Head of Marketing

Vintage Books

CLOSING DATE: 08.09.24

CONTACT: [email protected]

Are you a brilliant communicator with the drive and vision to create and deliver industry-leading campaigns in the commercial fiction space? Would you love the opportunity to play a central role in imprint strategy?

Vintage are looking for a strategic and creative marketer, reporting to the Marketing Director and working as part of a team of twelve. This role will have a particular focus on Vintage’s Harvill Secker imprint.

About Vintage 

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. Our heritage gives us confidence to find the next big thing, knowing the most exceptional is yet to come.

Making books is a team effort and, whether that’s a team of two or 82, we share every triumph. We pour care into our craft, our authors and each other – because there’s no limit to a good book.

About Harvill Secker 

Harvill Secker is a rich and spirited imprint with broad horizons, publishing books that cross borders and genres. Harvill publishes the most exciting voices from around the world in the fields of prize-winning contemporary fiction, crime and thrillers, historical novels and immersive and world-building storytelling.

The list is home to major writers such as Haruki Murakami, Jo Nesbo, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Denise Mina, Pedro Almodóvar, Yoko Ogawa, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Abir Mukherjee, Sheila Heti, Joseph O’Connor, Monique Roffey, Kirsty Logan, Tommy Orange and Erin Morgenstern as well as new names like Emi Yagi, Susan Stokes-Chapman, Nicci Cloke, Kim Jee-hye and Ajay Chowdhury.

The opportunity 

In this role you will lead marketing strategy for commercial fiction at Vintage. You will act as lead marketer for Harvill Secker, supporting imprint growth strategy and acquisitions, and will take on brand management for some of Vintage’s biggest authors.  You’ll have management responsibility for one Senior Marketing Executive and will form part of the senior marketing team.

Key responsibilities: 

• Deliver outstanding, sales-driving campaigns for commercial lead titles, as well as brand management for some of Vintage biggest brand authors including Jo Nesbo and Anne Tyler.

• Lead marketer for Harvill Secker, supporting imprint growth strategy and acquisitions.

• Run frontlist, catalogue and sustain campaigns with an audience-led, commercially minded approach.

• Proactively reach a diverse set of audiences with campaigns with an audience-led approach across a range of media channels.

• Ensure effectiveness of campaigns by leading ebook promotional strategy and through strong internal and agency relationships.

• Work closely with editors and other internal stakeholders such as editorial, publicity and sales on positioning, package and copy.

• Line management and talent development of one direct report.

• Contribute to divisional marketing strategy as part of the marketing senior management team and support the Marketing Director on overall D&I strategy for the department.

Candidate profile: 

• Proven track record in delivering high-profile book marketing campaigns to the highest possible standard.

• Experience managing marketing strategy across commercial fiction, with a strong knowledge of crime fiction.

• 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, approachable, a good listener with a solutions-focused approach.

• 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.

Application instructions: 

Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for the role by midnight on Sunday 8 September.

What you can expect from us:

Salary: £50,000 – £55,000 depending on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.

Competitive benefits package:  

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

Well-being – healthcare cash plan, critical illness cover, health checks

Lifestyle – enhanced parental leave, tech scheme

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. Vintage colleagues work in our Embassy Gardens office on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We are happy to discuss this further as part of the interview process.

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. Essential criteria are listed in bold in the candidate profile 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 Assistant

Canongate and Severn House

CLOSING DATE: 9 August 2024

CONTACT: [email protected]

Start date: September 2024

Location: Edinburgh

Canongate Books is one of the UK’s leading independent publishers and we are looking for a passionate and creative Marketing Assistant to join our campaigns team. The role is full-time, reporting to the Canongate Marketing Manager with a dotted line to the Severn House Brand Manager, and will be based in our Edinburgh office. The Marketing Assistant will support the marketing team to ensure our titles are continually discovered by new readers and will have a particular focus on growing the profile of Canongate and Severn House’s corelist titles.

(NB Canongate uses the term “corelist” to refer to what is more commonly known as “backlist”. We strongly believe that these books form the core of our business, deserving of our additional focus and attention.)

