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

Marketing Manager / Senior Marketing Manager – FMcM

CLOSING DATE: 23/05/2022

CONTACT: Kealey Rigden

Location | London – hybrid working, to be determined by circumstances
Period | Full-time, permanent
Salary | £35,000 – £45,000
Deadline | Monday, 23rd May 2022

We are looking to expand our marketing function with a creative and strategic marketer who is experienced across the full marketing mix, who can bring innovative thinking and results-driven solutions to our team.

Core Responsibilities

Campaign direction:

• Devise and run sophisticated, strategic marketing campaigns across FMcM’s varied portfolio of clients, tracking effectiveness and providing insights and analysis
• Integrate all marketing activities with FMcM’s media, social media and content campaigns to achieve maximum impact for our clients
• Devise and run impactful social media campaigns that meet our clients’ goals, providing data and insights, and continually innovate FMcM’s work across social media platforms
• Events management including operations and marketing, co-ordinating third parties where relevant
• Oversee all advertising campaigns for clients (across digital and traditional outlets), negotiating and liaising with third-party agencies where relevant
• Work collaboratively with the wider team on campaign ideas, input on all major pitched and proposals, and devise ways for marketing to drive FMcM’s output overall

Content creation:

• Planning and directing video shoots and overseeing editing, working with internal and external content creators
• Conceiving and directing social media plans, including direction, oversight and production of social media copy and the conception and design of assets
• Supporting the creation of media releases, media kits, proposals, reports, etc.

Management:

• Effective client management across all elements of our marketing campaigns, acting as the overall campaign lead where required
• Project management across all marketing campaigns and the client portfolio
• Line management of 1-3 junior members of staff, who will report to this role across content production and campaign implementation
• Some travel may be required

Key Skills & Experience

We are keen to consider the widest possible field of candidates: Your experience may be in-house at a publisher or with an agency; or it might be with an NGO, campaigning and advocacy organisation, and your professional passions, while including books, might be centred around gender, race, social justice, or similar issues.

• Several years’ experience running strategic and integrated marketing campaigns, including but not limited to, email, website and social media
• Strong awareness and understanding of the UK literary scene
• Experience of working with internal teams, agencies and managing various stakeholders
• Strong project management skills
• Strong awareness of current and future trends in marketing, social media and innovative approaches to promotional work
• Proven copywriting skills, from press releases to social media content
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, negotiation and team working skills
• Demonstrate outstanding time management, problem solving and organisational skills
• Ability to anticipate needs, prioritize and work to tight deadlines
• Design experience with Adobe InDesign and Photoshop

Desirable Skills & Experience:

• Marketing qualification
• Video experience, including Adobe Premiere Pro (or similar)
• Event management experience
• Experience working with products on Amazon

How To Apply

To apply for this opportunity, please send an up-to-date CV, together with an example of your work and covering letter addressing how you meet the requirements of the tole, to [email protected] by Monday 23rd May 2022.

About FMcM

FMcM is an award-winning books PR agency that specialises in literature and events, with an impressive client list and a big reputation. Working on book campaigns, literary prizes and pioneering industry events, we represent some of the most inspiring and exciting brands, authors and publishers in the literary landscape.

Based in the heart of London close to Oxford Circus, we are a small yet ambitious team dedicated to delivering successful campaigns and events for our clients.

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. Freedom of speech, human rights and democracy have always been at the core of our ethos as an agency.

Marketing Executive, HarperFiction

CLOSING DATE: 5pm, 16 May 2022

CONTACT: [email protected]

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the multi-award-winning marketing team within HarperFiction. We are looking for a creative, confident marketer with experience working in a busy marketing team.

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

About HarperFiction

At HarperFiction we create industry-leading, award-winning campaigns for some of the world’s biggest authors.

We are home to bestselling brands such as Agatha Christie, George R.R. Martin, Karin Slaughter, J.R.R Tolkien and Bernard Cornwell amongst many others

We also create unmissable launches, from British Bookseller Award-winning Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, to bestselling debuts including Girl A, The Maid and How to Kill Your Family plus the breakout success of Lucy Foley’s The Hunting Party, The Guest List and The Paris Apartment.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has experience working in a busy marketing department
• Can demonstrate ability to plan, develop and implement creative, high impact, fully integrated campaigns
• Proactively identifies opportunities for partnerships with third parties
• Can create and brief design teams for digital, audio, POS and print advertising
• Is experienced in social media content creation and scheduling
• Enjoys reading widely with an active interest in the publishing industry and a passion for commercial fiction
• Is a team-player, looking to share their learnings with the wider marketing team in order to foster a culture of shared learning
• Enjoys working in a fast-paced commercial 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

• Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
• Social media native with experience of content creation for a variety of platforms
• Experience of creating and optimising social media advertising campaigns
• Excellent communication skills
• Creativity essential
• Commercially astute
• Ability to use Photoshop to create social media assets
• Experience in eCRM campaigns preferred

