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Marketing Executive (12 month FTC)
Marketing Executive (12 month FTC)
Hachette Children's Group
CLOSING DATE: 24 June 2024
CONTACT: Naomi Berwin
Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) is one of the largest children’s publishers in the UK, with an excellent track record in creating bestselling and award-winning books for children of all ages. We publish best-selling picture book, fiction and non-fiction authors and illustrators and licensed brands including Alice Oseman, Cressida Cowell, Jim Field, Onjali Q. Raúf, Tim Peake, Rachel Bright, Dean Atta, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Marion Deuchars, Nina Chakrabarti, Adiba Jaigirdar, Alex Wheatle, Alexandra Bracken, Rosie Jones, Benjamin Zephaniah, J.K. Rowling, Sinead Burke, Jacqueline Wilson, Juno Dawson, Leigh Bardugo, Annabel Karmel, Matthew Syed, Skye McKenna, David Almond, L. D. Lapinski, Lauren Child, Dermot O’Leary, Enid Blyton, Francesca Simon, Alex T. Smith, Zanib Mian, Giles Andreae, Guy Parker-Rees, Piers Torday, Robert Ingpen, Rainbow Magic, Beast Quest, Kes Gray, Gabby’s Dollhouse and Jurassic World.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Marketing Executive (FTC) to join the team at Hachette Children’s Group. This junior campaigns role offers invaluable experience at a leading children’s publisher and the right candidate promote top tier authors, illustrators and books in a supportive, high performing, creative and award-winning team.
You will be responsible for planning, implementing and measuring creative and cost-effective marketing campaigns for allocated titles as well as supporting on larger marketing campaigns. You will be working across all areas of the HCG Trade list (picture books, licensing, fiction, non-fiction, pre-school, series, teen and YA), as well as the Franklin Watts & Wayland education lists. Campaign work will encompass the entire marketing mix including digital, partnerships, trade, advertising and influencer activity. You will also be involved in managing the Hachette Schools and HCG digital channels (social, website and newsletter). This role includes communication with our high-profile authors and illustrators and agents, and you will be the friendly, professional face of HCG both on email and in-person. You’ll create your own publishing networks, liaising with influencers, bookshops and other external partners as well as internal colleagues. Using your high-quality writing and presenting skills, we’ll ask you to produce material to promote our titles and represent HCG in meetings with external partners. The role also involves some general administrative tasks for the marketing team.
We are looking for someone who is creative, with excellent copywriting skills and a clear understanding of the consumer and how to reach them. You should also have strong social media skills and awareness of all digital platforms, existing and emerging. The ability to juggle multiple projects and a great eye for detail is essential for this role.
You will be a strong team player, able to work collaboratively as part of a team, liaising with multiple colleagues, with high-profile authors, illustrators, agents, licensors and booksellers, so you will need to be confident, with excellent communication and copywriting skills.
Proven experience in a marketing role is essential, as is a passion for books. Prior experience in the publishing industry is not necessary.
You will be joining a friendly, talented, collaborative team of skilled publicists and marketeers to support on award-winning campaigns across a wide variety of titles, including some of the biggest and best authors, illustrators and brands in children’s publishing.
We are a creative, enthusiastic and supportive team. There is significant opportunity for professional development within the role and, as part of Hachette UK, you will benefit from an extensive training library and development schemes such as mentoring.
Our staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:
- 28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years’ service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years’ (+ bank holidays)
- Generous pension schemes
- Rent deposit loans
- 2 community days per year
- Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)
- Retail discounts through Hachette rewards
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye care vouchers
- Wide-ranging training library
- Development programmes (including mentoring)
- Up to 70% off book purchases
- A charity bookshelf
- 12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing and religious networks
- Season ticket loans
- And much more!
The role will be based at either our London office (Carmelite House), our Edinburgh office (Frederick Street), our Newcastle office (Portland House) or our Sheffield office (Wards Exchange) with a blend of in-office (minimum 3 days, Thursdays mandatory) and homeworking (2 days) per week.
Hachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.
If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.
The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit www.booktradeentrysupport.org
Marketing & Publicity Assistant
Marketing & Publicity Assistant
Hachette Children's Group
CLOSING DATE: 19 June 2024
CONTACT: Naomi Berwin
Hachette Children’s Group of the UK’s largest children’s publishers, our mission is to make it easy for children and young people everywhere to access books and see themselves reflected. We aim to maximise our readers’ life chances by inspiring a lifelong love of reading, publishing books for every stage of their journey to adulthood from Enid Blyton to Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper.
Hachette Children’s Group is a division of Hachette, one of the largest publishing groups in the UK, with 12 publishing divisions and over 60 imprints. Everyone here is proud to be in the business of opening doors and minds.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Marketing and PR Assistant to join the team at Hachette Children’s Group. This entry level role offers invaluable experience at a leading children’s publisher and the right candidate will be part of the team promoting top tier authors, illustrators and books in a supportive, high performing, creative and award-winning team.
You will be responsible for providing general assistance in the Marketing and PR team. You will offer administrative support for the smooth running of the department as well as providing some confidential administrative support to the Group Marketing and Communications Director, and undertake some campaign work.
You’ll be part of every part of the promotional process, from accompanying authors to events, promoting our books’ successes on social, creating presentations and much more. You’ll also be communicating with our high-profile authors and illustrators, and be the friendly, professional face of HCG both on email and in-person. You’ll create your own publishing networks, liaising with journalists, influencers, licensors, festivals and bookshops, as well as internal colleagues. Using your high-quality writing and presenting skills, we’ll ask you to produce material to promote our titles and represent HCG in meetings with festivals and other partners.
We are looking for someone exceptionally organised, with meticulous attention to detail and ability to juggle multiple priorities, use MS office proficiently, as well as learning publishing platforms such as Biblio.
A passion for books and the media is essential and the ideal candidate will bring creativity and enthusiasm to the role. You will be a strong team player, able to work collaboratively as part of a team, liaising with multiple colleagues, with high-profile authors, illustrators, agents, licensors, journalists and booksellers, so you will need to be confident, with excellent communication and copywriting skills.
Prior experience in the publishing industry is not necessary.
You will be joining a friendly, talented, collaborative team of skilled publicists and marketeers to support on award-winning campaigns across a wide variety of titles, including some of the biggest and best authors of brands in children’s publishing.
We are a creative, enthusiastic and supportive team. There is significant opportunity for professional development within the role and, as part of Hachette UK, you will benefit from an extensive training library and development schemes such as mentoring.
Our staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:
- 28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years’ service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years’ (+ bank holidays)
- Private medical insurance
- Generous pension schemes
- Rent deposit loans
- 2 community days per year
- Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)
- Retail discounts through Hachette rewards
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye care vouchers
- Wide-ranging training library
- Development programmes (including mentoring)
- Up to 70% off book purchases
- A charity bookshelf
- 12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing and religious networks
- Season ticket loans
- And much more!
The role will be based at our London office, Carmelite House, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.
Hachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.
If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.
The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit www.booktradeentrysupport.org
Corelist Manager (Marketing)
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
Marketing Manager
Simon & Schuster Children's Books
CLOSING DATE: 08/05/2024
CONTACT: [email protected]
Simon & Schuster UK is one of the leading general book publishing companies in the UK and was named Publisher of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2022 and 2023. They also won Children’s Publisher of the Year in 2023. Based in London with sister companies in the United States, Canada, Australia and India, the UK division has four imprints: Gallery, Scribner, Simon & Schuster; and Simon & Schuster Children’s Books, which publish a wide and eclectic mix of authors ranging across commercial fiction, literary fiction, general non-fiction, and children’s publications. Home to bestselling authors and award winners, Simon & Schuster UK is a publishing house of quality writing and a proud home to its authors and their exceptional work. It also runs a sales and distribution service for a number of independent and international publishers including Andrews McMeel, Black Library, Boom! Studios, Elliott & Thompson, Inner Traditions, Rebellion and VIZ Media.
