Marketing Executive / Senior Marketing Executive (6-month FTC)

Vintage Books

CLOSING DATE: 25.03.26

CONTACT: [email protected]

Social Media and Content Executive

Thames & Hudson

CLOSING DATE: 16/03/2026

CONTACT: [email protected]

Full-time, permanent
Salary: £30,000 per annum

Based in Central London / Hybrid (min. 3 days per week in office)
Closing date: Monday 16 March

Thames & Hudson is the leading publisher of illustrated books on visual arts, history, fashion and popular culture, and includes titles published in association with brands, institutions, and museums worldwide.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy and creative Communications team at Thames & Hudson, the leading publisher of the visual arts in London, as our new Social Media & Content Executive. The role involves planning, creating and executing engaging and impactful social media campaigns, and creating excellent and interesting newsletters that drive results and sales, and retain and build audiences for our books and products.

The Role

• Planning, scheduling and publishing engaging content across Instagram, Facebook, X/Threads, LinkedIn and YouTube
• Delivering creative, high-impact social campaigns for book launches, seasonal moments, events and promotions in collaboration with marketing colleagues
• Maintaining and managing content calendars, ensuring activity is aligning with brand tone, business priorities and campaign objectives
• Contributing ideas in brainstorming sessions and helping to shape our evolving social strategy across current and emerging platforms
• Creating and curating compelling, on-brand content tailored to audience segments and platform best practice
• Producing editorial content for the website, including features, interviews, extracts, reading lists and video
• Collaborating with internal teams, authors, influencers and partners to develop strong visual assets and amplify reach
• Planning, writing, building and testing email marketing campaigns that are driving engagement, website traffic and sales
• Supporting audience segmentation and developing targeted messaging strategies for key customer groups
• Analysing the customer journey from sign-up to purchase, identifying opportunities to strengthen loyalty and retention
• Managing and growing online communities by responding to comments, messages and inbox
  enquiries across social and email channels
• Building authentic influencer relationships and encouraging engaging user-generated content
• Monitoring performance across social and email channels and reporting clearly on KPIs, audience growth and engagement
• Using analytics tools to generate insights and continuously optimising campaigns and content
• Tracking trends, algorithm changes and emerging platforms to ensure content is remaining visible, relevant and innovative
• Championing digital best practice across the business, identifying new technologies and efficiencies, including the responsible use of AI

Skills, experience and attributes:

This is an ideal second role in publishing or the arts, for someone with 1-2 years previous experience in a company setting, working on brand-level social media and newsletter content. It sits within a supportive team. Creativity, ownership and execution are key here, and we are looking for someone who is as visually strong as they are gifted with words.

The below are essential requirements:

• Previous experience in publishing or the arts
• Strong experience in creating elevated social media content for
  books / publishing / visual content
• Interest in the visual arts and in the output of Thames & Hudson
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Superb, thoughtful and brand appropriate copy skills, with the ability to translate editorial copy into engaging, social and digital copy
• Ability to create compelling content that works according to the particular requirements of each platform or social media platform
• Video creation & editing skills
• Strong skills in Adobe Express, Capcut and Canva – experience with Adobe Creative Suite is an advantage
• A positive self-starter with the ability to plan ahead, prioritise and juggle schedule changes where required
• Excellent author care and stakeholder management, shown through being proactive, communicative, welcoming and engaged with our projects and books
• Keen to learn, striving for improvement and open to feedback from internal and external stakeholders.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.

At Thames & Hudson, we believe that employing a diverse workforce is essential to succeed and selection decisions are based on applicants’ experience and skills. We welcome applications from everyone, irrespective of age, sex, sexual orientation, disability, race, religion or belief.

To apply, please send your CV with a cover letter to Victoria Fishpool at [email protected]. Use the cover letter to address how you meet the requirements listed in ‘Skills, experience and attributes’ above. We ask that you don’t use AI to write this. The deadline for applications is 16th March 2026.

Some of the benefits of working with us:

Apart from working with a highly talented and creative bunch of people, we offer:

• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Profit share scheme
• Interest-free loan for rent deposit or season travel ticket
• Discounts off our lovely T&H books and co-editions
• Generous pension contributions
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free entry into hundreds of museums and galleries, nationwide
• And more!