Our ideal candidate will be a passionate reader and a team player with excellent organisational skills, the ability to write persuasive copy and communicate effectively both externally – with brands, partners, authors and readers – and internally within the campaigns team and the wider company. They will be enthusiastic about our whole list, not just the new books, and most importantly they will be full of ideas, with a desire to explore new ways of telling readers about our books.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Planning and executing marketing campaigns for Canongate and Severn House, with a focus on corelist titles
• Working alongside our digital team to create attention-grabbing content for our website, newsletters and social media channels
• Tracking, reviewing and communicating digital analytics across social media, website and newsletters
• Producing sell-in, presentation and point-of-sale material for our sales department
• Assisting with refreshing keywords and descriptive copy across our corelist to increase discoverability of our titles
• Providing general administrative support for the marketing department including organising meetings, arranging book mailings, processing invoices, helping with book fair and sales conference organisation, ordering books, managing our proof schedule etc.

What knowledge, skills, experience we are looking for:

• Passion for reading
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Exceptional organisational skills
• Confident grasp of social media, especially video content
• Able to respond flexibly to a busy workload and multiple deadlines
• Confident communication skills
• Passionate interest in writing and developing copy
• The ability to adapt and quickly familiarise with new IT programs, experience with Adobe Photoshop and InDesign is desirable

Salary: £25.5k plus benefits (see here for details of benefits at Canongate)

To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter addressed to Jamie Norman, Marketing Manager, detailing why you feel you are suitable for this role. The deadline for applications is 9.00am, Friday 9 August 2024.

PLEASE NOTE:

Canongate is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its employment policies for recruitment are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive we are unable to respond to everyone. If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date then unfortunately you have not been shortlisted for the position. We will keep your information securely until 30th September 2024. Unless you are the successful applicant, all of your information will be deleted from our systems at that point.

Marketing Executive

Women's Prize Trust

CLOSING DATE: 12 July 2024

CONTACT: [email protected]

£27,000 – £30,000 per annum depending on experience

Explore this role if you’re passionate about celebrating women’s literature and fluent across different content types and marketing channels. 

Entering its 30th year, the Women’s Prize for Fiction is the greatest celebration of female creativity in the world. A landmark across the publishing landscape, continuously innovated by the Women’s Prize Trust, as seen by the launch of the Non-Fiction sister prize in 2023. With an audience in the millions, this is a unique and established brand in the world of books. The Women’s Prize Trust is a registered charity whose mission is to enrich society by creating equitable opportunities for women in the world of books and beyond. Essentially, we believe that books by women can change the world. Read more about our work here.

We have the rare opportunity for a full-time Marketing Executive to join the small but mighty team at the Women’s Prize. The position will report to the Marketing & Audiences Director and will be an integral role within the executive team. This successful candidate will provide support across a variety of marketing activations, campaigns and events, speaking directly to readers and writers across our digital channels daily and crafting content that aligns with the Women’s Prize Trust’s mission and core values.

You will be fluent across multiple digital content types and marketing channels. You will work on owned, earned and shared digital channels. This might, for instance, mean creating content for and updating the Women’s Prize website and scheduling newsletters (owned), creating social content and engaging with our community (earned), and providing assistance for content and digital activations on partner channels (shared). You will create promotional material for booksellers and libraries, set-dressing for events and decks for a wide variety of stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Implement a content strategy for the website, ensuring it is regularly updated and provides the best user experience
• Write and edit copy and content for digital marketing campaigns across multiple channels, including web, email and social media
• Lead on CRM activity, writing compelling copy to a high standard and work alongside the wider team to acquire new audiences
• Create marketing material – point-of-sale, event set-dressing, goody bag production, researching costs and samples, etc.
• Oversee community management processes and social listening scaling insights to the wider organisation
• Analyse performance data and adjust activity as needed to improve KPIs (key performance indicators)
• Reporting for post-event/project/campaign analysis, through audience surveys and on-the-spot feedback
• Support the planning and execution of on- and offline events, conferences, workshops and award submissions
• Assist Marketing Director’s work with brand partners
• Support on influencer engagement
• Ensure throughout all messaging awareness of the Women’s Prize Trust is pivotal, crafting narratives that focus on the mission and values of the charity.