Simon & Schuster International is dedicated to publishing a broad and diverse range of books for everyone, representative of the world around us. They are committed to working with and supporting writers, illustrators, and other creative partners from all walks of life, regardless of race, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, nationality, religion or belief, age, social or economic circumstance.
The Job Profile
Simon & Schuster Children’s Books is home to bestsellers, award-winners and quality commercial picture books, middle grade and YA. We have an exciting vacancy for a marketing professional with a proven track record to join our creative and dynamic team. Reporting to the Marketing & Publicity Director, you will work across the Simon & Schuster Children’s Books publishing list.
The Job Role
You will have responsibility for developing, coordinating, and managing your own titles marketing across a range of genres, working closely with the publicity, editorial, design and sales teams to create imaginative, effective and integrated campaigns. You will plan and deliver creative consumer campaigns utilising the full marketing mix, working with media buyers and owners, ensuring critical paths are met, budgets are managed, and the highest level of author and illustrator care is provided.
Together with the Marketing & PR team collaborate with global S&S marketers to ensure we implement global strategies for shared authors and build new trade and consumer partnerships and relationships.
The Candidate Profile
We are looking for a talented individual who is able to demonstrate strong marketing skills and an excellent understanding of book publishing. You will have a flair for writing great copy, a keen eye for design, and the ability to deliver impactful, creative campaigns across all media. You will have experience of multi-channel and multi-platform campaigns that create market cut-through. The chosen candidate will display strategic thinking and consumer awareness.
With the ability to juggle multiple projects and competing priorities, an excellent eye for detail, you will be a great team player and communicator. You will be excited about bringing passion and new ideas to our marketing activities. If you love children’s books and getting them into the hands of readers and gatekeepers, then we want to hear from you.
Salary: Starting from £36,000
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Closing date: 8 May 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.
Senior Marketing Executive (14 month contract)
Senior Marketing Executive (14 month contract)
DK Brand and Communications
CLOSING DATE: 06/05/2024
CONTACT: Mariam Sesay
DK is the world’s leading illustrated non-fiction Publisher and we are seeking a creative marketeer with a passion for children’s publishing to join us on our mission to move the world forward, one book at a time, by championing new thinking and creativity and putting the customer at the forefront of what we do.
Working as the sole marketing contact across a range of brand and author-led titles within our award winning children’s division, you will have the opportunity to plan and execute engaging marketing campaigns and projects to promote our brand and drive sales. Working across various digital platforms, including websites, social media, and Amazon, as well as print and school libraries, you will be responsible for maximising promotional opportunities and increasing our market presence.
Amongst the typical duties like planning, approaching & executing brand partnerships; organising, managing and assisting with events & consumer shows, you will be:
- Working with the Senior PR Manager on high profile campaigns/projects/partnerships
- Liaising with authors, agents, brands to create eye-catching, sales driven campaigns
- Creating Content Marketing across all brand communications channels including but not exclusive to Social Media, Emails, Newsletters and DK.com
- Managing the design and production of marketing materials, working closely with the sales, digital and design teams to create effective, consumer focused campaigns.
This role will suit an expert organiser with the ability to manage a busy and varied workload whilst also able to juggle a number of competing deadlines. Your ability to generate new ideas and collaborate with our Design, PR, Social and wider children’s team will play a key part in achieving our marketing objectives. With a need to keep everyone informed and updated, you will be excellent at stakeholder management with solid communication skills, both written and verbal, as well as the ability to manage budgets effectively.
So if you’re an experienced marketing professional with a track record of supporting and delivering on successful consumer and trade campaigns who can hit the ground running and wants to join our team to help us continue to inspire young readers, we want to hear from you!
