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Marketing Manager, Vintage Classics
Marketing Manager, Vintage Classics
Vintage, Penguin Random House
CLOSING DATE: 23/01/2025
CONTACT: Rosanna Boscawen
We are looking for a high-performing, ambitious and creative individual to join the Vintage Marketing team as Marketing Manager for Vintage Classics.
The role will be responsible for planning and executing best-in-class campaigns for Vintage Classics and will be a key member of the wider Classics team in driving the sales growth of the imprint through their knowledge of audiences for classics and what converts them to purchase. The position also involves working on campaigns for select titles from across the other Vintage imprints.
This is an exciting time to join the team, following the relaunch of the iconic Vintage Classics Red Spines in 2024 and with ambitious new publishing on the horizon. If you are a marketing, social media, sales or partnerships professional working in, or with a strong interest in, books and the arts, and with a self-starting and innovative approach, we’d love to hear from you.
About Vintage and Vintage Classics
Read Boldly, Think Differently.
At Vintage, we publish thought-provoking writing from authors of all backgrounds, including trail-blazing classics and books that speak urgently to our times. Which means our broad family of authors ranges from world-class prize-winners to brand new, emerging talent. Our authors include Ocean Vuong, Rory Stewart, Gabrielle Zevin, Margaret Atwood, Brandon Taylor, Abir Mukherjee, Ian McEwan, Nigella Lawson and Alexei Navalny.
Vintage Classics is home to some of the greatest writers and thinkers from around the world and across the ages. Bringing you not just the books you already know and love, but new additions to your library, these are works to capture imaginations, inspire new perspectives and excite curiosity – from Toni Morrison to Graeme Greene, Simone de Beauvoir to Roberto Bolaño.
Key responsibilities:
- Plan and execute best-in-class marketing campaigns for key Vintage Classics titles and series, as well as select titles from across other Vintage imprints and the catalogue, to meet agreed campaign objectives and timelines.
- Be plugged in to consumer trends in Classics publishing and work with the Head of Marketing and Senior Data and Marketing Insight Manager to provide audience insight that will shape and support the publishing programme.
- Establish and execute a streamlined approach to maximise sales across the Vintage Classics list, through Amazon optimisation, home and international retailer opportunities, targeting a range of consumers with social media and influencer activity and partnerships.
- Work closely with sales teams, with a particular focus on International Sales, to present our books in an impactful way that drive sales.
- Identify opportunities to grow brand awareness for Vintage Classics as a whole.
- Manage campaign budgets in line with expected and actual sales revenue.
- Brief designers to produce best-in-class assets and marketing materials.
- Take a data-driven approach, analysing campaigns and their impact on sales, apply learnings and communicate successes and challenges effectively across the wider business and to stakeholders.
- Be the federalised marketer for Vintage Classics, ensuring a close working relationship between Marketing and Editorial.
- Lead on the response to Vintage Classics publishing proposals from a Marketing perspective, working on pitches and providing audience insight.
- Bring diversity of thought and innovation into the marketing team by looking outside the business for ideas and inspiration to share with the team and improve our work.
What you’ll bring
Essential criteria:
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, in person and online
- Ability to present information clearly and confidently
- Organised, flexible and adaptable
- Curious, open-minded and ambitious
- An effective decision maker
- A highly collaborative team player who is also resourceful when working independently
- An excellent eye for design
- A love of books and reading (Classics in particular)
- Interest in book-purchasing trends in international markets
Preferred criteria:
- Able to see all sides of a problem or challenge and come up with a solution
- Broad market awareness within publishing, entertainment or the arts, and within marketing
- Knowledge of and engagement with book-purchasing trends in international markets
- Knowledge of and experience in running organic and paid for social media activity is highly desirable, though not essential
Application instructions
Please apply with your CV and covering letter, addressed to Rosanna, by 23.59pm on 23 January 2025. In your cover letter, please tell us about a piece of Classics publishing that has caught your eye recently, and why you think it was effective.
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.
We anticipate a two or three stage interview process which will include a mix of virtual and in-person meetings. We are happy to discuss this further with you throughout the recruitment process.
Salary
£33,000-£38,000 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. We are happy to discuss the hybrid nature of this role through the recruitment 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. 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.
