Campaigns Executive

Penguin General, Penguin Random House

CLOSING DATE: 12/07/2019

CONTACT: Rose Poole
[email protected]
0207 139 3359

Are you a creative marketer with a sense of adventure?

Can you create innovative campaigns for some of the world’s best authors?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Marketing Executive to create audience-driven campaigns for Penguin General, working across our Viking, Hamish Hamilton, Fig Tree and Penguin Ireland imprints. Reporting to the Senior Campaigns Manager for Marketing, you will handle your own campaigns as well as supporting the wider marketing team on priority titles and undertaking some administrative tasks.

Penguin General publishes a diverse range of books and authors – including William Boyd,  Dolly Alderton, Zadie Smith, Robert Macfarlane, Ben Macintyre and Michelle Obama – so you might be working on serious non-fiction one day, and a gripping novel the next.

You’ll be working in a creative culture with intellectual energy which nurtures enduring professional relationships and offers excellent training in a friendly, supportive team.

From day to day, you’ll be chatting with editors, authors, and agents – getting to know their stories better than anyone. You’ll then plan how best to launch their books into the bestseller lists, by producing eye-catching on and off-line promotional activity that intrigues and interests people. In order to do this, you will be continually developing your knowledge of:

• the audience for our books with the help of our Consumer Insight team,
• Amazon as a vital sales and marketing platform
• new developments in social media and digital marketing.

Combining your creativity with digital skills, you’ll manage digital campaigns across Amazon and social media, writing and delivering content plans as well as interpreting the data behind campaigns.

Using your expert knowledge of a book or author, you’ll help our sales team bring retailers on board so they champion the book from word go. You’ll also connect with external partners, exploring opportunities to promote our stories together, and take an active lead on the department’s influencer engagement strategy.

You’ll bring bags of enthusiasm and ideas to each campaign, using your initiative to make the most of your budget, however great or small. You will be an excellent and versatile copy-writer with keen developing digital skills including Photoshop and website CMS. You’ll also have a knack for social media, not just understanding how it works, but what makes people sit up and listen.

It goes without saying you’ll have a passion for books, and you’ll always be identifying great features which you think readers will really respond to.

With solid marketing experience under your belt, you might be an assistant looking for your next step, or you may be at the rung above and ready for a new challenge.

Please apply with your CV and cover letter no later than Friday 12th July. 

Details of how to apply can be found here 

Senior Marketing Executive/Marketing Manager

Abrams & Chronicle Books

CLOSING DATE: 03/07/2019

CONTACT: Sally Oliphant
[email protected]
02077132060

Senior Marketing Executive/Marketing Manager

Abrams & Chronicle Books is a highly successful distributor of illustrated and children’s books, alongside gift and stationery product. We are looking for a Senior Marketing Executive or Marketing Manager (depending on experience) to join our team. Based in our Smithfield office, reporting to the Director of Publicity and Marketing, you will be responsible for developing, implementing and analysing creative and targeted marketing campaigns. This is undertaken in conjunction with the UK publicity and sales teams, and your US counterparts.

The role involves taking ownership of the company’s marketing strategy and budget, running campaigns – including setting up partnerships, digital activity, competitions – plus reporting and analysing the results. The Senior Marketing Executive/Marketing Manager will oversee the company website, blog and social media accounts keeping the content up-to-date and relevant. Responsibilities range from content production, SEO and web analytics to database management. Other duties include supervising the corporate branding for Abrams & Chronicle Books, creating and distributing marketing materials, adverts and assets, along with management of seasonal catalogues and submissions to The Bookseller.

The ideal candidate will be a sales-driven marketer with design skills. They will have a good understanding of running marketing campaigns and knowledge of branding, websites and social media management. Previous marketing experience is required, preferably in a publishing role, and excellent copywriting and communication skills are essential.

Required skills/experience

• Experience in a marketing role in a publishing company or media/agency environment
• Experience managing online and offline marketing campaigns
• Design skills and knowledge of Adobe Suite, particularly Photoshop and InDesign
• Proficient in Microsoft Office particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Experience managing social media accounts, including knowledge of Buffer, Facebook, Twitter, Google and Instagram along with web analytics
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Outstanding attention to detail and good time management skills
• Proactive and a quick learner
• Team player but also able to act independently
• Proven relationship management and negotiation skills
• Ability to handle multiple projects and tasks simultaneously and strong analytical skills
• Budgeting skills and experience

Please apply with a full CV and a covering letter stating your experience, qualifications, current salary details and why you want to work for us to [email protected]. Please use Senior Marketing Executive/Marketing Manager in email the subject line. Closing date: 3^rd July

Marketing, Publicity & Sales Internship – Paid

Abrams & Chronicle Books

CLOSING DATE: 05/07/2019

CONTACT: Sally Oliphant
[email protected]
020771320680

Marketing, Publicity & Sales Internship – Paid

Abrams & Chronicle Books are distributors of high-quality illustrated books and gift and stationery product. They are offering a paid internship working in their Smithfield office. The placement will last approximately three months and they are looking for someone who is available to start late July.