Please submit your most recent CV and cover letter detailing your salary expectations and why you should be considered for this opportunity.
Closing date for applications: Monday 6th May
We have a range of benefits to reflect our commitment to our people, some of which are:
- 25 days paid holiday entitlement in year one, plus bank holidays
- Generous pension scheme
- Volunteering policy and charity matching
- Employee assistance programme
- 60% discount on company books
- Cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership
- Flex fridays (1pm Finish*)
- Shopping discounts
- Up to 30 days remote working from abroad
And we plant a tree for every new employee to our business
DK is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the varied communities that read our books across the world. We encourage applications from all individuals, regardless of age, religion, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality or social background. DK is proud to announce that we have adopted The Halo Code.
DK supports flexible working and has introduced a new ‘smart-working’ policy with a hybrid approach of working weekly from home and in DK’s office.
The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade, but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews or undertaking internships. For more information, visit www.booktradeentrysupport.org
*Subject to certain criteria being met.
About our Company:
We believe in the power of discovery. That’s why we create books for everyone that explore ideas and nurture curiosity about the world we live in. From first words to the Big Bang, from the wonders of nature to city adventures, you will find expert knowledge, hours of fun and endless inspiration in the pages of our books.
We are the world’s leading illustrated publisher and a member of the Penguin Random House division of Bertelsmann, creating cutting-edge design and stunning visual books for the whole family. We are passionate about inspiring curiosity and bring people to books through their thirst for knowledge. With a global book loving community of over 800 colleagues in the UK, US, Germany, India, China, Spain and Australia, we produce books in over 100 countries and over 60 languages. Find out more on dk.com.
Senior Marketing Executive
Senior Marketing Executive
Vintage Books
CLOSING DATE: 07/04/24
CONTACT: [email protected]
Are you creative, organised and a great communicator?
Vintage is looking for an experienced Senior Marketing Executive to plan and implement outstanding multi-platform campaigns for titles from across the Vintage list, from literary fiction, to crime, agenda-setting non-fiction, cookery and lifestyle titles.
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.
THE ROLE AND THE CANDIDATE
This role will be responsible for planning, budgeting and executing highly creative, sales-driving book campaigns across a variety of genres, working closely with other departments to build the best possible strategies to launch new books and drive discoverability for our bestselling catalogue titles.
Key responsibilities:
- Use audience insight, generate creative ideas and develop them into sales-driving marketing campaigns
- Be a passionate communicator working well with other teams across the wider business, with impeccable author care
- Display excellent organisational and planning skills, delivering campaigns on time and to budget
- Monitor, adapt, evaluate and share your results. Use learnings, plus competitor analysis in your future campaign planning
- Provide feedback for acquisitions and feed marketing ideas into pitch documents for prospective authors
To be successful in this role you will always look for creative ways to reach new readers, whether through effective digital advertising campaigns, partnerships, social media, newsletter and website initiatives, bookseller and trade engagement or through memorable campaign concepts and copy lines. You will be passionate and design and have a desire to grow a great list of designers, animators, plus influencers and other useful contacts. Therefore, you’ll always have a keen eye on competitor activity, be curious about the world around you, and innovative and inclusive in your approach.
Application Instructions
If this sounds like your next role, please apply with your CV and cover letter by 11:59pm Sunday 7th April.
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.
Salary: Senior Marketing Executive roles can pay between £30,500 and £39,500. An offer will be made depending on how your skills and experience align with 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 – discounted shopping, season ticket loan, rental deposit loan
- Wellbeing – healthcare cash plan, employee assistance, gym loan
- Lifestyle – taste card, 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. At Vintage, we consider what environment enables the best work for individuals, teams and the company. Vintage colleagues work from our Embassy Gardens office on Tuesdays and Thursday and, once team and divisional considerations have been taken into account, have the flexibility to choose where to work on other days of the week.
