Head of Marketing (9-12 months FTC)

Vintage, PRH

CLOSING DATE: 18 April 2023

CONTACT: Penguin Random House HR

We are looking for an accomplished and insight-driven marketer with creative flair to work on our most valuable books to join the Vintage team at the end of July on a fixed term basis as Head of Marketing, to cover a period of parental leave.

The Head of Marketing is responsible for driving sales of some of Vintage’s biggest and most important commercial fiction, as well as high-profile non-fiction and cookery, and for the year-round brand building strategy for some of Vintage’s most valuable authors, including Jo Nesbo, Anne Tyler and Rukmini Iyer.

This role involves contributing to divisional marketing strategy as part of the Vintage marketing senior management team and leading the marketing team’s online strategy across advertising and retail platforms. The Head of Marketing has three direct reports.

About Vintage

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. Think Amanda Gorman, Rukmini Iyer, Margaret Atwood, Caroline Criado Perez, Ian McEwan, Nigella Lawson, Ai Weiwei and Richard Powers.

The role

• Run frontlist, catalogue and sustain campaigns, specialising in commercial fiction and non-fiction with a strategic, commercially-minded and creative approach
• Lead on the year-round brand management of some of Vintage’s biggest and most exciting brand authors across commercial fiction, crime and cookery, including Jo Nesbo, Rukmini Iyer and Anne Tyler with ambitious activity to meet agreed objectives and timelines
• Be the line manager for three roles within the team overseeing their output and career development
• Deputise for the Marketing Director when needed – for example at key meetings and assisting with budget management
• Proactively reach diverse audiences with campaigns with an outward-looking approach, going beyond ‘traditional’ / established media channels and working with different types of media
• Lead digital marketing strategy for division, including analysing and championing digital effectiveness and taking responsibility for Vintage’s ebook promotional strategy; all in close collaboration with sales
• Work closely with editors on positioning, package and copy for key publications, leading on rebranding/repositioning projects for key authors
• Heavily involved in acquisitions, providing feedback, leading on pitch documents and presenting to authors and agents in pitch meetings
• Expand Vintage’s agency and partner relationships
• Share best practice and embed a sales- and data-driven approach to campaigns in the team
• Manage own campaign budgets and the marketing team’s online retailer promotional spend

What you’ll bring

• A proven track record in meeting KPIs, delivering campaigns to highest possible standard across high profile projects
• Experience managing marketing strategy across commercial fiction, ideally with a strong knowledge of non-fiction and crime fiction
• Proven people management experience – approachable, respectful, a good and supportive listener with a solutions-focused approach
• Confident running self-service advertising campaigns across platforms, e.g. Meta, TikTok, Google, as well as with using Adobe Creative Suite
• A strong eye for design and an understanding of what makes a consumer pay attention, with a track record of producing impactful campaign creative
• Excellent copywriting skills married with clear audience understanding
• Able to interpret insight and trends
• Deep understanding of the books market and publishing landscape
• Significant experience of working with agencies – from media agencies to creative teams across different media
• A clear and confident communicator, able to manage stakeholders and influence colleagues in all directions
• Able to spot opportunities to drive growth and lead others to make the most of them
• Thinks through problems clearly and present actionable solutions
• A strong team player and networker

If this sounds like you, please apply with a CV and covering letter by Tuesday 18th April 2023.

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

Marketing Executive – Adult Marketing, Special Interest

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

CLOSING DATE: 14/04/2023

CONTACT: Paula Foster, HR

The opportunity

Bloomsbury Publishing is looking for a highly skilled Marketing Executive to work across our non-fiction special interest imprints.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, creative and ambitious individual to join the campaigns team working across the Special Interest division at Bloomsbury. The Imprints include Continuum, Green Tree, Sport, Conway, Wildlife, Reeds and Sigma. Our award-winning publishing lists include a wide range of distinguished non-fiction from current affairs to popular science, from sport to wellbeing. Our award-winning publishing lists include a wide range of distinguished non-fiction from current affairs to popular science, from religion to wellbeing, and from business to the outdoors, alongside with the world’s most famous sports book, The Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack. Our acclaimed list of authors includes Maisie Hill, Martin Dorey, Justin Welby, Paul Tonkinson, Anna Williamson and Louise Minchin.

