Nan has just taken a new job at AAC, a prestigious publicity firm in Hollywood. Her first day on the job she is warned by Rhoda, her co-worker, to watch out for their boss, Helene. According to Rhoda, Helene is an extremely jealous person who will stop at nothing to destroy the career of any woman she feels intimidated by. This worries Nan until she meets Helene and finds her to be very kind and charming. Nan assumes Rhoda must be paranoid or have a persecution complex.
Nan is told she will start her new job by observing her coworkers and then slowly become more hands on. However when she finds herself in an elevator with Olin Gray, a prestigious British actor, she is able to talk him into making an appearance on a talk show. This is considered a huge get and Nan is praised by Arthur, the head of the company.
While in Helene's office Nan is introduced to Judd Carter, a popular novelist that Helene appears to have a crush on. Although Nan dislikes the man after their first meeting she warms to him and he begins taking her out on dates.
Nans first few assignments end up being disasters; a Broadway actor storms out of a talk show appearance when he learns the other guest is an animal tamer, and a teetotaler politician storms out of a restaurant when a cocktail is brought to his table. Nan knows she cant mess up another assignment so when she is told to handle publicity for an upcoming book signing she thinks up an idea to have a photographer present and offer free fan photos with the author. This is a huge success but when she begins to receive praise for her idea from Arthur, Helene intervenes claiming it was her idea and acts shocked by Nans so-called deceit.
Nan assumes it was simply a misunderstanding and continues to try and make good at the company. However she once again ends up with a disastrous assignment when an egotistical young actor tries to force himself on her because, he says, Helene told him Nan was "crazy about him".
Despite becoming suspicious of Helene, Nan still wants to believe in her innocence. When Helene calls Nan into her office and tells Nan about her top-secret new assignment, Olin Gray appearing at the opening of a department store, Nan is concerned but goes ahead with it.
When Olin Gray happens to stop by her office and Nan shows him the advertisements he is angry, thinking Nan is taking advantage of his previous generosity. Arthur is called into Nan's office who yells at her for "her stupidity" and when Nan insists it was assigned to her by Helene, Helene is also called in. Helene feigns innocents and Nan is fired in a verbal onslaught. At first Nan is willing to give up her job without a fight but, realizing it will leave a mark on her career that she might not be able to overcome, she fiercely defends herself, telling Arthur to look up the turn over rate under Helene. Back in his office he does this and comes to the realization that Nan is telling the truth. Arthur, Judd, and Nan confront Helene who more or less admits to it when it comes out that she got her job position by blackmailing the former head of the company whom she was having an affair with.
She quits before she can be fired and her position is given to the much deserving Rhoda while Nan and Judd acknowledge their love for one another.
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