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’re part of the offer an interview scheme. This is where disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role can opt in to get to the next recruitment stage. There may be some situations where volume of applicants means we can’t 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
Marketing Manager
Vintage Books
CLOSING DATE: 17/04/24
CONTACT: [email protected]
Are you passionate about books and experienced at delivering highly-creative, sales-driving marketing campaigns?
We are looking for a Marketing Manager to join the award-winning Vintage marketing team to work on some of our most exciting books and authors.
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.
THE ROLE AND THE CANDIDATE
This role will create awareness of and engagement for Vintage books and authors in order to drive sales and build profiles. Working across new titles as well as catalogue books, including those with high level business priority, this role also includes brand management responsibilities for key authors.
The candidate will work collaboratively with colleagues in other departments and display excellent communication skills. You’ll react to sales data and opportunities in the market, communicate campaign performance whilst honing and adapting live campaigns to maximise sales. You’ll be highly organised, simultaneously working across multiple campaigns and delivering them on time and to budget.
Other responsibilities include:
- Briefing your list of talented designers and writing excellent copy to ensure you produce best-in-class, attention-grabbing campaign creative and consumer messaging across all your assets and marketing material.
- Closely working with our media agency to build well-targeted campaigns. You’ll need a strong awareness of digital advertising platforms, the ability to use self-services options as well as work effectively with freelancers, the ability to analyse campaign performance and share insights to inform both individual campaigns and team best practise.
- Devising year-round brand strategy for key Vintage authors, commissioning audience insight and translating data into actionable strategy, identifying opportunities to grow brand awareness, hands-on channel management and excellent communication of plans and results to authors and agents.
- Being commercially minded, curious and inclusive in your approach. Bringing 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.
- Bringing together your experience with audience insight to provide feedback on acquisitions and leading on the creation of pitch documents for prospective authors.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
If this sounds like your next role, please apply with your CV and cover letter by 11:59pm on Wednesday 17th April.
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.
Salary: Marketing Manager roles can pay between £31,500 and £44,500. An offer will be made depending on how your skills and experience align with 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 – discounted shopping, season ticket loan, rental deposit loan
- Wellbeing – healthcare cash plan, employee assistance, gym loan
- Lifestyle – taste card, 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. At Vintage, we consider what environment enables the best work for individuals, teams and the company. Vintage colleagues work from our Embassy Gardens office on Tuesdays and Thursday and, once team and divisional considerations have been taken into account, have the flexibility to choose where to work on other days of the week.
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’re part of the offer an interview scheme. This is where disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role can opt in to get to the next recruitment stage. There may be some situations where volume of applicants means we can’t 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
Marketing Manager
4th Estate and William Collins
CLOSING DATE: 04/04/2024
CONTACT: [email protected]
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the British Book Award-winning marketing team at 4th Estate and William Collins. We are looking for a creative, confident marketer with experience working across a range of titles in a busy and fast-paced trade marketing team.
As Marketing Manager, you will be responsible for planning and implementing campaigns for some of the most exciting new non-fiction and fiction publishing now. The successful candidate will be an important voice in the Marketing team, bringing their knowledge of the market and prior marketing experience to produce outstanding campaigns and results.
The Team
4th Estate and William Collins are home to internationally acclaimed and bestselling authors such as Hilary Mantel, Max Hastings, Elizabeth Day, Tim Shipman, Jon McGregor, Daniel Kahneman, Sarah Winman, Michiko Kakutani, Nigel Slater, Brian Cox, Christina Lamb and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie alongside some of the most exciting new voices in literature.
Recent campaign highlights include Philippa Gregory’s Normal Women, Monica Heisey’s Really Good, Actually, Guy Shrubsole’s The Lost Rainforest of Britain, Yomi Adegoke’s The List, Daniel Finkelstein’s Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad, Coco Mellors’ Cleopatra and Frankenstein, Cecile Pin’s Wandering Souls, Tom Burgis’ Cuckooland, and Anna Jones’ Easy Wins.