Knowledge, skills and experience

Essential

• Previous experience working in a publishing house, or a marketing or creative role team
• An avid reader who is passionate about the Women’s Prize Trust’s mission and has an understanding of the online book community
• A strong interest in popular culture in relation to digital marketing, social media and female pioneers
• Experience managing multiple social platforms and a track record of creating engaging brand content across Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook and others
• Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritise tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Skilled in crafting content and copy that engages with readers
• An understanding of SEO best practices and how to write SEO-friendly copy
• A good working knowledge of CMS (specifically WordPress) and CRM systems (specifically MailChimp)
• The ability to interrogate digital analytics and present them in a useful and informative way
• Ability to brief and create marketing assets, applying design guidelines, research print and production houses, etc.
• Experience in creating and updating decks using packages such as Powerpoint, Google Slides, Canva
• Detail-oriented & organised: from content to events, your eye is always in the detail
• A creative approach: have a design eye and understanding of the brand
• A self-starter: we are a small team and everyone steps up
• Great relationship-building skills and empathy with the ability to work collaboratively and network at all levels.

Desirable

• You may have experience working with high-profile personalities to amplify our mission and build relationships with them as future ambassadors
• Experience working with influencers, from scouting emerging talent to building rapport to ensure they deliver content and advocate
• An understanding of live and online events in relation to content the key steps to engaging an audience and deliver a memorable experience.

Benefits

• 35-hour working week with flexible working available and the need to attend events in the evenings and weekends, with time-off-in-lieu available
• Role is remote-based with a certain amount of face-to-face with London-based team
• 28 days paid holiday plus bank holidays
• Pension contribution following probationary period.

To apply

• Please apply via Creative Access with a cover letter of no more than two pages outlining your suitability for the role and a CV by the deadline of midday on 12th July 2024
• In your covering letter, please indicate why you are interested in this role and how your experience and skills match the person specification
• Please also complete an Equal Opportunities Form

Only successful candidates will be contacted.

Senior Content and Communities Manager

Thames & Hudson

CLOSING DATE: 14 July 2024

CONTACT: [email protected]

– Full time, permanent

https://thamesandhudson.com/page/senior-content-communities-manager

Marketing Executive, Harper NonFiction

HarperCollins

CLOSING DATE: 7 July 2024

CONTACT: [email protected]

Salary: £27,600 – £30,000

Are you a creative marketer with a passion for storytelling and great content?

As Marketing Executive you will be responsible for planning and implementing campaigns, as well as supporting members of the nonfiction marketing team on delivering integrated and innovative campaigns for some of our biggest brands.

HarperNonFiction is one the UK’s leading entertainment and lifestyle publishers home to some of the biggest names and bestselling brands in nonfiction, with authors including Peter Kay, Jay Shetty, Debbie Harry, Sarah Rossi, Marcus Wareing, Martin Kemp, Adam Buxton, Rachel Stevens, The Good, The Bad & The Rugby and Alison Steadman. Complimented by our quality narrative imprint Mudlark, true life stories imprint Element and lifestyle imprint Thorsons, you will have the opportunity to be fully involved with our eclectic, genre-defining list across memoir, music, sport, self-help, personal development, cookery, health & fitness and gift.

This new role comes at an exciting time of expansion and change for us and you’ll have the opportunity to develop yourself and play an important role in our continued growth.

Key tasks and accountabilities:

• Assist in developing and executing integrated campaign plans to meet marketing strategies and deliver against sales targets
• Develop engaging social and digital content to promote our authors and brands
• Assist with key company, marketing, and sales events and presentations including compiling decks, working with internal and external design teams and general support at events
• Assist implementation of paid social and display advertising campaigns including writing engaging copy, working on high quality asset creation and audience targeting
• Lead marketing on smaller campaigns
• Create print and digital consumer-facing promotional and retailer-facing sell-in materials (e.g. POS, proofs, digital assets and decks)
• Create and implement plans on key HarperCollins and author social, website and email channels including asset creation and copy
• Build webpages and landing page via CMS builder to promote books and competitions
• Assist and, on certain projects, lead briefing of external design and media agencies for digital, audio, print and OOH advertising
• Help with preparation and on-set at author video and photography shoots
• Manage campaign budgets
• Provide general marketing support to senior marketing team
• Staying up-to-date with latest marketing and industry trends and sharing new learnings, interesting campaigns or ideas with team
• Act is first point of contact for group marketing functions for social media and email content and metadata including attending relevant meetings
• Attend and support key launch and industry events

Skills required:

• Basic marketing experience in a content, media or similar business – or qualification in that area
• A team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Demonstrable enthusiasm for marketing in all its forms across different media and platforms
• Creative with an enthusiasm for social media and an interest in developing great content and partnerships
• Experience managing multiple projects at a time
• Enthusiasm for books and entertainment

 Desirable:

• Strong eye for design
• Good tech and design skills including using photoshop and video editing software
• Experience with database and social media management platforms (e.g. Hootsuite)

Benefits:

• Hybrid working model (3 days in the office)
• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Private healthcare cover and life assurance
• Summer Hours
• Free access to HeadSpace, employee assistance programme (24 hour helpline), mental health first aiders, and a wellbeing portal
• Relocation Rent Support Loan
• Employee networks: HC All In (open forum), Elevate (for ethnic minority colleagues), HarperParents, Menopause at Work, Pride at HC, Social Mobility Network and Neurodiversity at Work
• Unlimited training on our Learning and Development portal
• Virtual GP and eyecare vouchers
• Gym membership discount
• Onsite physiotherapy (London only)
• Charitable donation matching and 2 volunteering days
• We’re a certified Carbon Neutral company
• Free e-books and audiobooks, newspaper subscriptions and discounts on books
• Subsidised canteen and retail discounts
• Onsite prayer room

If you wish to discuss anything regarding this position and/or your application to this role, please reach out directly to [email protected] with subject heading ‘Vacancy Query’ plus the job title and we will aim to get back to you within 5 working days.

Please note, if you are interested in the role you would need to submit your application via Applied. We do not accept email applications.

Marketing Assistant, Children’s

Bloomsbury Publishing

CLOSING DATE: 5 July 2024

CONTACT: The Recruitment Team
[email protected]

The opportunity

We’re looking for a bright, energetic and outgoing Children’s Marketing Assistant to join the team and work across our award-winning and internationally successful children’s publishing list, including Picture Books, Illustrated Non-Fiction and Fiction. This is an exciting opportunity for a creative and organised person who has a passion for children’s books and is ready to begin their career in publishing.

You will be joining a friendly and collaborative team to provide support across the trade marketing division on a wide range of campaigns and assist with general admin for the department.

We are looking for someone enthusiastic, ambitious and passionate about connecting readers everywhere with their next great read, bringing their initiative and brilliant work ethic to the team.

Bloomsbury’s Children’s Books is a high-performing, dynamic division of a fast-growing and ambitious publisher, and The British Book Awards Children’s Publisher of the Year 2024.  Our celebrated list is home to perfect picture books, page-turning middle-grade adventures, blockbuster YA fantasy and award-winning non-fiction. Its award-winning, diverse list includes authors and illustrators such as Katherine Rundell, Kalynn Bayron, Catherine Doyle, J.K. Rowling, Jessie Burton, Neil Gaiman, Tom Percival, Katya Balen and Lex Croucher. We are also home to the most famous children’s book brand in the world: Harry Potter.

The role

• Provide administrative support to the Marketing Director and Children’s Trade Marketing Team. This includes diary scheduling, processing invoices, setting up new suppliers, inputting spend on budget, organising mailings and coding expenses
• Administrative responsibilities to help with the smooth running of the wider marketing team, including coordination of internal and external meetings, and working closely with the Marketing Director on diary admin and key internal meetings
• Build relationships with key contacts in all other departments across the company, supporting cross-departmental communications and meetings
• Project manage the bi-annual children’s catalogue and rights guide
• A team super user for platforms such as NetGalley, Sprout Social, and the new Bloomsbury.com website, using CMS to manage updates on children’s titles
• Brief and produce a variety of marketing materials, such as activity packs, social media assets, POS and sell-in material. Liaising with the internal editorial and design teams, and freelance designers throughout the process
• Build up the marketing campaign knowledge and experience to manage your own campaigns
• You’ll report to the Senior Marketing Manager, but work closely with all members of the team

Knowledge, skills and experience

• A passion for books
• Excellent MS Office skills (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Excellent communication skills
• Organised, proactive and creative
• A team player, with strong interpersonal skills and a great attitude
• Ability to juggle and prioritise lots of competing demands
• Great time management skills, with the ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Strong attention to detail
• Interest in pursuing new marketing opportunities and new ways of reaching readers, staying abreast of key publishing trends and the wider book market

Additional information

The role is a full-time permanent position

Salary Pay Point: £27,000

The role is based at our London office 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP on a hybrid-working pattern of 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred).  Allocated office days for this role are Monday and Tuesday.

As an Assistant role, this position is eligible for Bloomsbury’s Rental Deposit Loan Scheme. To assist candidates who want to start and to establish a career in publishing, Bloomsbury offers an interest-free rental deposit to support securing somewhere to live. The rental deposit loan can be up to £3,000 and will be paid back over 2 years.