The successful applicant will assist with the day-to-day running of the publicity, marketing and sales departments and be able to get involved in specific projects and campaigns. They will be working across our diverse lists which include art, photography, fashion, food, craft and children’s books. Duties will include preparing and sending press mailings, awards submissions, coordinating media queries, customer research, social media, content management and general administrative support.

Enthusiastic, self-motivated with good attention to detail, the ideal candidate should be a happy working in a small team and be able to demonstrate strong communication and organisational skills along with a ‘can-do’ attitude. Computer literacy is desirable.

To apply please send your CV and covering letter to [email protected] by 5^th July telling us why you would like to work for us and why you are a good candidate for this position.

Please note we will only be able to contact successful applicants to invite them for further discussion/interview due to the volume of enquiries. Your information will not be kept on file.

Head of Literary Marketing, Little Brown

Little, Brown

CLOSING DATE: 30/06/2019

CONTACT: Hermione Ireland
[email protected]
+44 (0)20 3122 7000

Who we are and what we do

Little, Brown Book Group, four-time winner of the Publisher of the Year Award, is one of the most successful and dynamic publishers in the UK. Across fourteen imprints, we publish as wide a range of titles as anyone in the industry, and pride ourselves on the quality, variety and diversity of our publishing output. Our award-winning marketing department creates consistently impactful and innovative campaigns, building buzz and awareness and driving book sales.

What you’ll be doing

Little, Brown Book Group is looking for a talented, energetic marketer to take on strategic management of all our literary marketing activity under the Little, Brown, Virago, Dialogue, Fleet, Corsair and Abacus imprints. These imprints are home to a wide range of literary fiction and non-fiction, including bestselling, award-winning authors such as Sarah Waters, David Sedaris, Jane Harper, Alexander McCall Smith, Celeste Ng, Margaret Atwood and many more.

Reporting to the Marketing Director, this is a senior role in the team, with involvement in the acquisitions and publishing strategies for these imprints and line management of a Senior Marketing Executive.

Job requirements include:

• Strategic responsibility for all our literary marketing activity
• Close involvement in acquisitions
• Campaign work across our top authors
• Expert knowledge of social media
• A thorough understanding of direct-to-consumer channels
• Developing successful working relationships with key colleagues across the business
• Proactively seeking out creative ways to promote titles
• Rigorous analysis of campaign results

Who we’re looking for

The ideal candidate will be motivated, proactive and, crucially, a big reader of literary fiction and non-fiction. They will also have experience of managing people and of working in a busy marketing department at a trade publisher and with senior colleagues across the business.

To be considered for this role you will need to demonstrate campaign experience, so in addition to sending us your CV, please include this in your covering letter.

Skills should include:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Professional experience using all major social media platforms (including scheduling and advertising platforms)
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Excel
• Good working knowledge of WordPress and Photoshop

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.

Please apply with a cv and a covering letter including your campaign experience. Apply to [email protected].

Salary: £45-50,000 depending on experience

Closing date: 30^th June 2019. Applications after this date will not be considered.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Digital Marketing Manager, HarperCollins

HarperCollins

CLOSING DATE: 28 June 2019

CONTACT: na

Role overview

A dynamic and exciting marketing role working for HarperCollins’ new dedicated digital publishing division, One More Chapter. Working across a diverse and dedicated range of Digital fiction titles, including Crime and Thriller, General Fiction and Romance, with responsibility for leading and executing the marketing strategy for titles published across both the UK and US, which deliver clear-consumer cut-through and demonstrable return on investment.

Responsibilities

• Originating digital marketing strategy to drive sales and build brand equity across the list

• Planning and executing marketing campaigns across a range of titles and authors

• Developing year-round strategies alongside the Publishing Director to cover PPC, Search, CRM, and social media

• Line-managing the Marketing Executive, setting clear goals and objectives

• Working closely with bloggers, vloggers and influencers to drive interest and sales

• Working closely with reading communities and platforms to maximise exposure and engagement for each book release

• Working closely with authors to advise best practise to maximise sales potential

• Responsible for consumer-facing marketing channels, including managing social media and website

• Working closely with the digital sales team to coordinate marketing activity in support of digital promotions

• Working closely with the pricing team to maximise consumer reach and return on investment

• Exploring and securing brand and media partnerships to increase title and brand awareness

• Ensuring competitive advantage and analysing the marketplace for growth opportunities

• Originating and managing the marketing budget

• Analysing all marketing activity and setting clear metrics for growth

Role Requirements

Key Skills/Experience

• Degree or equivalent

• Digital experience from the publishing industry

• Digital marketing professional qualification preferred

• Success in planning and running digital marketing campaigns with proven ROI

• Full grasp of web-related technology and web marketing techniques

• Experience of working to budgets and deadlines

• Experience in an editorially-riven culture

• Asset creation and Photoshop/InDesign knowledge

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to express technical and creative vision clearly

• Copywriting skills

• Strong eye for design

• Excellent organisational skills

Disposition

• Professional

• Innovative

• Analytical

• Collaborative

• Sense of humour

Apply here.

