Campaigns Manager

Quarto Group

CLOSING DATE: 10/02/2020

CONTACT: Viviane Basset
[email protected]
07920577396

At Quarto we create a wide variety of books and products, with a mission to inspire life’s experiences. Produced in many formats for adults, children and the whole family, our books are visually appealing, information-rich and stimulating.

We’re looking for a Campaigns Manager with a strong track record of successful marketing campaigns and a passion for non-fiction. The successful candidate will have experience in securing brands and media partnerships, implementing various trade marketing activities and have robust hands on experience of metadata, Amazon advertising and social media advertising.

Joining an exciting, experienced and fast-paced team, you will be responsible for creating and implementing innovative and effective marketing strategies that connect readers with authors and books. You will also be responsible for managing the output of the Campaigns Executive and grow their skill sets. Working within a team of ten marketeers and publicists you will report to the Campaigns Director.

Key responsibilities

• Devise and implement title campaigns
• Manage the work of the Campaigns Executive
• Manage your own Amazon and digital advertising campaigns, and oversee the campaigns devised by the Campaign Executive and the Sales and Marketing Support Executive
• Secure long-term brand and media partnerships for key titles and categories
• Devise and implement the social content calendar across the @QuartoKnows channels
• Develop a growth strategy for our various influencers and bloggers database

Key requirements:

• A track record of successful and innovative campaigns management
• A creative thinker
• Strong public presentation skills
• Robust knowledge and experience of AMS and digital advertising
• Ability to work and thrive under pressure and tight deadlines
• Strong writing/copywriting skills
• Attention to detail
• Highly organised, good at multi-tasking and able to prioritise/evaluate tasks
• Excellent people skills; a confident, strong communicator and a collaborative team player
• Enthusiasm, curiosity, and a willingness to work hard

About Quarto:

Quarto Group is a leading global illustrated book publisher. The Group encompasses a diverse portfolio of imprints. Subjects range from Art ‘How-To’, Graphic Design, and Home Improvement, to Cooking, Gardening, Motoring, and Crafts.

Quarto sells its products globally in over 50 countries and 40 languages, through a variety of sales channels, partnerships, and routes to market.

Quarto employs c.330 talented people in the US, UK, Hong Kong and Australia.

Publicity Intern

Laurence King Publishing Ltd

CLOSING DATE: 24/01/2020

CONTACT: Fiona Livesey
[email protected]
02078416900

Publicity Intern

Publicity Department, Laurence King Publishing

3 days per week for 3 months

Salary: £10.75/hr (London Living Wage)

Reporting to: Senior Publicists

Laurence King Publishing, recognized as one of the world’s leading publishers of books on the creative arts, is looking for a Publicity Intern to assist the publicity team with promoting our expanding list of art, design, fashion, student books, children’s books, and gifts. This is a three-month, fixed term internship.

Responsibilities include (but not limited to):

• Assisting with campaign research, discovering new media outlets and event opportunities.
• Preparing weekly press reports on Gorkana (following database training).
• Submitting books to The Bookseller for previews and category spotlights on a rolling basis.
• Submitting books for awards on a rolling basis.
• Maintaining LKPs blogger database.
• Scanning and filing coverage.
• Undertaking press and influencer mailings.
• Making early digital copies of books available on NetGalley.
• Assisting on the creation of press releases, image sheets and other publicity materials and sharing assets with US and Australian press teams.
• Support on regional media outreach.
• Monitoring festival submissions calendars.
• Circulating fortnightly emails with any upcoming festival submissions deadlines.
• Covering office reception duties during lunch

TO APPLY: Please submit your C.V. and a cover letter to [email protected] by 24^th January 2020 detailing why you are interested in joining our team, and outlining why you think you could be a great candidate for this role. Please include when you would be available to start.

Marketing Executive / Manager

Icon Books

CLOSING DATE: 20/01/2020

CONTACT: Andrew Furlow
[email protected]
02077009961

Icon Books, an independent publisher of non-fiction based near Caledonian Road station in north London, seeks a brilliant Marketing Executive or Marketing Manager to help get our books and series to increasingly wide and diverse audiences throughout the world.

The salary will be in the region of £25-28k dependent on experience.

Icon publish head-turning, thought-provoking popular books on science, language, sport, politics, business and much else besides, including the famous Graphic Guide series. Recent hits have included Daniel Chapman’s 100 Years of Leeds United, Simon Griffin’s F**king Good Manners and Gender: A Graphic Guide by MJ Barker and Jules Scheele.