Campaigns Assistant

Quarto Publishing

CLOSING DATE: 20.03.26

CONTACT: [email protected]

Are you looking for an exciting entry level position in publishing? Do you have a passion for illustrated books? Are you looking to learn skills in marketing and PR? If so, The Quarto Group, the leading global illustrated book publisher, wants to hear from you. We have a very exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic book lover and can-do person to join our vibrant campaigns team as a Campaigns Assistant on our Adults books list.

35 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We currently operate a discretionary hybrid model, with three days in our London office and two working from home.

Salary £26,000 per year, full-time

Closing date 20th March 2026

About the role

The Campaigns Assistant will work across both marketing and PR (including social media and online advertising) and across the full Quarto Adult publishing list, including our prestigious imprints Frances Lincoln, White Lion, Carnival, Ivy Press and Leaping Hare. The Campaigns Assistant will manage their own projects from creation to implementation, assist the Campaigns team and the Campaigns Director, and contribute to the overall promotional strategy and output of the team. It is an exciting and rewarding role that will give the successful candidate a wealth of experience within a global publishing company.

What you will be involved in:

• Devising and implementing trade and consumer campaigns for a variety of titles and specific categories
• Content creation – from POS to social assets and press releases
• Assist with the management of social media platforms including Instagram and TikTok
• Management of Amazon A+ pages
• Manage the title submissions for the Bookseller Buyers Guide
• Arrange author tours and events and liaise with key UK festivals
• Liaise with our US marketing team
• Compile seasonal catalogues and any other sell-in materials

About you

You will be an enthusiastic book lover with a can-do attitude, who is highly organised and ready to gain a wealth of experience within a global publishing company.

You will be able to show you can:

• Organise your own work effectively
• Think outside the box
• Develop creative and well-thought-out campaigns plans
• Maintain an excellent level of attention to detail
• Communicate effectively to a large range of stakeholders, including high profile authors.
• Use your attention to detail to maintain high standards of service

What we can offer

A supportive, open environment with development opportunities, as well as the following benefits:

• 25 days paid holiday per year (increasing up to 30 days per year), plus bank holidays
• Cultural appreciation day (to honour a cultural holiday which is significant to you, separate to your holiday entitlement)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff discounts on selected shops, retailers, and restaurants
• Health Cash Plan
• Pension
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Summer hours
• Free books scheme
• Active social and diversity committees
• Open plan, hot desking office environment

How to apply

Please send a CV and cover letter to [email protected] by the closing date and state the vacancy name in the email subject title.

Ensure you cover the following:

• Your motivation and what appeals to you about this particular role
• What key skills, experience and achievements you have that you think are relevant to this role, and why. Please provide examples of how you have used or demonstrated those.
• Where you saw the vacancy advertised

All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to live and work in the UK in order to be considered for the vacancy.

We employ individuals based on their abilities and welcome applicants from all backgrounds regardless of disability, ethnic origin, gender, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, belief, age, or sexual orientation.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we aim to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible for disabled people. Therefore, we encourage you to inform us of any reasonable adjustments you may require during your interview process. Please note, you only need to disclose information that you are comfortable sharing in order for us to accommodate your request.

Please note that due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are only able to respond to candidates selected for interview. We will keep applications on file for 6 months should a suitable vacancy arise. If you’d rather we didn’t, please let us know with your application.

May close early due to a high volume of applications. Don’t miss out—submit your application today!

Senior Marketing Executive (Children’s)

Dorling Kindersley

CLOSING DATE: 21.11.2025

CONTACT: Annabel Rainbird

Digital Marketing Specialist

Michael O'Mara Books Limited

CLOSING DATE: 25.07.2025

CONTACT: [email protected]

We are a family-run, independent publisher looking for a creative and commercially-minded digital marketing specialist to work across a publishing list that includes adult non-fiction (history, well-being, cookery, gifts and licensed books), puzzle and colouring books, and a range of children’s titles under the imprint Buster Books.

We are looking for seasoned book marketing freelancers who have availability to work with us regularly on a part-time basis, likely 2 days a week. The role consists of shaping, planning and delivering digital marketing campaigns that will drive sales across our three imprints. The successful candidate will bring strong book trade experience of running campaigns, along with a deep understanding of digital marketing and market trends, and a network of online contacts. They may supervise our Marketing Executive and have strategic oversight of social media so some experience of running channels is highly desirable, along with website management and NetGalley.