APPLY HERE

Marketing Director – Quercus

CLOSING DATE: 9 May 2022

CONTACT: Hachette HR

We are looking for an experienced candidate who is passionate about breaking new voices and ready to step up to Marketing Director level, managing a highly motivated, talented team of five. Reporting to the Communications Director, you will be responsible for planning and implementing your own outstanding, strategic and sales-driving marketing campaigns for Quercus; and helping us to develop our reputation as an ambitious, daring, socially conscious and diverse publisher. You will be expected to manage the marketing budget, be an influential voice on acquisition projects and author pitches, and to show curiosity and drive to keep ahead of the competition in how we find and reach new readers.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Overseeing the marketing strategy for all our imprints, you will drive campaigns for the full range of our publishing, managing top-level brand authors, building word-of-mouth bestsellers and developing dynamic pitches to attract new talent. You will be an experienced, innovative, enthusiastic and well-organised marketeer with a sharp mind for data and consumer habits. Ideal candidates will have a keen interest in all areas of the publishing process and the key role marketing can have in driving book sales and raising authors’ profiles. A strong leader and inspirational manager, you will ensure the highest standards of creativity and delivery, within budget and to tight deadlines. Working directly on the strategy and campaigns for key titles, you will be a team player and independent decision-maker.

WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO

Quercus is a young, dynamic, award-winning publisher, known as a hit-maker that regularly finds books that surprise and delight readers. We are international in our outlook – almost 40% of our authors are from 25 countries other than the UK and US – and have eight distinctive imprints that publish an exciting and diverse range of authors. From established bestsellers such as Elly Griffiths, Peter May, Beth O’Leary and Bill Bailey, to new voices such as Layla F. Saad, Candice Brathwaite and Amy Jeffs, what draws all our publishing together is the magic ‘quirk’ in Quercus: a commitment to independence, flare, warmth and creativity that has always marked out this young company.

Please go to the Hachette UK website to apply https://jobs.hachette.co.uk/jobs/job/Marketing-Director/753

WHAT WE OFFER

Our staff are our greatest asset and our benefits reflect this. In addition to 25 days annual leave days per year + bank holidays, we have an extensive list of benefits that include: a wide-ranging training library, development programmes including mentoring, Cycle to Work vouchers, Private Medical Insurance, eye care vouchers, up to 70% off book purchases, a charity book shelf, 2 volunteer days per year to use at your charity of choice, many employee networks to join, summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months!), season ticket loans, rent deposit loans, generous pension schemes and much more!

Please note, we’re currently recruiting for this role in one of the following Hachette UK office locations: London, Sheffield, Newcastle, Manchester or Edinburgh.

OUR COMMITMENT

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

Head of Brand – James Patterson

Cornerstone, Penguin Random House

CLOSING DATE: Monday 2 May 2022

CONTACT: [email protected]

Can you lead large-scale, multi-platform campaigns and drive sales growth for the world’s leading fiction brand?

Penguin Random House have an exciting role available for a passionate and talented senior marketer or brand expert to maximise the sales and marketing potential of the James Patterson brand in the UK and international territories.

In this role, you will be responsible for: delivering top-tier marketing and promotional campaigns across James Patterson’s publishing programme; driving brand awareness and audience acquisition via consumer insight and community management; as well as leading industry-wide initiatives and maintaining James Patterson’s reputation for innovation in the digital space.

Working alongside and reporting to the Marketing Director you will also lead the cross-function Patterson team, co-ordinating internal stakeholders as well as Group companies outside of the UK, to deliver a cohesive brand message and vision and to ensure consistent delivery of sales targets across the programme. You will also line manage one member of the team.

The successful candidate will have a strong marketing or brand-management background, ideally with a comparable high-profile, commercial brand. You will be an innovative thinker and leader who is able to deliver effective campaigns to tight deadlines, with excellent attention-to-detail, time and project management skills and the ability to set priorities and direction and bring people with you. You’ll also be a confident presenter with exceptional interpersonal and client and senior stakeholder management skills, as well as being able to demonstrate ingenuity and initiative. High commercial awareness of the market and competition, particularly in the crime and thriller category, and the ability to understand how to best maximise the James Patterson brand with a wide range of partners will be key.

The role sits within the Cornerstone marketing team. Cornerstone is home to some of the biggest global brands and authors including James Patterson, E.L. James, Harlan Coben, Lisa Jewell, Taylor Jenkins Reid and Robert Harris to name just a few.

If you would like to be considered for this role, please apply with a CV and covering letter telling us what appeals to you about the role and why you would be perfect for it, by 11:59pm on Monday 2nd May.

Salary: £42,000 – £52,000 depending on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.

What you can expect from us:

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

Our creativity is inspired by different perspectives, so we want our culture to be one of belonging, where everyone feels welcome and where differences are celebrated.

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 want to make sure disabled applicants can be their best at each step of the recruitment journey. If you need adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to get in touch with us at http://[email protected]. Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your adjustment request. Find out more about our approach here: www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/applying-for-roles-with-a-disability

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

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