4th Estate and William Collins is a division with HarperCollins UK, which is in turn is part of a global business within HarperCollins Worldwide and News Corp.
We are looking for someone who:
- Has experience working in a busy marketing department, experience of working within a trade publisher is desirable
- Is an excellent communicator able to lead campaigns and collaborate creatively with a wide variety of stakeholders both internal and external to the business
- Is a creative and strategic thinker who is comfortable using consumer insight and market knowledge to produce market-leading campaigns with real impact
- Has experience across the full marketing mix, with a particular focus on delivering digital campaigns that demonstrably drive sales
- Is ROI-focused, able to effectively measure results and evaluate campaigns, and share learnings with wider team and stakeholders
- Enjoys reading widely with an active interest in the publishing industry – with a particular interest in non-fiction (politics, history, science, biography, nature writing) as well as fiction encouraged
- Is a team-player, looking to share their learnings with the wider marketing team to foster a culture of shared learning
- Has a proven track record delivering digital excellence across a variety of online platforms, both organic and paid, as well as building and maintaining online communities
- Enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, able to manage multiple deadlines and prioritise with confidence
- Has an active interest in the latest marketing trends and campaigns from across the book industry as well as the wider entertainment and media sector
Skills required
- Exceptional marketing and people skills
- Ability to work collaboratively
- Outstanding communication at all levels
- Comfortable across all channels of the marketing mix
- Proven track record in generating great creative work with proven ROI
- Commercially astute
- Calm under pressure
- Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
Benefits
- Hybrid working model (3 days in the office)
- 28 days holiday plus bank holidays (option to buy and sell holiday days)
- Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
- 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
- Season ticket loans (from day 1 for entry level) and cycle to work scheme
- Relocation Rent Support Loan
- Employee networks: HC All In (open forum), Elevate (for ethnic minority colleagues), HarperParents, Menopause at Work and Pride at HC
- Unlimited training on our Learning and Development portal, management courses (up to MA level) and mentoring programmes
- 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.
To apply, visit: https://app.beapplied.com/apply/sxwl3hix0h
Senior Marketing Executive, Special Interest
Senior Marketing Executive, Special Interest
Bloomsbury Publishing
CLOSING DATE: 05/04/2024
CONTACT: [email protected]
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and creative individual to join the campaigns team working across the Special Interest division at Bloomsbury. Our award-winning publishing lists include a wide range of distinguished non-fiction from current affairs to popular science, from sport to wellbeing. The imprints include; Bloomsbury Continuum, Green Tree, Bloomsbury Sport, Conway, Bloomsbury Wildlife, and Sigma. The role reports in to the Head of Marketing and you will be joining a small but dynamic team, focused on building the best campaigns for our books and authors.
The role
- Create and implement well rounded marketing campaigns
- Effectively communicate marketing campaigns to all key stakeholders both internal and external
- Managing briefing and creative direction of marketing assets, digital and print and work with all key stakeholders to ensure the material appropriately markets the book
- Proactively identify and build partnerships for key titles, brands and authors
- Work on both title level campaigns and list marketing, including backlist in all relevant promotions
- Manage the creation and distribution of marketing material
- Manage and attend events and conferences relevant to the list
- Manage content for the online communities, social media.
- Work closely with publicity colleagues to ensure marketing and publicity campaigns are fully integrated
Knowledge, skills and experience
- Proven experience of working within a book marketing team
- A high degree of confidence and experience of owning a marketing plan and working with social media, enewsletters, online and offline advertising, working with brands and third parties
- Some design knowledge needed, ability to work in InDesign/Photoshop/Canva
- Video editing skills would be an advantage
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Experience of reporting plans internally and in author/agent meetings
- The ability to multi-task and work on several different projects simultaneously
- Good copy-writing, proofreading, design and project-management skills.