A competitive day rate is offered.

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter (no more than 2 sides), along with salary expectations to Alice Furse, Head of Publicity and Marketing, on [email protected] by 5.00pm on 25th July 2025.

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries and promote the benefits of diversity in all of our activities and treat all employees and candidates equally regardless of their age, disability, gender identity, marital status, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, caring responsibilities, socioeconomic background or union membership status.

Early applications preferred – we reserve the right to close applications early if we reach the required number of applications.

Head of Marketing, Non-Fiction

Hodder & Stoughton

CLOSING DATE: 04.06.25

CONTACT: Hachette HR

Who we are and what we do

With over 150 years of ground-breaking publishing from book lovers, original thinkers and market leaders, our unwavering mission has been to publish the most compelling voices in every genre. We continue to find new ground, new audiences and new voices with every title we publish. We are passionate readers and believe in the power of words to change lives.

Hodder & Stoughton is a division of Hachette, one of the largest publishing groups in the UK, with 11 publishing divisions and over 60 imprints. Everyone here is proud to be in the business of opening doors and minds.

What you’ll be doing

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly-experienced, confident and creative Head of Marketing to join the Hodder & Stoughton Marketing department in a new permanent role.

You will be a senior and valuable member of the team through the crucial second half of the year, working predominantly on our Non-fiction list to deliver bestselling, consumer-first campaigns with creative at their heart.  You will be experienced at all aspects of marketing, starting with clear pitch and positioning for every book, through to careful planning and execution of campaign timelines from start to finish. You will be confident and experience in pitch meetings, be a keen reader and well connected to ensure that you are always aware of what is happening across the publishing industry.

You’ll work closely with staff across all other departments, notably Publicity and Editorial, developing great working relationships and demonstrating strong skills across the marketing mix to ensure every campaign is perfectly pitched for the market and audience. You’ll be a confident leader who brings people with you to deliver highly engaging, sales-driving campaigns with flair.

Who we are looking for

We are looking for someone who has demonstrable experience in leading high-profile marketing campaigns across a broad range of genres, with a particular focus on non-fiction. From celebrity memoirs to cookbooks, from smart thinking and big ideas to literary gems and everything in between, you will be able to show your excellent grasp of working with authors, agents, booksellers, brand partners, international publishers as well as internal and external stakeholders throughout the publishing process and how to bring the benefit of these relationships into your campaigns.

You will have first-class digital knowledge and will bring this into your campaigns as an integral part of your planning and analysis for every campaign. You will have expert market knowledge across a variety of genres with particular focus on non-fiction, knowing when to focus on different media to deliver the best sales results.

Your extensive experience working with bookshops and booksellers will be invaluable in this role as you work far and wide to hand-sell our books at a grassroots level as well as across the world.

You should possess a meticulous eye for detail, have great communication skills and enjoy working as part of a team. You will be experienced at running a budget as well as line management and you will be able to demonstrate how you plan campaigns with consumer understanding at the heart.

We believe publishing should be for everyone, at any stage of their career and in any role. We value the experience gained from any and all different jobs in life, and that is why we encourage applicants from all walks of life, especially if those walks didn’t initially include publishing.

In your application, please submit your CV and include details in your cover letter of two major campaigns you have worked on in the last year, with an explanation for why you have picked them and how your campaign delivered versus sales expectation. Your campaigns should include a range of skills which meet the requirements of this role.

What we offer

Our staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:

• 28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years’ service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years’ (+ bank holidays)
• Private medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Generous pension schemes
• Rent deposit loans
• 2 community days per year
• Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)
• Retail discounts through Hachette rewards
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Eye care vouchers
• Wide-ranging training library
• Development programmes (including mentoring)
• Up to 70% off book purchases
• A charity bookshelf
• 12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing and religious networks
• Season ticket loans
• And much more!

This role is considering internal applications in all the national offices, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.

Our commitment

Hachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.

If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.

The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit www.booktradeentrysupport.org

Head of Marketing (12-month FTC)

Vintage Books

CLOSING DATE: 25.05.25

CONTACT: [email protected]

Are you a brilliant communicator with the drive and vision to create and deliver industry-leading campaigns across a range of genres? Would you love the opportunity to play a central role in imprint and catalogue strategy? Vintage are looking for a strategic and creative marketer, reporting to the Marketing Director of Vintage and working as part of a team of twelve with two direct reports.