We’re looking for a passionate, knowledgeable new Marketing Executive or Manager with at least one year’s relevant publishing experience, including planning and executing marketing campaigns. The successful candidate will have a demonstrable talent for engaging readers through social media, a sharp feel for cover design, experience in trade marketing, an understanding of metadata, and experience of working in collaboration with partners in the books world and beyond.

We’re looking for someone who is supremely organised and able to help plan and implement eye-catching campaigns, and evaluate their success. You’ll be able to cope with a busy and varied workload. A keen eye for design is important, as is knowledge of InDesign and Photoshop. You’ll lead the creation of our bi-annual catalogue, help create, curate and maintain our metadata, coordinate, and write copy for, our newsletter, run our social media and maintain and enhance relationships with booksellers and sales people. You’ll be excited by everything that’s new in books and publishing, and able to ensure that our marketing – on both our series and individual titles – is focused, efficient and effective.

Please send a CV and covering letter (including your current salary) to Andrew Furlow, Associate Publisher by Monday 20th January: [email protected]

Senior UK Marketing Manager

Usborne Publishing

CLOSING DATE: 10/11/2019

CONTACT: Anna Howorth
[email protected]
0208 636 3734

Senior UK Marketing Manager, London

Usborne Publishing, the largest and most successful independent children’s publisher in the UK, is looking for an experienced, motivated and diligent Senior UK Marketing Manager to join its busy UK Marketing & Publicity team.

Usborne is an independent family business. Each year we publish over 300 distinctive, engaging, accessible new books, and we have nearly 3000 titles in print. These range from books for babies such as the bestselling That’s not my… series to YA fiction from acclaimed authors such as Holly Bourne – with everything from Magic Painting to Politics for Beginners in between.

The UK Marketing & Publicity team is responsible for promoting and publicising this entire list to trade customers and consumers. This role will report to and support Usborne’s Director of UK Marketing & Global Branding, and form a pivotal position in a fast-paced and effective team.

We are looking for someone to take a lead role in this talented and dynamic team: overseeing staff, managing budgets, organising systems and processes, and of course planning and implementing effective marketing campaigns on time and on budget.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record in a similar role, managing people and campaigns. They will exhibit excellent organisational skills and an understanding of the strategic goals of the business. We are looking for someone who can work well with people and processes, and who can balance creative talent with return on investment. Exemplary interpersonal skills and an ability to work closely with colleagues across the company are a must, as is attention to detail. A passion for children’s books goes without saying, but should be backed up with strong business acumen.

This is a full-time, permanent role, based in our London office in bustling Clerkenwell.

Please send your CV and covering letter via email to Anna Howorth, Director of Global Branding & UK Marketing: [email protected]

Closing date: Sunday 10th November 2019

Salary: circa £47,000 plus excellent benefits

Only successful candidates will be contacted and we regret that no correspondence can be entered into. No agencies.

Marketing Executive

Bloomsbury Publishing

CLOSING DATE: 14/10/2019

CONTACT: HR
[email protected]
(0)20 7631 5600

Bloomsbury Publishing is looking for a highly skilled Marketing Executive with 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. Imprints include: Continuum, Green Tree, Sport, Business, Wildlife, Philip Wilson, Reeds and Sigma. 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 fine art, alongside the world’s most famous sports book, The Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack. Our acclaimed list of authors include: Douglas Murray, Diana Moran, Martin Dorey, Ray Mears and Christine Armstrong.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Create and implement marketing campaigns to drive sales and maximise profit
• Effectively communicate marketing campaigns to all key stakeholders both internal and external
• Regularly communicate with Bloomsbury’s global offices
• Stay informed about new marketing and publicity insights, developments and opportunities
• Proactively identify and build partnerships for key titles, brands and authors
• Manage the creation and distribution of the annual nautical and wildlife catalogue
• 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 and get the best ROI

Skill, knowledge and experience

• Knowledge and understanding of the current marketing mix, including advertising, DM, publicity, catalogues, promotions and digital marketing
• Knowledge of community building, social media, email, online advertising
• Experience of book marketing
• 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.

The role is a full-time permanent position, based at Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP. As well as a fantastic opportunity to join a global award-winning organization, Bloomsbury offers competitive benefits and generous staff discounts.

To apply, please email your CV and a covering letter detailing how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role to [email protected].

Marketing Manager – parental leave cover

Faber & Faber

CLOSING DATE: 23/09/2019

CONTACT: Katie Hall
[email protected]
02079273879

The Faber marketing department are looking to recruit a marketing manager in a parental leave cover role for a period of up to one year. Working on campaigns for authors such as Leïla Slimani, Andrew O’Hagan and Sebastian Barry, this is a role for a creative and capable marketer who is comfortable working on a diverse list of literary fiction, non-fiction and poetry. 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 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.

