specialty shops, retail and online around the world.

About Monacelli

As a leading publisher of illustrated books for more than twenty-five years, Monacelli has challenged the conventions of publishing to produce provocative, inspiring, and essential titles. Founded in 1994 by Gianfranco Monacelli, the organization has released nearly 600 books on architecture, art, interior design, landscape and gardens, photography, and the applied arts. Monacelli’s books have been made in collaboration with prominent practitioners and scholars ever since its inaugural title, the groundbreaking S,M,L,XL by Rem Koolhaas and Bruce Mau. In 2015, the applied arts imprint Monacelli Studio was launched, adding elevated books on art instruction, photography technique, and crafts to the publisher’s roster. In 2020, Monacelli joined the Phaidon family of companies.