- Good time-management and people-management skills.
Additional information
The role is a full-time permanent position
Salary Pay Point: £35,000
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.
Please apply with a CV and covering letter addressed to Human Resources (Word or PDF format only) detailing how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role by Friday 5th April.
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) 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.
Please note: [email protected] is for enquiries only, we do not accept applications via email.
Children’s Marketing Manager (FTC)
Children’s Marketing Manager (FTC)
Faber & Faber
CLOSING DATE: 11/03/2024
CONTACT: Children's Marketing
Children’s Marketing Manager – 9-12 months fixed-term contract
Salary: competitive
Faber is a leading independent literary publisher. We publish a diverse range of high-profile authors such as Kacen Callender, Emma Carroll, Swapna Haddow, Jason Reynolds and Lauren St John, and we have a backlist containing the works of T. S. Eliot, William Golding, Seamus Heaney and Sylvia Plath, among many others. Faber’s Children’s list spans picture books to YA crossover, through gift, graphic novels and non-fiction. We give teachers and educators the books they need to nurture, support and inspire children to become the great minds of the future. Faber is also a supplier of sales and distribution services to independent publishers and has a market-leading creative writing school.
We’re looking for a Children’s Marketing Manager (9-12 months fixed-term contract, minimum 3 days a week) to join the team. With responsibility for all marketing on Faber’s Children’s list, you’ll be a confident and creative campaigns marketer looking to contribute meaningfully to building the Children’s list and brand both within the trade and to consumers.
This is a role for somebody who can put digital marketing at the heart of our campaigns, who can brief beautiful artwork and stand out copy, with a brilliant understanding of the Children’s market, and how to get retailers excited about our books. You’ll help us reach readers from ages 2 – 18, through picture books up to Young Adult fiction, with authors such as Jeffrey Boakye, Emma Carroll, Chris Mould, Jason Reynolds and Francesca Simon.
Key responsibilities include:
- Planning and implementing all marketing campaigns for the Children’s list, working closely with the Children’s publicist and the Children’s Communications Assistant to create coordinated, holistic and sales-driving campaigns
- Providing marketing feedback at all stages of the publishing process including acquisition, covers and positioning
- Building relationships with authors, illustrators and agents including campaign meetings and pitch meetings for acquisitions
- Producing proofs, presenters and samplers for trade sellin
- Managing the Children’s campaign budgets
- Digital strategy for Faber’s Children’s list social media channels
- Working closely with the Children’s publicist to plan and execute exceptional events
- Other duties as may be required that are within your skill and competence.
The position reports to the Deputy Marketing Director and we will consider applications on a full-time or part-time basis (minimum 3 days a week). This is a hybrid position and the candidate will be expected to work at least a day a week from our offices in central London.
To apply, please send a CV and covering letter to the recruiting manager on [email protected] quoting reference BMS.
The closing date for applications is Monday 11th March.
Faber has a staff of just over 140, based across our offices in Hatton Garden (London) and Harlow. We want all our staff to have the best possible, most positive and enjoyable experience while working at Faber.
Our benefits include:
– Access to Faber titles (including regular staff book clubs), discounted Independent Alliance titles
– Minimum of 28 days’ holiday per year
– Five days per year for volunteering work of your choice
– Full subscription to the Headspace meditation app
– Season-ticket loans
– Cycle-to-work vouchers
– Subsidised eye tests
– Generous pension scheme
– Life assurance and income protection insurance
– Access to online GP and advisory services
We welcome applications from any individual regardless of ethnic origin, gender, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation or age. All applications will be considered on merit.
Please note that all personal information which we process in connection with your application will be treated in accordance with our Data Protection Privacy Notice at https://faber.co.uk/data-protection-privacy and our Data Protection Policy at https://faber.co.uk/data-protection-policy. Please read our Data Protection Privacy Notice and Data Protection Policy before submitting your application.
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