Emily Canders
About Emily Canders
Emily Canders is the Senior Publicity Manager at Penguin Random House, where she has worked since 2012 in various roles, managing campaigns for New York Times bestselling authors and overseeing departmental events.
Title
Emily Canders currently holds the position of Senior Publicity Manager at Penguin Random House.
Company
Emily has been with Penguin Random House since 2012, progressing through various roles including Associate Publicist, Publicist, Senior Publicist, and Publicity Manager before her current role as Senior Publicity Manager.
Education and Expertise
Emily holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Marketing from The University of Georgia, where she studied from 2008 to 2012. She also completed the Denver Publishing Institute Certificate at the University of Denver in 2012.
Background
Emily began her career as an Editorial Intern at University of Georgia Press in 2010. She then worked as a Resident Assistant at the University of Georgia from 2009 to 2012. In 2012, she took on a role as Acquisitions & Enhancement Editor at Hipso Media before joining Penguin Random House the same year.
Achievements
Emily has managed publicity campaigns for New York Times bestselling authors such as John Green, Lisa Gardner, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, and more. She has organized and managed author tours and events for high-profile authors and oversees publicist and departmental events at Penguin Random House.