The role
• Create and implement marketing campaigns to drive sales and maximise profit.
• Effectively communicate marketing campaigns to all key stakeholders both internal and external.
• Manage content for the online communities, our website and social media channels
• Manage the briefing and creative direction of marketing assets.
• Proactively identify and build partnerships for key titles, brands and authors.
• Responsibility for the series and brand marketing of selected imprints
• Manage and attend events and conferences relevant to the list.
• Work closely with publicity colleagues to ensure marketing and publicity campaigns are fully
integrated
• Stay informed about new marketing insights, developments and opportunities.

Knowledge, skills and experience
• Experience of book marketing.
• Knowledge of community building, social media, email, online advertising.
• The ability to multi-task and work on several different projects simultaneously.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Good copy-writing, proof-reading, design and project-management skills.
• Good time-management and people-management skills.
• InDesign/Photoshop skills would be an advantage.
• Basic video editing skills would be an advantage.

Additional information
The role is a full-time permanent position and 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 well as a fantastic opportunity to join a global award-winning organisation, Bloomsbury offers competitive benefits, generous staff discounts and flexible working arrangements.

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 14 April 2023.

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 45 minutes earlier in the week
Season Ticket Loan
Sharesave Scheme
In-house Doctor
Eyecare Voucher Scheme
Company culture – Employee Voice Meetings, Staff Networks (Bloom (BAME), Accessibility, Mental Health, Pride, and Parents, Guardians and Carers), 9 Mental Health First Aiders trained across the UK offices, Publishing Events and access to free Publishing Resources

Marketing Executive

Ebury, Penguin Random House

CLOSING DATE: 10/04/2023

CONTACT: Penguin Random House HR

Marketing Officer

Walker Books

CLOSING DATE: 15/01/2023

CONTACT: Victoria Gibbs, HR

Walker Books is home to a list of award-winning and bestselling children’s and YA authors, illustrators and brands. We are looking for a creative and results-driven Marketing Officer to join our Consumer Marketing team and devise effective marketing campaigns across the list.

We’re looking for a marketeer with plenty of ideas for campaigns that will engage readers and drive sales. You will be a confident communicator, adept at juggling a range of projects and deadlines.

In this role you will work across the marketing mix, writing engaging copy, briefing our in-house design team, external agencies and printers, developing partnerships with third parties, managing campaign budgets, and co-ordinating marketing activity at events.

You will also co-ordinate the digital elements of your campaigns, including setting up social media advertising, briefing trailers/photography, liaising with agencies on influencer activity, producing newsletters, and assisting on campaign websites. It is important that you have knowledge of the social media used by our various audience groups, and how best to leverage this in campaigns.

The role requires a strong background in marketing and a passion for children’s books. We’re looking for candidates with marketing experience from within publishing, or from working on key children’s brands, who are keen to take the next step in their career in a small and friendly team.

The Details:

Be responsible for the creation, implementation and execution of innovative consumer marketing plans for Walker’s books, brands and authors/illustrators:
• Contribute ideas and opinions to marketing strategy and campaign planning meetings, working closely with colleagues in the Publicity and Trade Marketing teams to co-ordinate activity
• Write engaging copy across a wide range of marketing materials and media
• Brief in-house designers, and external agencies, on projects
• Develop relationships with appropriate third parties to promote our books
• Cost and monitor budgets for campaigns, ensuring the in-house budget is kept up-to-date
• Develop relationships with print suppliers and organise the production of promotional materials
• Analysis of campaigns to inform future planning
• Maximise opportunities for sampling/data collection at events and organisation of marketing events where relevant
• Develop relationships with key authors/illustrators and their agents/estates, and communicate marketing plans with them on a regular basis
• Contribute to monthly board reports updating on consumer activity
• Liaise with the BA/Legal team to ensure all campaigns have the relevant contracts/permissions and are GDPR compliant

Work with the Senior Digital Marketing Manager on all aspects of digital marketing, social media and website activity:

The SDMM is responsible for all digital marketing and social media output from the marketing team, and is responsible for mentoring the MO in the digital marketing elements of campaigns, as well as ensuring all output is effective and on brand.