Junior Marketing Executive
Junior Marketing Executive
FMcM
CLOSING DATE: 13/12/2024
CONTACT: Kealey Rigden
Salary: £25,000 – £29,000
FMcM, the books PR agency, is looking for an ambitious, creative, and versatile Junior Marketing Executive to work with the team on stand-out marketing campaigns for prizes, festivals and books, taking a leading role in the delivery of a wide-range of social media and marketing tasks. The successful candidate will be closely involved with campaigns for some of the most prominent authors, publishers and initiatives in the industry, as well as sharing a responsibility for representing FMcM as a business through our corporate communications.
WHO WE ARE
FMcM, the books PR agency, bring a strategic, intelligent and bespoke approach to deliver PR, profile, brand, digital and content campaigns with real impact.
A team comprised of communications experts with decades of experience at the highest level, and young, dynamic PRs with their fingers on the pulse of fresh genres and new media, we have delivered Sunday Times bestselling campaigns this year for Marian Keyes, Conn Iggulden, Charles Spencer and Alastair Campbell. We also work with some of the most dynamic publishers and imprints in the industry including Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Dialogue Books, Dead Ink, Salt, Divided and Seren Books.
Our work with major brand-leading industry initiatives and prizes, such as the British Book Awards, Polari Prize and the Sunday Time Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award, opens doors to a breadth of new media and partnership opportunities.
Guided by a spirit of collaboration, our work is underpinned by a core belief in literature as a force for good in society and we are proud to advocate for marginalised writers and poets through select pro bono campaigns.
FMcM is an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Campaign implementation
Working both independently and as part of a team, create and implement outstanding marketing and social media campaigns across the client list, including the design and production of:
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- Bespoke graphics for social media across a range of formats
- POS materials including posters, bookmarks and roller banners
- Impactful documents to showcase FMcM’s work including proposals, reports, and media kits
- Client and corporate logos and branding
- Video content using Adobe Premiere Pro for digital and social media campaigns, working closely with the Communications Manager across, concept design, scripting, filming, post-production and editing
- Highlight reels and short social media content
- Social media copy, considering how best to reach target audiences
- Presentations, slideshows and backdrops on PowerPoint
- Digital advertising campaigns, including podcast advertising
Further campaign responsibilities, will include:
- Website maintenance on platforms such as WIX, WordPress and Squarespace
- Briefing and coordination of third-party agencies
- Influencer outreach and blog tour curation
- Organise and attend book launches and assist in the delivery of larger events, such as prize ceremonies and literary festivals, including managing guest lists, hosting press and talent, organising live interviews on-site, and syndicating assets and press materials
- Offer ideas and work with the team on plans and proposals for clients
- Demonstrate effective client and stakeholder communication, including meeting preparation, regular reporting, and campaign evaluation
- Work directly with clients and authors, arrange schedules, provide briefings and escort them to events and commitments
- Keep up to date with current issues and public opinion in the media to inform communications campaigns
- Record and document campaigns, noting successes and impactful metrics to form the basis of client reports, effectively outlining results, challenges and achievements
- Working closely with Communications Manager, communicate any challenges or concerns in a timely manner, seeking guidance ensuring the smooth running of all client campaigns
- Coordinate book, author and event photography, including the dissemination of images and captions to relevant third-parties
FMcM brand strategy and corporate promotion
- Contribute to the FMcM brand strategy, considering trends and new ideas to communicate the company’s successes and core values within the publishing and wider cultural community
- Contribute to the company’s digital presence by producing creative social media, and maintenance across all digital platforms including the website
- Promote FMcM, acting as a representative and advocate of the company
Requirements
- 1-3 years’ experience in a related arts or communications role
- Strong awareness of the current media and social media landscape and UK literary scene
- Demonstrable experience of implementing successful creative marketing campaigns
- Ability to prioritise and juggle competing demands with good time management skills
- Proven copywriting skills
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills on Word, PowerPoint and Excel
- Excellent Adobe Creative Suite skills on InDesign, Photoshop and Premiere Pro
- Strong social media acumen and knowledge of the wider digital marketing landscape within book publishing or the wider arts scene
- Professional, proactive, and organised
- Team player with a positive attitude
- Excellent communication skills
- Curiosity in a range of genres and ability to work on a wide variety of projects
- Basic photography experience preferable
How to apply
To apply for this opportunity, please email an up-to-date CV, together with a cover letter addressing how you meet the requirements of the role.
