Okojie joins Head of Zeus as publicity executive

Ayo Okojie is to join Head of Zeus in the new year, taking up the role of publicity executive. 

Okojie will be working across the Aria commercial fiction imprint with established writers including Dani Atkins, and debut authors Phyillida Shrimpton and Lily Lindon. She starts on 12th January 2022. 

A graduate of English literature from Bristol University, Okojie currently works as both a Waterstones bookseller in Brighton and as a librarian at Brighton College, where she oversees a series of book clubs and literary events.

Previously she has assisted at various literary festivals including Hay Festival, co-ordinated and hosted book clubs for Salt Magazine in Manchester, and worked for ArkBound, a charity book publisher in Bristol and Glasgow. 

Okojie said: "I am excited to join the Head of Zeus team and contribute to their mission to innovate and lead, and am really looking forward to supporting our Aria authors and beginning my publishing career with such an inspirational publisher that I have respected and followed for a long time."

Head of publicity Kate Appleton added: “I was so impressed with Ayo’s enthusiasm for Head of Zeus and our Aria authors in particular. She’ll be bringing some fresh and dynamic new ideas to the team and I cannot wait for her to start in January."