You will co-ordinate the digital marketing elements of your campaigns including:
• Working with illustrators/freelancers on the creation of videos, trailers and photography
• Setting up, running and feeding back on social media advertising (Instagram, Facebook, You Tube)
• Working with external agencies on digital/social campaigns, including paid-for influencer activity, primarily on TikTok and Instagram
• Strong working knowledge of social media channels and best fit for our different audience demographics, including Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, You Tube, Twitter
• Working with PR on campaign ideas to engage online influencers, with a focus on TikTok and Instagram
• Updating campaign mini sites and competition pages
• Creating and managing email newsletters
• Liaising with authors/illustrators on their online marketing ideas, and supporting them where appropriate
• Keeping abreast of emerging digital and social media trends
• Working with the SDMM and Business Affairs/Legal team to ensure that all digital marketing campaigns and elements are compliant with GDPR law and have the relevant permissions/agreements

The following experience, skills and knowledge are essential:

Experience of:
• The basic principles of marketing
• Minimum two years in a publishing or marketing environment
• Communicating confidently both in-house and out-of-house
• Working to tight deadlines and juggling a range of campaigns
• Demonstrable understanding of digital marketing and social media and how to apply this to campaigns – taking in, but not limited to, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, You Tube, Twitter

Proven skills:
• Microsoft Office applications – Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
• Working across a range of social media platforms, as outlined above
• Ability to plan, prioritise and manage a varied workload
• Highly self-motivated and enjoy working as part of a team, but able to work independently

The following experience is desirable:
• Basic video creation and editing
• Website CMS systems and blogging platforms

Knowledge of:
• Children’s book publishing industry or children’s books

You can find out more about the role and apply here.

Head of Campaigns (9-12 month FTC)

Vintage, Penguin Random House

CLOSING DATE: 3 January 2023

CONTACT: Chloe Healy

We are looking for a data-driven and creative marketer to join the Vintage team on a fixed term basis as Head of Campaigns, to cover a period of parental leave beginning May 2023. The Head of Campaigns is responsible for driving sales of our books and building profiles for our authors through strategic, best-in-class marketing campaigns, working on some of the biggest and most important marketing campaigns for the division. This role also leads the marketing team’s online strategy across advertising and retail platforms and has three direct reports.

About Vintage 

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. Think Amanda Gorman, Rukmini Iyer, Margaret Atwood, Caroline Criado Perez, Ian McEwan, Nigella Lawson, Ai Weiwei and Richard Powers.

The Role 

• Run frontlist, catalogue and sustain campaigns of all levels, including those with high level business priority, with a strategic, commercially-minded and creative approach
• Lead on year-round brand management for some of Vintage’s biggest and most exciting brand authors, including Yuval Noah Harari and Haruki Murakami, with ambitious activity to meet agreed objectives and timelines

• Proactively reach diverse audiences with campaigns with an outward-looking approach, going beyond ‘traditional’ / established media channels and working with different types of media to target communities as a core part of marketing campaigns
• Lead digital marketing strategy for division, including analysing and championing digital effectiveness and taking responsibility for Vintage’s ebook promotional strategy to achieve results; all in close collaboration with sales
• Work closely with editors on positioning and copy for key publications, leading on rebranding/repositioning projects for key authors
• Heavily involved in acquisitions, providing feedback, leading on pitch documents and presenting to authors and agents in pitch meetings, with a focus on Bodley Head (Vintage’s non-fiction imprint)

• Be the line manager for three specialist roles within the team (Marketing Manager, Senior Digital Marketing Executive and Senior Data and Marketing Insight Manager), overseeing their output and career development
• Work closely with the Brand Director on catalogue strategy to ensure Senior Digital Marketing Exec can work flexibly and reactively on catalogue campaigns and is able to make quick, independent decisions about channel selection, targeting, creative and copy and to discuss budget requirements
• Deputise for the Marketing Director when needed – for example at the publishing meeting, covers meeting and in team meetings and communications
• Expand Vintage’s agency and partner relationships
• Embed a sales- and data-driven approach to campaigns in the team, focusing on priorities, best investment of time and resource, and a focus on analysis and optimisation

