Senior Marketing Executive, Penguin Press
Penguin Books Limited Posted on 2022-11-18
| Salary | £30,000 – £33,000 a year |
|---|---|
| Location | London SW11 |
| Type | Other |
Job Description
Are you a creative marketer with an entrepreneurial spirit? Can you initiate and lead on campaigns across a diverse list of books? Could you seize on every opportunity to help create a non-fiction bestseller?
Penguin Press publishes serious and ground-breaking non-fiction across our Allen Lane, Pelican and Particular Books imprints, with bestselling authors such as Carlo Rovelli, Lea Ypi, Naomi Klein, Ha-Joon Chang, Neil MacGregor and Greta Thunberg. Press is also home to the world-famous Penguin Classics library. We’re looking for an ambitious marketer to join our award-winning team as a Senior Marketing Executive.
The Opportunity
Day-to-day, you’ll be working on marketing campaigns for a range of non-fiction books across history, science and politics, while supporting on broader brand projects. As part of a busy team, you’ll be liaising with authors, editors, publicists and sales colleagues to deliver campaigns that captivate the attention of different audiences.
From campaign to brand marketing, you’ll bring new expertise to support our growth as a team, using your initiative to seek out ways to maximise opportunities for our books and build relationships across the trade. You’ll bring strong digital marketing skills and an understanding of online audiences.
Within the marketing team, this role reports to the Head of Campaigns and is also a key contact for our International Sales team. You’ll work closely with International Sales to ensure strategic support for our books across territories, including being an important conduit for moments in the international sales calendar, and sales conferences.
Core Responsibilities
Manage all aspects of a marketing campaign from initial pitch to delivery
Engage different audiences online through organic and paid media platforms
Drive marketing conversations with colleagues across Penguin Press and Penguin Random House to support our international marketing and allocated campaigns
Work with the Brand Director of Penguin Classics on the delivery of key brand projects
A passion for our books is essential, but a background in publishing is not.
This role is based in our Vauxhall Bridge Road office in Pimlico, London.
Please apply with your CV and cover letter by midnight on Sunday 27th November.
What you can expect from us:
Salary: £30,000 – £33,000 dependent on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.
- 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://PRHCareersUK@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk.
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.
Company: Penguin Books Limited
Country: United Kingdom
State/Region: London
City: London
Postal Code: SW11 7BW
Job ID: 254920
Company description:
Our dedicated team of publishing professionals is committed to helping authors realize their very best work and to finding innovative new ways of bringing stories and ideas to audiences worldwide. By leveraging our global reach, embracing new technologies, and collaborating with authors at every stage of the publishing process—from editorial and design, to sales and marketing, to production and distribution—we aim to provide them with the greatest platform possible. At the same time, we fiercely protect our authors’ intellectual property and champion freedom of expression, ensuring that their voices carry beyond the page and into the folds of communities and societies around the globe.
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