Key responsibilities:

• Managing campaigns for a range of adult fiction, non-fiction and poetry 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

Please send a covering letter and CV to [email protected] by Monday 23 September. Early applicants may be contacted for interview prior to the closing date.

Head of Digital Marketing – Social Media (Maternity cover)

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

CLOSING DATE: 18/09/2019

CONTACT: n/a
[email protected]
0207 631 5600

The Opportunity

Bloomsbury, a leading independent publisher in the UK, is looking for a maternity cover for the role of Head of Digital Marketing – Social Media. This multi-faceted, creative and exciting role covers the social media strategy for our key brands and lead title campaigns (including authors like J.K. Rowling, Sarah J. Maas, Tom Kerridge, Elizabeth Gilbert).

This is a global role (covering the UK, US, Australian and Indian offices), reporting to the Group Director, Consumer Marketing & Publicity.

The Role

Harry Potter:

• Responsible for the digital marketing strategy for Harry Potter books across UK, India, Australia and Canada, working closely with the Brand Manager and Head of Children’s Marketing and Publicity. This includes
• devising and implementing our social media campaigns, year-round
• commissioning, scripting, and producing short-form videos (working with freelance animators and video agencies)

Social media:

• Working alongside the Senior Digital Marketing Manager to oversee the global social media strategy (UK, US, India and Australia) for over 80 accounts across Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
• Staying across the latest social media developments
• Educating and training staff and authors on social networks, including examples of best practice

Line management:

• Line management of Senior Digital Marketing Manager, and co-line management of Digital Marketing Executive (Children’s)

Skills, Knowledge, Experience

• Experience of delivering high-profile social media campaigns
• Experience of commissioning and producing short-form video
• Experience of working with internal and external stakeholders including authors, editors, freelancer designers/animators, digital agencies
• Up-to-date knowledge of best practises of social media advertising (mainly Facebook and Instagram) and industry developments
• Ability to be reactive, multitask and work on several different projects simultaneously, as well as work well under pressure
• Good organisational and project-planning skills

The role is a full-time maternity cover position, based at Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP. As well as a fantastic opportunity to join a global award-winning organization, Bloomsbury offers competitive benefits and generous staff discounts.

To apply, please email your CV, a covering letter detailing how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role, and salary expectations to [email protected].

Marketing Manager – 12 month FTC

HarperFiction

CLOSING DATE: 14/08/2019

CONTACT: Fleur Clarke
[email protected]
0208 3074310

Team: Fiction

Role closes – 4:00pm, 14th Aug 2019 BST (Europe/London)

London

Purpose of the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the marketing team within HarperFiction to manage integrated and innovative campaigns across a range of the leading names in fiction. The successful candidate will be a senior voice in the Fiction Marketing team, bringing their knowledge of the market and prior marketing experience to produce outstanding campaigns that will deliver consumer cut-through, drive sales across all formats and build upon the author’s profile.

We are home to bestselling authors such as Cecelia Ahern, George R.R. Martin, Dilly Court, J.R.R Tolkien, Agatha Christie and Karin Slaughter, amongst many other new and established names. HarperCollins UK in turn is part of a global business within HarperCollins Worldwide and News Corp.

Responsibilities:

• Delivering strategic and creative campaigns for key releases and authors across the division.
• Developing innovative, creative and targeted marketing activity including all planning, briefing and delivery.
• Striving for innovation across all channels to produce market leading campaigns.
• Ensuring that delivery of all creative, media, and digital plans are on brief and in budget.
• Ensuring all marketing campaigns are implemented to optimum efficiency with demonstrable metrics.
• Measuring and evaluating campaigns, share learnings and optimising for future activity.
• Working alongside the consumer insight team to understand readerships and inform target audiences.
• Working with brand and media partners to leverage reader interest and expand our consumer reach.
• Supporting a culture of collaboration and integration, working closely with Publicity, Sales and Editorial to ensure that all stakeholder needs are met.
• Developing strong agency, media and blogger relationships to help maximise all communications opportunities and activity.

Experience:

• Good experience working in a busy marketing department at a trade publisher.
• Comfortable across all channels of the marketing mix.
• Ability and excellent track record in generating great creative work.
• Ability to amplify creative thinking across various media disciplines.

We are looking for someone who:

• 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.
• Enjoys reading widely with an active interest in the publishing industry – particular interest in crime and thriller, literary and science fiction and fantasy fiction encouraged.
• Is a team-player, looking to share their learnings with the wider marketing team in order to foster a culture of shared learning.