• Manage own campaign budgets

Candidate Profile 

• Proven track record in meeting KPIs, delivering campaigns to highest possible standard across high profile titles
• Experience working across commercial and literary fiction and non-fiction who will be a vocal ambassador for Vintage’s publishing

• Strong team leader, ideally with at least 2 years’ people management experience – approachable, respectful, a good and supportive listener with a solutions-focused approach
• Confident running self-service advertising campaigns across platforms, e.g. Meta, TikTok, Google, as well as with using Adobe Creative Suite
• A strong eye for design and an understanding of what makes a consumer pay attention, with a track record of producing impactful campaign creative
• Excellent copywriting skills married with clear audience understanding
• Able to interpret insight and trends as relevant to any campaign or project

• Deep understanding of the books market and publishing landscape
• Significant experience of working with agencies – from media agencies to creative teams across different media
• A clear and confident communicator, able to manage stakeholders and influence colleagues in all directions
• Able to spot opportunities to drive growth and lead others to make the most of them
• Thinks through problems clearly and present actionable solutions

• A strong team player with connections across the trade

Salary: £45,000 dependent on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus benefits.

Please apply with your CV and cover letter by midnight on Tuesday 3 January.

Apply here.

What you can expect from us:

We’re currently experimenting with hybrid working and involving colleagues across the business to shape our future ways of working. For this role, there are regular meetings and activities that you will need to attend in person at our Embassy Gardens office. The exact balance of office to remote working will depend on the nature of your role and team needs, and we are open to discussing this through the recruitment process.

Our employees are the heart of our business. We have a range of benefits to reflect our commitment to our employees, some of which are:

•   27 days paid holiday entitlement in year one (plus bank holidays), increasing a day each year up to 30 days
•    Medical cover
•    Life assurance
•    Cycle to Work scheme
•    Discounted gym membership
•    Generous pension scheme
•    Summer working hours (role dependent)
•    Volunteering policy and charity matching
•    Employee Assistance programme
•    Mentoring programme
•    Extended gender neutral parental leave
•    Access to books and eBooks across Penguin Random House UK
•    Each site has trained mental health first aiders
•    We plant a tree for every new employee to our business

Digital Marketing Assistant, HarperCollins

One More Chapter, HarperCollins

CLOSING DATE: 10/10/2022

CONTACT: Emma Petfield

Salary: £26,250

One More Chapter is an innovative, award-winning digital first 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. Digital first for One More Chapter does not mean digital only.

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 organised to provide campaign and administrative support to help the marketing team deliver measurable campaigns in line with the divisional strategy. 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!

To apply, please visit our online vacancies platform: https://app.beapplied.com/apply/vlpfeg027i

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Social media and community:
  -You will run the day-to-day activity for OMC’s social media channels and implement the overall social strategy as outlined by the Head of Marketing
  -Feed ideas into the growth of the social strategy for both campaign plans and seasonal campaigns
  -Come up with own ideas about how to best engage readers and conversations on social, championing the growth of One More Chapter’s community through creativity and passion
  -Run monthly social channels report for team, interpreting analytics and report on impact of community and social activity
  -Engage closely with our network of bloggers, booktokkers and bookstagrammers to build our community and early reviews for our titles
• Content Creation:
  -You will be the central content creator for One More Chapter social channels, delivering a suite of digital and photographic assets for all titles as well seasonal campaigns
  -Responsible for creating and uploading suite of assets for all Amazon pages
• Email Marketing:
  -You will be responsible for implementing the consumer and blogger email marketing strategy as directed by the Head of Marketing, 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 helping out with minute taking in relevant Marketing Communications meetings

DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE:

• A passion for commercial fiction – from women’s fiction to crime and thriller, historical to fantasy and Sci-fi
• 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

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Content creation skills and ability to create eye-catching assets via Canva, Photoshop, photography, or your preferred design suite
• 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
• A love of commercial fiction
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to express technical and creative vision clearly
• Excellent organisational skills and experience of working to deadlines

BENEFITS:
Hybrid working model (2+ days in the office)
26 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
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
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 volunteering day
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

Marketing Executive / Manager

CLOSING DATE: 09/10/2022

CONTACT: Katie Hall

Faber is one of the world’s leading independent publishers and this is a brilliant opportunity to work across a list which includes authors such as Marina Hyde, Gary Younge, Lenny Henry, QI, Dean Burnett, Sarah Pascoe, Sam Knight, Katherine Rundell, Samantha Irby, Kazuo Ishiguro, Leïla Slimani, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Teju Cole, Sebastian Barry, and a heritage backlist including the works of T. S. Eliot, Seamus Heaney, Sylvia Plath, William Golding and P. D. James among many others.

