Marketing Executive

Are you passionate about the power of books to change people’s way of thinking? 

Ebury, part of Penguin Random House, is the UK’s leading non-fiction publisher. We are a dynamic and agile team, constantly discovering new talent, creating bestsellers, and growing author brands.  We are looking for a Marketing Executive to support our team planning and implementing digital marketing campaigns to help our books reach audiences.

About Ebury Smart Hub

This is an exciting opportunity to work on marketing campaigns for some of our most innovative and world-changing publishing lists – WH Allen, Ebury Edge, Ebury Press and Witness Books. These imprints publish some of the biggest names in smart-thinking, history, big ideas, politics, business and memoir; Dara McAnulty, Michael Rosen, Caitlin Moran, James O’Brien, Adam Grant, Michaela Coel and David Attenborough.

The Opportunity

As part of the Ebury Communications team and our Smart Hub, you’ll help take our books to new audiences, working closely with authors, agents, editors, publicity, sales and international to deliver engaging and joined-up marketing activity.  You’ll be:

• Supporting the Head of Campaigns/Publicity Manager on major platform and headliner campaigns
• Keeping abreast of news and cultural agenda and feeding into new projects and acquisitions meetings
• Being a team player across the smart team and assisting with cross-functional team activities and events
• Representing the Smart hub list internally and externally, generating buzz around our books
• Building and developing excellent relationships with authors, agents, brand partners, retailers, influencers and internal and external stakeholders
• Identifying opportunities to reach new audiences

What you’ll bring

We are looking for someone with lots of initiative and creativity, who can thrive in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple deadlines, and prioritise with confidence. An understanding of social media and how to reach different audiences is key, as are curiosity and an interest in the news agenda and current world trends. You will be an organised, flexible team player and have good communication skills to present ideas and feedback on team projects. You’ll be creating target-driven marketing campaigns and build relationships with influencers and brands, often reacting to the market and trends, staying agile and proactive.

This role will suit someone with publishing, broadcast, start-up, marketing or social media agency experience, however, we welcome applicants from any sector with the relevant skills – if you have a passion for smart-thinking books, we want to hear from you.

To apply, please email your CV and cover letter by midnight on Monday 10 April 2023

As part of your cover letter, please tell us about a Non-Fiction campaign that you’ve seen on the market recently and why you thought it was effective (no more than 200 words)

 

What you can expect from us

Salary: c. £30,000, depending on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.

While our offices are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility about where you work is just as important for doing your best work and for your wellbeing. For this role, there are meetings and activities that you will need to attend in person at our offices in Pimlico. We operate with a combination of days working from home alongside regular days in the office every week and can discuss this with you during the recruitment process.

 

For this role, there are meetings and activities that you will need to attend in person (mainly at our offices in Pimlico on Tuesdays and Thursdays). The exact balance of office to remote working will depend on the nature of your role and team needs, and we are open to discussing this through the recruitment process.

Our employees are the heart of our business. We have a range of benefits to reflect our commitment to our employees, some of which are:

•    27 days paid holiday entitlement in year one (plus bank holidays), increasing a day each year up to 30 days
•    Medical cover
•    Life assurance
•    Cycle to Work scheme
•    Discounted gym membership
•    Generous pension scheme
•    Summer working hours (role dependent)
•    Volunteering policy and charity matching
•    Employee Assistance programme
•    Mentoring programme
•    Extended gender neutral parental leave
•    Access to books and eBooks across Penguin Random House UK
•    Each site has trained mental health first aiders
•    We plant a tree for every new employee to our business