About the team:

At Vintage, we are dedicated to bold publishing.

Our books encourage all sorts of readers all over the world to think differently in big and small ways. We make a book the best of its kind, with publishing expertise and world-class design.

Vintage publishes a broad portfolio of award-winning and bestselling titles across fiction, non-fiction, poetry and graphic novels. Some of the UK’s oldest and most prestigious imprints make up Vintage publishing, including Chatto & Windus and Jonathan Cape. These imprints are joined by newer or relaunched imprints: The Bodley Head, Harvill, Fern Press, and Vintage Classics with its distinctive red spine design. Vintage is part of Penguin Random House UK.

Vintage authors include Margaret Atwood, Yuval Noah Harari, Rory Stewart, Nigella Lawson, Tim Spector, Haruki Murakami, Ocean Vuong, Samantha Harvey, Gabrielle Zevin, Abir Mukherjee and Jo Nesbo.

The role:

In this role you will lead marketing strategy for key titles at Vintage, working across our range of imprints with particular focus on designing and executing best-in-class campaigns for Jonathan Cape. You will also lead marketing strategy for our catalogue and classics lists, devising audience-led campaigns that drive discovery and sales. You’ll have management responsibility for a team of two direct reports and will form part of the senior marketing team.

Key responsibilities:

• Deliver outstanding, sales-driving campaigns for lead titles, as well as brand management for some of the Vintage biggest brand authors
• Marketer for Vintage’s Jonathan Cape imprint, supporting imprint growth strategy and acquisitions
• Lead Vintage’s catalogue and classics strategy from a marketing perspective, working closely with sales, editorial, publicity and with data and insight to identify and respond to opportunities to drive discovery and sales
• Contribute to divisional marketing strategy as part of the marketing senior management team, supporting the Marketing Director and leading on key projects
• Show leadership in creative thinking, strategic planning, taking an audience-led approach, on point positioning and copywriting, informed channel selection, campaign analysis, communication and collaboration
• Line management and talent development of two direct reports

Essential criteria:

• Proven track record in delivering high-profile, effective book marketing campaigns to the highest possible standard
• Extensive experience planning, executing and analysing campaigns to drive book sales and build author profiles
• Experience managing marketing strategy across a range of genres
• A strong eye for design and an understanding of what makes a consumer pay attention
• Excellent positioning and copywriting skills and an ability to build campaign strategies informed by audience insight
• Experience in creative direction of stand-out pitch documents and presenting marketing vision to prospective authors and agents with impact
• Proven people-management experience – an inspiring leader, a good listener who enables people to do their best work
• A clear, confident and energising communicator, able to manage stakeholders, influence colleagues and impress authors and agents
• A strong team player and a positive champion for our books, team, brand and division, focused on building a network and sphere of influence across the trade
• Confident running self-service advertising campaigns across platforms, e.g. Meta, TikTok, Google, as well as with using Adobe Creative Suite
• Significant experience of working with agencies – from media agencies to creative teams across different media

Salary:

Circa £50,000-£55,000 annual salary dependent on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.

Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for the role by 11:59pm on Sunday 25th May.

• As part of your cover letter, please tell us about a recent marketing campaign that you thought was effective and why.
• Please note we are looking for someone to join the team in early September 2025.

Hybrid Working

While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important. For this role we expect that you will attend the office a minimum of two days per week, typically Tuesday and Thursday.

About Penguin

We’re the UK’s largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing over 1,500 books each year. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent. In a constantly evolving industry, we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher. Here, you’ll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success. Together, we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone.

The Recruitment Process

As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role, and opt-in on their application form. The essential criteria for this role are listed as part of the ‘What you’ll bring’ section. There may be times when the volume of applications means we cannot take all eligible candidates to interview.

We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing [email protected]. Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your request.

Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.

