CAREERS

ABOUT DEY.

Are you someone who gets energized by the thought of working with authors and their teams on big idea books? Are you culturally omnivorous, jumping at the opportunity to help shape book launches into cultural moments at the intersection of solving humanity’s biggest challenges? Are you craving room to be creative, cultivate connections, and gain exposure to new ideas? Are you a lifelong learner up for an intellectual challenge? Are you curious about the world and yearning to make a positive impact? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

We are looking for a detail-oriented, enthusiastic, tenacious, resourceful, and creative team member to join our literary practice full-time as an Account Supervisor. Known as “the thinking person’s agency” and “an agency with soul,” DEY. is a full-service publicity and influence agency based in NYC that partners with some of the world’s most influential organizations, authors, and thinkers to amplify their big ideas and help them make a meaningful impact in society.

DEY.’s literary practice exclusively represents nonfiction authors working across a variety of sectors and disciplines, from global health and medicine, psychology and behavioral science, climate, AI and technology, economics, politics and global affairs, history, philosophy, the future of work, and more.

We view book launches as catalysts for wider cultural conversations. We have successfully executed campaigns for dozens of titles, including several New York Times bestselling, USA Today bestselling, and Pulitzer Prize-winning writers. Some notable author partnerships include historian Yuval Noah Harari’s Homo Deus; the Machine Intelligence Research Institute’s If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies; “Godmother of AI” Dr. Fei-Fei Li’s memoir The Worlds I See; former US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s Together; Nobel economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s Poor Economics; Pulitzer Prize winner John West’s The Internet Will Die, and So Will You; renowned cardiologist Dr. Eric Topol’s Super Agers; journalist Gal Beckerman’s How to Be a Dissident; and more. You can view our full list at dey.nyc/literary.

Alongside our literary practice, DEY.’s Core Team advises institutions and leaders on media relations, executive positioning, and thought leadership. Clients include the United Nations, the World Bank, the Ford Foundation, the Gates Foundation, MIT, and Stanford Medicine. Many of our authors are also scientists, economists, and executives whose institutions work with the firm, which means a book campaign here often extends past the launch window into longer-term engagements.

Our client list is carefully curated. We only take on projects that truly excite us, projects that we believe we can represent with authenticity and passion and also that we feel confident in our ability to deliver and provide value. We keep a steady finger on the pulse and jump on newsjacking opportunities. We were one of the first agencies to identify the power of podcasts. In addition to pitching legacy media, we are always on the hunt to expand our connections in the creator space, including podcasts, newsletters, YouTube creators, and more. We aren’t afraid to send a pitch via a LinkedIn DM, meet up with a journalist for coffee, or invite them to our weekly internal team calls to see what piques their interests. Because we work on a selective handful of books a year, each author gets more time and attention than a traditional in-house publicist’s bandwidth typically allows. We value quality over quantity. We slice and dice a book for different beats and audiences, often resulting in many different pitches. From there, each pitch we send is highly customized and personalized to the person we sent it to.

Everyone on the team, at every level, works directly with authors, their publishers, and their agents, and with the journalists, editors, producers, and hosts who cover books and ideas.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Account + Practice Leadership

• Own a roster of nonfiction book campaigns and serve as the day-to-day contact for authors, publishers, and agents

• Lead client relationships and meetings, including setting the agenda, running the conversation, and making calls on strategy and priorities, with or without the Vice President present

• Set campaign strategy and timelines for each title, from pre-publication planning through launch and post-publication, and hold the team and the client to them

• Manage the relationship with publishers’ in-house publicity and marketing teams so that DEY.’s work complements theirs and the division of labor is clear

• Oversee monthly activity and coverage reporting across the roster and review results against each campaign’s goals

• Manage the Literary team’s workload and staffing across campaigns, and flag capacity and scope issues to the Vice President early

• Escort authors to interviews, events, and meetings in New York City as needed

Media Relations

• Pitch and place authors with national print, online, broadcast, and podcast media, and bring established relationships with editors, producers, and hosts to the practice

• Secure speaking engagements, bookstore and festival appearances, and lecture venue bookings

• Prepare and media-train authors for interviews and appearances

• Monitor coverage and industry news across the roster and direct the team’s response to opportunities and risks

Content + Writing

• Write and edit pitches, press materials, author Q&As, excerpt and op-ed placement proposals, briefing documents, and client reports

• Set the standard for materials that leave the Literary team and review the work of junior colleagues before it goes to clients or media

Team + New Business

• Supervise, train, and develop the Literary team’s Account Coordinator and interns, including delegating work, reviewing it, and giving regular feedback

• Lead new business for the Literary practice with the Vice President, including assessing inbound inquiries, leading prospect calls, scoping campaigns, and drafting proposals

• Build DEY.’s relationships with publishers and literary agents as a source of referrals and new authors

• Collaborate with DEY.’s Core Team where an author is also an institutional or thought leadership client

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• 6 to 9 years of book publicity experience at a publishing house, literary publicity firm, or agency, including campaigns for prominent nonfiction authors

• Established relationships with national print, broadcast, digital, and podcast media that cover books and ideas, and with bookstores, festivals, and lecture venues

• Working fluency in Muck Rack and Cision, or equivalent media database tools

• A record of running a full list of campaigns at once and delivering results on each

• Experience leading client relationships directly, including the judgment to make strategic calls and the presence to run a meeting with senior authors and publishers

• Experience managing and developing junior staff

• Exceptional writing and editing, with the ability to set the standard for a team’s materials

• Experience contributing to or leading new business pitches and proposals

• A genuine passion for books, ideas, and the written word, and curiosity about the issues DEY.’s authors explore

• Must reside in the tri-state area, with availability to be in New York City for client meetings, media appearances, and events as needed

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience at a major trade house or imprint publishing nonfiction on current affairs, science, health, technology, or economics

• Booking relationships with producers and hosts at leading podcasts

• Experience with speakers bureaus and the lecture circuit

• Familiarity with project management tools, such as Monday.com or Asana

• Familiarity with agentic AI and AI tools, including Claude

• Interest in communications work beyond book publicity, including thought leadership and institutional clients

HOW WE WORK

This role is hybrid. We hold in-person work days every two weeks and get together regularly with journalists and clients, so we’re looking for someone in the tri-state area, with a preference for New York City. Willingness and nimbleness to show up for such meetings are essential. Some travel comes with the role. The work at DEY. is immersive and high-touch, and we expect everyone on the team to be engaged and proactive. We also believe a good life happens outside of work, and we trust our people to manage their time accordingly. Results are what count.

COMPENSATION + BENEFITS

The salary range for this role is $80,000 to $100,000. An employee’s position within the range will be based on several factors, including relevant education, qualifications, experience, skills, performance, and business needs. The range is one component of DEY.’s total compensation package. DEY. offers medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k), paid time off, a day off for your birthday, and wellness programming.

TO APPLY

If your achievements reflect what we’re after and you share our curiosity about the world, send a cover letter that makes us take notice, along with your resume, to hr@dey.nyc. Please include your name and the title you are applying for in the subject line.

DEY. is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law. If you require a reasonable accommodation in any part of the employment process, please let us know.