Marketing Manager, Cornerstone

Cornerstone

CLOSING DATE: 26/06/2019

CONTACT: Rebecca Ikin

Are you full of creative and exciting ideas?

Know what it takes to deliver a great marketing campaign?

Want to work with high-profile commercial and literary titles and brands across fiction and non-fiction?

If you answered yes to the above, we might have the perfect opportunity for you.

We’re looking for a Marketing Manager to join our Cornerstone division. You’ll develop marketing campaigns for a range of Cornerstone titles – from pitch at acquisition, right through to post-campaign review.

As Marketing Manager, you’ll manage all aspects of campaign strategy and execution across both business-to-business and direct-to-consumer activity including: writing copy and briefing designers, planning media with our agency and liaising with a wide range of creative and digital agencies and partners. There may also be the opportunity to work across divisions on key group projects.

This role is both creative and strategic, so you’ll be able to demonstrate a strong track record in successfully planning, implementing and analysing a wide variety of campaigns.

The ideal candidate will have a marketing background, solid experience in running digital campaigns, excellent copywriting skills, delight in creativity and possess a strong eye for design. A background in publishing or entertainment/culture/brands would be an advantage.

You’ll be a self-starter, organised and able to work to tight deadlines, often under pressure and with excellent attention to detail.  It also goes without saying you’ll be able to connect with and influence people, from presentations and stakeholder management, to working exceptionally well in a team.

On top of that you’ll have a results-driven approach to delivering quality work, strong digital and social media skills, and a proven commitment to maintaining and enhancing your learning in this area.

This is senior campaigns role within the Cornerstone Marketing team and requires demonstrable experience at this level.  You might be a Senior Marketing Executive ready for the next step, or you could already be a Marketing Manager looking for a new challenge.

If this sounds like your ideal role, please apply here with your cover letter, CV, and an example of a recent campaign that demonstrates your suitability for this role by 25^th June.

About us: Cornerstone publishes a broad portfolio of titles across fiction and non-fiction; commercial and literary. We have five hardback imprints: William Heinemann, Hutchinson, Century, Preface and Random House Books, and two paperback lists: Arrow (and Young Arrow) and Windmill – which between them publish something for every reader. We are proud to publish some of the most successful fiction and non-fiction brands in the world including: James Patterson, E L James, Harlan Coben, Robert Harris, Sebastian Faulks, Star Wars, Katie Fforde, Tim Peake, David Jason, and John Cleese.

Deputy Head, Children’s Marketing

The Quarto Group

CLOSING DATE: 14/06/2019

CONTACT: Katherine Josselyn
[email protected]
+44 (0)20 7812 8651

This is an exciting opportunity for a senior children’s marketer to develop their leadership qualities and shape strategies to directly drive sales growth.

As Deputy Head, Children’s Marketing you will oversee UK consumer and trade marketing activity across Quarto’s children’s lists including Wide Eyed Editions, Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, words&pictures and QED. Working closely with the Campaigns Director you will manage and implement strategies that drive sales for the Little People, Big Dreams series, Pre-school, Education and individual lead title campaigns. You will collaborate with UK Sales to develop Trade marketing campaigns and be responsible for delivering an exciting AMS revenue growth target.

You will manage the day-to-day children’s marketing budget and title allocation, reporting to the Campaigns Director. You will enjoy having a leading role in energizing our children’s team to achieve their goals, collaborating with our US colleagues and providing an experienced voice for Publishers.

Key Responsibilities include

• Amazon Marketing Services (AMS) campaign execution, budgeting and reporting
• Little People, Big Dreams brand management within global growth strategy including budget, consumer, retail activity and online presence
• To manage Pre-school and Educational campaigns across lists, including paid and earned promotions, core outreach, Levelling and resources, and developing focus groups
• Plan and execute effective marketing strategies for lead titles supported by the team
• Trade marketing – develop key account and wholesale school/library promotional strategies and attending meetings
• Leadership – line manage Children’s Campaigns Officer and freelancer(s), plus manage the Children’s responsibilities of the Communities and Social Media Executive