Marketing and Publicity Assistant

Thames & Hudson

CLOSING DATE: 09/03/2025

CONTACT: Recruitment Inbox

General Overview

Thames & Hudson is the leading publisher of illustrated books on visual arts, history, fashion and popular culture, and includes titles published in association with brands, institutions, and museums worldwide.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy Marketing & Publicity team. Supporting the team with administrative tasks, with scope to work on publicity and marketing campaigns in collaboration with your team and manager.  You will liaise with internal and external contacts and stakeholders (for example authors, agents, retailers, partners, freelancers). Sitting within our marketing team, you will report to the Marketing & Communities Director whilst also working closely with the Head of Publicity and Communications.

The Role

• Providing administrative support for the marketing and publicity teams, such as scheduling meeting rooms, processing invoices and expense forms, preparing meeting agendas and minutes, booking travel and accommodation for authors, and organising marketing mailings where required
• Producing Publicity & Marketing Updates, liaising with internal colleagues and freelancers to ensure others are kept informed of campaign progress and coverage achieved
• Supporting the marketing team with events
• Assisting the team and your line manager, working on marketing campaigns for titles and brand activities
• Liaising between our Volume group imprints and the central Comms team
• Maintaining excellent working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Assisting the marketing managers with any other projects
• Assisting the Head of Publicity & Communications with publicity outreach
• Implementing your own integrated PR campaigns across print, digital, broadcast and radio with support from your manager
• Planning and executing author launches and events within budget
• Maintaining the Publicity Events Calendar and ensuring the sales team is notified in good time of any stock requirements
• Supporting senior publicists on projects
• Coordinating with freelance publicists and marketers to obtain press pdfs and images, production schedules, ordering books, collating press clippings, and general administration
• Overseeing the physical mailing and emailing of the seasonal sales catalogue to press contacts and overseeing the VIP catalogue list and mailing

Skills, experience and attributes:

This is an entry-level role, in a supportive team, which would be suited to someone with strong organisational and people skills. Previous publishing work experience or general office experience would be of benefit. However, much can be learned on the job.

The below are essential requirements:

• Strong interest in the visual arts and Marketing/PR and a demonstrable passion for books/publishing
• Administrative experience gained in a busy office environment
• Accurate, with high attention to detail
• Highly organised and efficient, with the ability to multi-task and prioritise appropriately
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Outstanding interpersonal skills
• Working knowledge of campaign plans for marketing and publicity promotion
• Proactive, adaptable and self-motivated

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.

At Thames & Hudson, we believe that employing a diverse workforce is essential to succeed and selection decisions are based on applicants’ experience and skills. We welcome applications from everyone, irrespective of age, sex, sexual orientation, disability, race, religion or belief.

To apply, please send your CV with a cover letter to Sophie Castle at [email protected]. Use the cover letter to address how you meet the requirements listed in Skills, experience and attributes above. The deadline for applications is 9^th March 2025.

Some of the benefits of working with us:

Apart from working with a highly talented and creative bunch of people, we offer:

• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Profit share scheme
• Interest-free loan for rent deposit or season travel ticket
• Discounts off our lovely T&H books and co-editions
• Generous pension contributions
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free entry into hundreds of museums and galleries, nationwide

And more!

Marketing Executive

The History Press

CLOSING DATE: 07.02.2025

CONTACT: [email protected]

• Employment type: Full-time, permanent, 35 hours p/wk
• Salary: £23k
• Start date: ASAP
• Location: Hybrid, minimum 2 days per week at our central Cheltenham office
• Benefits: 25 days holiday + bank holidays, holiday purchase scheme, company pension, bonus scheme, staff rewards platform

The History Press, an independent non-fiction publisher in Gloucestershire, is looking for a resourceful Marketing Executive to support promotional activity as part of a small, friendly team. This is a great opportunity for anyone looking to step up from a junior marketing role and expand their responsibilities.

Home to critically acclaimed titles, such as The Princes in the Tower, Blood and Iron and Reflections of Alan Turing, The History Press is also committed to shining a light on untold and under-represented stories. The successful candidate will work across key titles on our national list along with our dynamic non-fiction imprint, Flint Books.

Though based at our office in central Cheltenham, this will be a hybrid role requiring at least two days per week in the office. The role will require a strong team player with a flair for social media management, data analysis, campaign planning, design and who is happy to take ownership of key administrative tasks.

