The Vacancy

We’re looking for a bright, energetic, and outgoing Children’s Marketing Assistant to join the team and work across our award-winning and internationally successful children’s publishing list, including Picture Books, Illustrated Non-Fiction, and Fiction. This is an exciting opportunity for a creative and organised person who has a passion for children’s books and is ready to begin their career in publishing.

You will be joining a friendly and collaborative team to provide support across the trade marketing division on a wide range of campaigns and assist with general admin for the department.

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]’s Children’s Books is a high-performing, dynamic division of a fast-growing and ambitious publisher, and The British Book Awards Children’s Publisher of the Year 2024.

The Role

• Provide administrative support to the Marketing Director and Children’s Trade Marketing Team, including diary scheduling, processing invoices, setting up new suppliers, inputting spend on budget, organising mailings and coding expenses
• Administrative responsibilities to help with the smooth running of the wider marketing team, including coordination of internal and external meetings, and working closely with the Marketing Director on diary admin and key internal meetings
• Build relationships with key contacts in all other departments across the company, supporting cross-departmental comms and meetings
• Creation of bi-annual children’s catalogue and project managing rights guides
• A team superuser for platforms such as NetGalley, Sprout Social, and the [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] website, using CMS to manage updates on children’s titles
• Brief and produce a variety of marketing materials, such as activity packs, social media assets, POS and sell-in material. Liaising with the internal editorial and design teams, and freelance designers throughout the process
• Build up the marketing campaign knowledge and experience to manage your own campaigns
• You’ll report to the Senior Marketing Manager, but work closely with all members of the team

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• A passion for books
• Excellent MS Office skills (Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
• Excellent communication skills
• Organised, proactive and creative
• Basic design skills would be advantageous
• A team player, with strong interpersonal skills and a great attitude
• Ability to juggle and prioritise lots of competing demands
• Great time management skills, with the ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Strong attention to detail
• Interest in pursuing new marketing opportunities and new ways of reaching readers, staying abreast of key publishing trends and the wider book market

Additional Information

The role is a full-time permanent position. Salary per annum: £27,000. The role is based at our London office 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP on a hybrid-working pattern of 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred). Allocated office days for this role are Monday and Tuesday.

As an Assistant role, this position is eligible for [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]’s Rental Deposit Loan Scheme.

Please apply with a CV (Word or PDF format only) and answer the application questions via the ‘APPLY NOW’ button detailing how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role by 23:59 on Friday 1st of January 2025.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.

The Company

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a leading independent publishing house, established in 1986, with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes, and is the originating publisher and custodian of the Harry Potter series. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] has offices in London, New York, New Delhi, Oxford and Sydney.

Contact

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