We are looking for an assistant to join the Talent Relations and Publicity team, supporting two TV publicists across several series airing domestically and internationally.
Responsibilities
- Provide organizational and administrative support to the Media & Talent Relations team
- Cover phones and maintain calendars & contacts
- Coordinate travel for talent and employees
- Manage and update department master media press outlet grid
- Track publicity items in magazines, editorials, trades, etc. and create and distribute coverage reports to Sony TV executives
- Submit series for 20+ ongoing award submissions
- Organize press kit assets (bios, photos, press clips, releases, media alerts, pitch letters for domestic and international press) and create DPK (digital press kit) sites
- Compose talent schedules for publicity events (press days, premieres, etc.)
- Execution & logistics for international/domestic junkets, press events, set visits, press days, and other PR specifics
- Staff will work at publicity events (premieres, junkets, award shows, etc.) working after hours as needed
- Handle expense reports, invoice tracking & processing and creation of new vendors
- Assist with managing show budgets
Qualifications
- General knowledge of the television/entertainment industry
- The desire and interest to work in publicity and immerse themselves in the PR world
- Strong written and verbal skills; excellent oral (professional and friendly demeanor) and written (spelling, punctuation, grammar) communication skills
- Strong computer skills (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, FileMaker Pro, Internet savvy)