Key responsibilities:

• Contributing to campaign planning to ensure the widest possible exposure for frontlist and new editions
• Working with colleagues and authors to support the company’s online and social media strategy by providing and curating content
• Designing branded collateral for the company website, social platforms and Amazon
• Briefing Design for proofs, catalogues, marketing materials and providing copy
• Supporting the Head of PR & Marketing and Digital Marketing Manager with market research projects
• Arranging advance review copies and mailing as appropriate

The candidate will report to the Head of PR & Marketing and work alongside the Digital Marketing Manager and Campaigns Executive. Proficiency with social media scheduling tools, WordPress and Canva is strongly desired. Training will be provided for all in-house systems.

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter to Cynthia Hamilton at: [email protected]

Explore The History Press website here.

Deputy Marketing Director, Cornerstone

Penguin Random House

CLOSING DATE: 22.01.25

CONTACT: PRH Careers

Can you lead large-scale, multi-platform marketing campaigns for the world’s leading authors? We have an exciting role available for a passionate, creative and experienced marketer to join our award-winning marketing team as Deputy Marketing Director.

Cornerstone is home to some of the biggest global brands and authors including Lisa Jewell, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Harlan Coben, Harper Lee and Robert Harris to name just a few.  

About Cornerstone

Cornerstone is a division within the iconic publisher Penguin Random House, our home. In turn, Cornerstone is home to seven imprints: Century, Del Rey, Inklore, Hutchinson Heinemann, #Merky Books, Cornerstone Press and Evermore, each with its own specific focus and remit. Every Cornerstone book also goes on to become a Penguin paperback.

Within publishing, Cornerstone has an enviable track record of bestsellers, prize winners and culture-shaping books, working with many of the world’s most interesting voices, often throughout their entire career. Our books span genres, categories and marketplaces globally.   

The role

In this role, you will be responsible for delivering top-tier marketing across all imprints within the division and you will develop a range of high-profile brands, authors and talent across both fiction and non-fiction.

Working alongside and reporting to the Director of Marketing & Brands, you will also have creative and strategic input on pitches and new business, in addition to contributing to our on-going success by planning, implementing and overseeing creative, innovative and highly effective campaigns.

The role includes direct line-management responsibility for up to five members of the team.  

Key responsibilities:

• Create and deliver industry-leading marketing campaigns across fiction and non-fiction, including transatlantic campaigns and brand authors.
• Manage a talented campaign team of up to five marketers.
• Play a key role in the Cornerstone digital marketing strategy.
• Deputise for Director of Marketing and Brands where needed.
• Contribute to Cornerstone beyond your specific marketing remit as a senior colleague within the division – develop successful strategies with input from sales, editorial and publicity for key brands and authors.

What you’ll bring

Essential criteria:

• Significant experience leading high profile marketing and brand campaigns within the book publishing industry.
• Excellent people management and leadership skills, ideally with experience managing two direct reports or more.
• Brilliant copywriting and communication skills.
• Keen eye for design.
• Cutting-edge digital marketing experience.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and with excellent project and stakeholder management skills.
• Self-starter who relishes a challenge and puts creativity and innovation at the heart of their work.

Application instructions

Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining what appeals to you about the role and why you are the right candidate for it by 11:59pm on Wednesday 22nd January.

Please ensure you include a cover letter, as it is a crucial part of our assessment process. The cover letter offers an opportunity to show how your experience and interests align with the role requirements. Typically, we expect the cover letter to be no more than one or two pages in length.

Salary

£56,000 – £70,000 dependent on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.

What you can expect from us

Our people are the heart of our business, and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition.

Our benefits include:

• Financial – income protection, life assurance, childcare allowance
• Wellbeing – healthcare cash plan, critical illness cover, health checks
• Lifestyle – enhanced parental leave, tech scheme, free and discounted books

For our full benefits list please visit: https://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/what-we-offer/

Hybrid working

While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important. Cornerstone colleagues work from our Embassy Gardens office on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

About Penguin

We’re the UK’s largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing over 1,500 books each year. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent. In a constantly evolving industry, we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher. Here, you’ll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success. Together, we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone.

The recruitment process

You can read about our recruitment process at https://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/how-we-hire/

As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role, and opt-in on their application form. The essential criteria for this role are listed as part of the ‘What you’ll bring’ section. There may be times when the volume of applications means we cannot take all eligible candidates to interview.

We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing [email protected]. Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your request.

Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.