Please apply with a CV and covering letter detailing how you meet the requirements for this role outlined above, and which should also include in no more than 300 words a recent marketing campaign you’ve been most impressed by within recent months and why, addressed to Human Resources (Word or PDF format only)  by 5^th July 2024.

For best results, please use a desktop to apply as some mobile browsers may not fully support the application portal.

Bloomsbury reserve the right to close the role early if we exceed the required number of applications

Bloomsbury Benefits

As well as a fantastic opportunity to join a global award-winning organisation, Bloomsbury offers the following competitive benefits package:

Working Pattern

• hybrid working pattern of: 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred)

Holidays

• 25 days holiday
• 3.5 days Christmas company holiday

Other Benefits

• Two paid Personal Wellness Days
• Flexible Fridays – take Friday afternoon off by working an additional 3 hours and 30 minutes earlier in the week
• Season Ticket Loan
• Share Save Scheme
• AXA Healthcare Plan (Private Medical Insurance)
• In-house Doctor
• Eye Care Voucher Scheme

Company culture – Employee Voice Meetings, Staff Networks (Bloom (BAME), Accessibility, Mental Health, Pride, and Parents, Guardians and Carers, Multi-Faith) and 21 Mental Health First Aiders trained across the UK offices, Publishing Events and access to free Publishing Resources

For additional benefits see our careers page.

Bloomsbury is a place where anyone of any background, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender identity, age, ability, or socio-economic status can thrive, feel comfortable, and be heard and accepted. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please flag to the recruitment team if required

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK – Bloomsbury Publishing do not sponsor visa applications

The Book Trade Charity provide financial assistance for people looking to get into the publishing industry; you can find more information and talk directly here: http://booktradeentrysupport.org

Marketing Executive (12 month FTC)

Hachette Children's Group

CLOSING DATE: 24 June 2024

CONTACT: Naomi Berwin

Marketing & Publicity Assistant

Hachette Children's Group

CLOSING DATE: 19 June 2024

CONTACT: Naomi Berwin

Corelist Manager (Marketing)

Canongate and Severn House

CLOSING DATE: 20th May 2024

CONTACT: Alice Shortland

This newly created role within our Marketing Department offers an experienced and pro-active individual the opportunity to work closely with both Editorial and Sales colleagues from Canongate and Severn House, on a fast-growing and crucial area of the business.

This is a role for a passionate reader, who cares about reaching new audiences with established titles and driving corelist growth. At Canongate we use the term ‘corelist’ instead of ‘backlist’ because we feel strongly that this key part of our list, our DNA, should never be in the back of our minds or viewed in this way, as it is critical to the health of our business.

The role has considerable development opportunities and would be suitable for someone who is capable of collaborating across departments and understands publishing as a whole ecosystem. Someone for whom details matter, both in terms of metadata and in a desire to measure outcomes.

Key duties will include:

– Running campaigns around reissues, film tie-ins and seasonal moments
– Working with the Canons list and finding new ways and opportunities to promote it
– Running sales-driving AMS campaigns
– Maintaining excellent copy and A+ content, alongside relevant metadata and keywords
– Securing and maintaining partnerships with relevant organisations and retailers
– Working closely with Sales to deliver materials and drive ebook pricing strategy. Finding opportunities to promote audio and ebook editions
– Working closely with Editorial to decide on publishing schedules, rejacketing priorities and ensuring reprints are fresh and relevant
– Ensuring we meet or exceed our financial targets

This full-time position can be based in either our Edinburgh or London offices, reporting into a Marketing Director. Hybrid working is available.

Salary: £32,000+ pa, depending on location and experience plus benefits https://canongate.co.uk/about/employee-benefits/

To apply, please send your CV (including contact details for two references) and a covering letter to Alice Shortland detailing your vision for this role. Email to [email protected]. The deadline for applications is 20th May 2024.

PLEASE NOTE:

Canongate is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its employment policies for recruitment are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive we are unable to respond to everyone. If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date then unfortunately you have not been shortlisted for the position. We will keep your information securely until June 28th, 2024. Unless you are the successful applicant, all of your information will be deleted from our systems at that point.

Marketing Manager

Simon & Schuster Children's Books

CLOSING DATE: 08/05/2024

CONTACT: [email protected]