The Faber Marketing Department is looking to recruit a Marketing Executive or Manager. Working primarily, but not exclusively, on campaigns across our non-fiction list, this is a role for a creative and capable marketer who is excited by the idea of working on a diverse list of literary and commercial publishing. You’ll be experienced in running ambitious and original campaigns as well as presenting your ideas in author meetings and pitches, an effective copywriter who is easily able to communicate your design vision, an innovative digital marketer, and somebody who can identify audiences and knows how best to reach them. Working in a busy team, this is a job for a resourceful marketer who can plan and implement innovative campaigns for our books and authors. An interest in our heritage authors would be an advantage.

Key responsibilities:

• Planning and implementing campaigns for a range of adult non-fiction and heritage authors titles
• Producing trade sell-in materials such as proofs, presenters and point of sale
• Working with a media agency to plan effective advertising campaigns
• Collaborating closely with publicity and sales colleagues to deliver joined-up campaigns which drive sales
• Briefing and project-managing freelance designers to produce a wide range of content
• Managing campaign spend ensuring activity is delivered on time and within budget
• Writing copy for book proofs, advertising and print materials
• Planning and implementing social media advertising campaigns
• Presenting ideas and campaign plans internally and externally
• Other duties within the department as required eg pitching for new acquisitions
• Author pitches and acquisition plans
• Representing marketing in publishing strategy meetings
• All elements of marketing campaigns including online and OOH advertising, briefing assets graphics, animations and films, organising partnerships, producing selling materials, proof briefing, copywriting, social media marketing and trade marketing.

This is a full-time position based in our London office though we do accommodate hybrid working.

To apply, please send a covering letter and CV to [email protected] quoting FF by Sunday 8th October 2022.

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£28,000 – £35,000 depending on skills and experience.

Faber has a staff of just over 130, based across our offices in Bloomsbury Square, 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.

Senior Brand Manager

Hodder & Stoughton

CLOSING DATE: 16/09/2022

CONTACT: [email protected]

Full time, permanent

Salary: £35,000-£39,000 dependent on experience and location (+bonus +benefits)

View the vacancy here: https://jobs.hachette.co.uk/jobs/job/Senior-Brand-Manager/900

Apply here: https://apply.hachette.co.uk/members/?

Senior Marketing Executive, Vintage Books

Penguin Random Huse

CLOSING DATE: 16 June 2022

CONTACT: [email protected]

VINTAGE is made up of all kinds of people, but what connects us is our love of books.

We publish some of the world’s most thought-provoking, unforgettable, beautifully designed books – from contemporary trailblazers to our red spine Vintage Classics. Which means that our broad family of authors ranges from world-class prize-winners to brand new, emerging talent.

We know the thrill of coming across an undiscovered work of genius, of reading a classic that you’ve always meant to, of finding a book that speaks urgently to us and our times. We’re not just publishers – we’re passionate book lovers, dedicated to creating beautiful books for people who love to read.

Are you creative, organised, curious and a great communicator?

Vintage is looking for a senior executive with demonstrable marketing experience to plan and implement outstanding multi-platform marketing campaigns for an exciting, enviable range of fiction, from literary to crime, and non-fiction from across the Vintage lists.

You will be able to confidently contribute to creative brainstorms, generate ideas and develop them into sales-driving campaign strategies. An engaging communicator with impeccable author care, you will work closely and effectively with a wide range of departments. Leading on campaigns, you will display excellent organisational and planning skills, delivering campaigns on time and evaluating and sharing your results.

