Marketing Executive

The History Press

CLOSING DATE: 07.02.2025

CONTACT: [email protected]

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

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

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

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

Key responsibilities:

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

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

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

Explore The History Press website here.

Deputy Marketing Director, Cornerstone

Penguin Random House

CLOSING DATE: 22.01.25

CONTACT: PRH Careers

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

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

About Cornerstone

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

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

The role

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

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

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

Key responsibilities:

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

What you’ll bring

Essential criteria:

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

Application instructions

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

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

Salary

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

What you can expect from us

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

Our benefits include:

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

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

Hybrid working

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

About Penguin

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

The recruitment process

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

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

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

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

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.

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:

• • 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 13^th December, 12pm

Marketing and Publicity Assistant

One More Chapter, HarperCollins

CLOSING DATE: 03/10/2024

CONTACT: [email protected]

JOB DESCRIPTION

Marketing Executive, Children’s

Simon & Schuster

CLOSING DATE: 20.09.24

CONTACT: [email protected]

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