Deadline: Friday 13th December, 12pm
Marketing and Publicity Assistant
Marketing and Publicity Assistant
One More Chapter, HarperCollins
CLOSING DATE: 03/10/2024
CONTACT: [email protected]
JOB DESCRIPTION
One More Chapter is an innovative, award-winning publishing division of HarperCollins UK. They are the home of global bestsellers with a remit to be at the forefront of all things digital. Combining market-leading digital publishing with the commercial expertise of HarperCollins, the vision for One More Chapter is to close the gap between author, publisher and reader; reacting speedily to reading trends and publishing the best in commercial fiction across all formats – audio, eBook and print.
We are looking for a new member to join our small but dynamic team and we would love to find a passionate commercial reader who is creative and highly organized to provide campaign and administrative support to our marketing and publicity activity. From day one you will be assisting the Senior Marketing Executive and Head of Marketing Strategy with campaigns designed to drive profitable sales of titles, developing and strengthening key author brands, and successfully launching debuts. You will provide significant administrative support, ensuring the smooth running of all marketing campaigns, creating press releases and supporting PR activity. As well as, assisting with the division’s social media and newsletter accounts and influencer relationships.
With our startup mentality there will be the scope to innovate and put forward new ideas. This is a fast-paced fiction list and you will be part of a team that works flexibly and has a lot of fun along the way!
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
Social media and community:
- You will assist with the day-to-day activity for OMC’s social media channels, implement the overall social strategy as outlined by the Senior Marketing Executive and run regular reports on the impact of our channels
- Feed ideas into the social strategy for campaigns, seasonal activity, reader, bookseller and influencer engagement, championing the growth of One More Chapter’s community through creativity and passion
- Engage closely with our network of bloggers, booktokkers and bookstagrammers to grow our community and build early reviews for our titles
Publicity:
- Sending out press releases and book mailings, logging reviews and helping to ensure that all PR databases are kept up to date
- Supporting on festival and local media outreach (following database training) and supporting on regional appearances.
Content Creation:
- You will assist the Senior Marketing Executive for One More Chapter social channels, including scheduling, creating and reporting content trends
- Responsible for creating and uploading suite of assets for all Amazon pages, events and author materials
Email Marketing:
- You will be responsible for implementing the consumer, author and blogger email marketing strategy as directed by the Head of Marketing and Senior Marketing Executive, as well as monitoring and reporting on campaigns
Admin/Time Management
- Provide general administrative support for the division including creating key retailer presentations, helping with digital administration, assisting on key author presentations, raising purchase orders and tracking spend and minute taking in relevant marketing meetings
- Manage the divisional enquiries email and dashboards for partner platforms such as Cision The Bookseller, NetGalley, The Reading Agency and more
SKILLS REQUIRED
- Content creation skills and ability to create eye-catching assets via Canva, Photoshop, photography, or your preferred design suite
- Experience using a range of social media channels
- Advanced MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint
- Remains calm under pressure, able to work at pace and to tight deadlines
- Happy to work independently as well as part of a team
- Innovative, not afraid to do things differently
- Excellent attention to detail
- Proactive, strategic thinker
- Organised and able to manage own time and workload efficiently
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to express technical and creative vision and meeting minutes clearly
- Excellent organisational skills and experience of working to deadlines
DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE
- A passion for commercial fiction – from women’s fiction to crime and thriller, historical to fantasy and romance
- Experience of managing, developing or creating a social and online presence, even if it is your own
- Any publishing or marketing experience would be a bonus, whether that’s work experience, experience as a bookseller or as part of a publishing society, but is not strictly necessary
To apply please visit: https://app.beapplied.com/apply/xppqdrzldm
Marketing Executive, Children’s
Marketing Executive, Children’s
Simon & Schuster
CLOSING DATE: 20.09.24
CONTACT: [email protected]
Simon and Schuster Children’s Books is looking for a bright, commercial and creative Marketing Executive to join one of the fastest growing Children’s Publishers in the U.K. Working across picture books, fiction and non-fiction this is an exciting opportunity for a driven and organised person who has a passion for children’s books and is ready for their next step in publishing.
Working as part of a team, the Children’s Marketing Executive will work with some of our biggest brands as well as on our newly launched platform-led Gallery Kids and YA list. They will implement their own marketing campaigns and work with other team members on with day to day campaign elements for Skandar, Supertato and other best-selling brands as well as platform led authors.
This role reports to the Marketing Director, Brands and Gallery Kids / YA.
The Job Role
This role’s aim is to implement high impact and commercially creative consumer campaigns to market specific titles, series and authors (online and offline). It would consist of assisting the Marketing Director and Senior Brand Manager across high profile platform led campaigns as well as year round backlist marketing activity for key brands. It would also include building relationships both internally and externally to communicate marketing materials and campaign elements effectively.
The Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate will have previously worked within a marketing role, with experience of children’s books, specifically Children’s trade. They will have the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, and ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines. They will have confident verbal and written communication skills, and able to build relationships both internally and externally with ease. Having a full grasp of online and offline marketing techniques and have fantastic copywriting and copyediting skills.
Please apply with a CV and cover letter telling us about yourself – in your cover letter please include a short paragraph (no more than 300 words) discussing a recent marketing or brand campaign that caught your attention.
Closing date: 20 September 2024
Simon & Schuster UK is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity and gender expression. At Simon & Schuster UK, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all.
Candidates hired for this or any other posted Simon & Schuster UK role will be employees of Simon & Schuster UK Ltd subject to all policies, including the Workplace Privacy Notice,and eligible solely for the benefits plans thereof.
Simon & Schuster, a global leader in general interest publishing, is dedicated to providing the best in fiction and nonfiction for readers of all ages, and in all printed, digital and audio formats. Its distinguished roster of authors includes many of the world’s most popular and widely recognized writers, and winners of the most prestigious literary honors and awards. It is home to numerous well-known imprints and divisions such as Simon & Schuster, Scribner, Atria Books, Gallery Books, Adams Media, Avid Reader Press, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing and Simon & Schuster Audio and international companies in Australia, Canada, India, and the United Kingdom, and proudly brings the works of its authors to readers in more than 200 countries and territories. For more information visit our website at www.simonandschuster.com.
Head of Marketing
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
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
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
Senior Content and Communities Manager
Thames & Hudson
CLOSING DATE: 14 July 2024
CONTACT: [email protected]
– Full time, permanent
Are you a creative digital marketer with skills spanning content, analytics and strategic planning? Do you have experience in identifying, building and retaining engaged cultural audiences? Do you enjoy crafting compelling content plans that see the big picture, drive traffic, build brand loyalty and bring books to readers? Do you have a passion for the arts and an eye for design?
World-renowned illustrated publisher Thames & Hudson is looking for a dynamic Senior Content & Communities Manager with a passion for illustrated non-fiction and a track record of content-led digital marketing campaigns. With titles across all areas of visual creativity – the arts, architecture, design, photography, fashion, film and music – as well as history, archaeology, popular culture and children’s non-fiction, this role provides an exciting opportunity for an experienced marketer to work across a diverse list, contribute to our content and communities strategy, line-manage and play an essential role in implementing our brand strategy and positioning.
The ideal candidate is someone who has a passion for social media, email marketing, and books – but approaches every stage with its relevance to key audience/s to the forefront of their thinking. You will play a pivotal role in crafting and executing our social media and CRM strategies to enhance our brand visibility, engage our audiences, and drive sales.
The Role:
– Contribute to strategy around the digital content, audiences and channels at Thames & Hudson.
– Identify and build audience profiles that inform our content and communications activities, growing our reach and engagement in the process.
– Lead on the execution of segmentation and customisation projects for the website and newsletters.
– Create / commission compelling, engaging digital content for our website, newsletters and social channels to include copy, static imagery, audio, video and animation.
– Drive best practice and critical thinking using analytics and reporting.
– Manage the content / front-end development plans for our website, making it relevant to audiences and communities, and improving the customer experience to enhance CRM.
– Keep our digital marketing output up to speed in a fast-changing environment, whether that’s on our websites, social channels or other platforms.
– Be an in-house champion for digital marketing initiatives and best practices.
– Line manage the Social Media and CRM Executive.
Knowledge, Skills & Experience:
– Strong experience in a digital marketing role, managing successful campaigns
– Previous line management experience
– Experience of crafting content and social strategies, and analysing output
– Working knowledge of and experience with key tools such as social media scheduling & monitoring software, MailChimp, SEO, analytics tools (GA4 desirable), PPC and Content Management Systems
– Persuasive written and verbal communication skills
– Broad-base marketing skills, combining creativity, strategic and analytical/critical thinking
– Knowledge of book publishing in one or more of our key markets would be advantageous
– A strong visual sense and appreciation for the arts
– Able to prioritise and work across channels and projects
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 Knowledge, Skills and Experience above. Please also include a pdf of some visual examples of campaigns you have worked on, that demonstrate your suitability for this role.
The deadline for applications is Sunday 14 July 2024.
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.
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!
https://thamesandhudson.com/page/senior-content-communities-manager
Marketing Executive, Harper NonFiction
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
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 5th 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




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