Skills, knowledge and experience

Essential

• Enthusiastic, focused team player with people management experience
• Direct experience running AMS campaigns
• Excellent knowledge of children’s 0-12 age marketing opportunities including school and library associations, pre-school and non-fiction
• A demonstrable interest in digital-first marketing and community building
• Hard-working, proactive, collaborative – enjoy working with close-knit teams
• Excellent verbal and written communication including internal and external relations plus effective writing, briefing, pitching, presenting
• Confident negotiator
• Exceptional organisational, time management and prioritisation skills, with experience working across multiple imprints

Desirable

• Passion and drive to deliver for a strong growth area of the business
• A flair for creative marketing to make our design-led titles stand out in the market
• Independent yet collaborative – able to use initiative to realise effective, efficient working practices

Salary

Competitive + benefits

Please send CV and covering letter by 14^th June to the Campaigns Director, [email protected]

Marketing and Publicity Assistant

Bloomsbury Publishing

CLOSING DATE: 10/06/2019

CONTACT: Bloomsbury HR
[email protected]
(0)20 7631 5600

Marketing & Publicity Assistant (Special Interest Non-Fiction)

The opportunity

Bloomsbury Publishing is looking for an enthusiastic and meticulous Marketing and Publicity Assistant to join the creative and innovative Adult Marketing and Publicity team at Bloomsbury Publishing, working across the Special Interest non-fiction imprints. Imprints include: Continuum, Green Tree, Sport, Business, Wildlife, Philip Wilson and Sigma. Our award-winning publishing lists include a wide range of distinguished non-fiction from current affairs to popular science, from religion to wellbeing, and from business to fine art, alongside with the world’s most famous sports book, The Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack. Our acclaimed list of authors includes: Douglas Murray, Vassos Alexander, Diana Moran, Tony Little, Jules Howard and Christine Armstrong.

The role

• Provide support to the marketing and publicity teams across their campaigns including assisting with and organising events and accompanying authors to events and interviews
• Ownership of some marketing and publicity campaigns and involvement in development of special interest strategy and outreach
• Creation of social media campaigns and assets
• Management of administrative tasks
• Responsibility for internal communication of publicity coverage and events schedule
• Administrative support on quarterly marketing launch & review meetings
• General publicity and marketing contact for public and media, via phone and email
• Responsibility for writing e-newsletters and updating areas of the website
• Assisting with set up and manning of stands at exhibitions
• Reporting line to Senior Head of Adult Marketing and Publicity – Non-Fiction

Skills, knowledge, experience

• Excellent organizational, timekeeping and multi-tasking skills
• Great attention to detail
• Passion for reading
• Keen interest in social media
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong relationship building skills, internally and externally

The role is based at Bloomsbury’s London office – 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP.

To apply, please send a CV, covering letter, current salary details and notice period to [email protected] closing date is 10^th June 2019.

Marketing Executive

Hachette Children's Group

CLOSING DATE: 09/06/2019

CONTACT: Fi Evans (Marketing) Anna Cavender (HR)
[email protected]
020 3122 6000

Who we are and what we do
Hachette Children’s Group is one of the largest children’s publishers in the UK with an excellent track record in creating bestselling and award-winning books for children of all ages and interests. Across its imprints, Hachette Children’s Group publishes a diverse range of books to cater for every child, including picture books, fiction, non-fiction and series and licensed publishing. We are the home of award-winning bestsellers such as Kes Gray and Jim Field, Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees, Cressida Cowell, Jessica Townsend, Nadiya Hussain, Patrice Lawrence, Piers Torday, Onjali Q Raúf, Dermot O’Leary, Lauren Child and Francesca Simon.

What you’ll be doing
The successful candidate will be responsible for creating, delivering and measuring on and offline campaigns across Hachette Children’s Group’s pre-school, picture books, series, licensing and young & illustrated fiction and non-fiction list, ranging from established authors and brands to debut launches.

They’ll report to the Senior Marketing Manager and work closely with them, and the rest of the team, to provide support across high profile campaigns as directed. They’ll have specific responsibility for managing the picture book channels and HCG’s PopJam digital channels, with supervision.

Who we’re looking for
The successful candidate will be creative and passionate about marketing in the world of children’s books, with at least 2 years’ experience in marketing, ideally within the publishing industry.

They will be an excellent communicator, have strong copywriting skills, an eye for design and knowledge of all areas of book marketing – from digital to sell in, advertising to partnerships. Some experience of Photoshop or InDesign would be preferable. The successful candidate will have a can-do attitude and be able to effectively manage their time and prioritise their workload.

What we offer
We offer a creative and dynamic environment within an enthusiastic and collaborative team. As part of Hachette, you will benefit from an extensive training library and development schemes such as mentoring.

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.

Salary
circa £25,000 depending on experience

For further infromation, or to apply online visit: https://jobs.hachette.co.uk/jobs/job/Marketing-Executive-Hachette-Childrens-Group/115?_ga=2.138020656.1287785742.1559209706-2105061417.1539786602