Publicity Assistant
Stratford Festival
The Publicity Assistant supports media relations and publicity activities by coordinating media monitoring, maintaining databases, and assisting with the development and distribution of communications materials. This role prepares daily media scans, manages media lists, coordinates interviews and ticket requests, and drafts and edits content such as press releases, biographies, and web materials, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and a high standard of presentation. Reporting to the Publicist (Media Manager), the Publicity Assistant works collaboratively with Marketing, Artistic, and Production teams, as well as external media partners, to support awareness and engagement with Festival programming. The role also contributes to the organization, tracking, and maintenance of media coverage and digital content, providing broad exposure to Festival-wide communications and production activity.