You do not need to have any prior publishing experience to be considered for this role. With a keen eye for competitor activity, you will be curious, innovative and inclusive in your approach, always looking for ways to reach new readers, whether through partnerships, social media initiatives, bookseller engagement or through impeccable campaign creatives and copy. Confident in briefing and running effective digital campaigns and creating, implementing and measuring content strategies for newsletters and websites, you will have an interest in emerging platforms and opportunities and a desire to grow a strong list of influencers, designers and other contacts. With a flair for design, you’ll be interested in design trends and be able to work well with designers.

If this sounds like your next role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply with your CV and cover letter by the end of the day on Thursday 16th June. In your cover letter, please tell us (in no more than 200 words) about a campaign you’ve managed that was particularly successful in meeting its objectives, and what made it a success.

What you can expect from us:

Salary: £28,000 – £34,000 depending on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus benefits.

Our employees are the heart of our business. We have a range of benefits to reflect our commitment to our employees, some of which are:

•    27 days paid holiday entitlement in year one (plus bank holidays), increasing a day each year up to 30 days
•    Medical cover
•    Life assurance
•    Cycle to Work scheme
•    Discounted gym membership
•    Generous pension scheme
•    Summer working hours (role dependent)
•    Volunteering policy and charity matching
•    Employee Assistance programme
•    Mentoring programme
•    Extended gender neutral parental leave
•    Access to books and eBooks across Penguin Random House UK
•    Each site has trained mental health first aiders
•    We plant a tree for every new employee to our business

Marketing & Audience Manager, #Merky Books

Penguin Random House

CLOSING DATE: 16 June 2022

CONTACT: [email protected]

#Merky Books has an exciting opportunity for a talented marketing professional to join our dynamic and successful team.

Created in 2018 in conjunction with Stormzy and Penguin Random House, #Merky Books has quickly established itself as one of the most dynamic, exciting and important publishing imprints of recent years. We’re a lively and determined team with a wealth of experience, dedicated to representation, intersectionality, and empowering new voices. We are the home to pioneering fiction and non-fiction titles, and our current author roster includes Chelsea Kwakye, Ore Ogunbiyi, Hafsa Zayyan, Jade LB, Calum Jacobs, Malorie Blackman, Bola Sol and more.

We’re focused on upholding our ethos of uplifting a generation and are rapidly expanding our publishing programme to reflect this. As Marketing & Audience Manager you will be responsible for a range of tasks within three key areas: title campaign delivery, brand partnerships & initiatives (including our New Writers’ Prize) and social media & community management.

You’ll be part of our small but ambitious team, so you need to be entrepreneurial. You’ll also be comfortable with experimenting, with last-minute changes, with driving projects forward, and with championing new ideas.

Our desired new team member will:

• Understand how to communicate with a range of audiences and stakeholders as the custodian of the #Merky Books brand online
• Be proficient in social media strategy and digital advertising and have practical marketing campaign experience driving awareness and sales
• Have a proven track record of taking projects from ideation and vision through to completion, balancing creativity with a commercial mind and a close eye on deadlines and budgets
• Demonstrate a clear interest in the #Merky Books world and our vision for growth

We understand the barriers that hinder many to get into publishing which is why we are accepting submissions from candidates from non-traditional publishing avenues.

We’ll support you with your career development and provide you with training to get to grips with in-house systems, and the publishing industry. No two days will be the same and your new role will vary, so being adaptable and proactive will help you to excel within this position.

#Merky Books sits within the Cornerstone division of Penguin Random House and there may be the opportunity to work across the wider title list.

If you’re ready to join the #Merky Books team, then please submit your CV and cover letter outlining your reasons for applying and suitability for the role by the end of the day on Thursday 16th June.

What you can expect from us:

Salary: £29,634 – £44,452 depending on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.

Our employees are the heart of our business. We have a range of benefits to reflect our commitment to our employees, some of which are:

•    27 days paid holiday entitlement in year one (plus bank holidays), increasing a day each year up to 30 days
•    Medical cover
•    Life assurance
•    Cycle to Work scheme
•    Discounted gym membership
•    Generous pension scheme
•    Summer working hours (role dependent)
•    Volunteering policy and charity matching
•    Employee Assistance programme
•    Mentoring programme
•    Extended gender neutral parental leave
•    Access to books and eBooks across Penguin Random House UK
•    Each site has trained mental health first aiders
•    We plant a tree for every new employee to our business