Job title: Senior Marketing Executive, Special Interest
Company: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Location: London
Salary: £35,000
Is the role permanent? Yes
Is the role full-time? Yes
Contact details: general enquires to [email protected]
Closing date: 5 April

Job description

The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and creative individual to join the campaigns team working across the Special Interest division at Bloomsbury. Our award-winning publishing lists include a wide range of distinguished non-fiction from current affairs to popular science, from sport to wellbeing. The imprints include; Bloomsbury Continuum, Green Tree, Bloomsbury Sport, Conway, Bloomsbury Wildlife, and Sigma. The role reports in to the Head of Marketing and you will be joining a small but dynamic team, focused on building the best campaigns for our books and authors.

The role

  • Create and implement well rounded marketing campaigns
  • Effectively communicate marketing campaigns to all key stakeholders both internal and external
  • Managing briefing and creative direction of marketing assets, digital and print and work with all key stakeholders to ensure the material appropriately markets the book
  • Proactively identify and build partnerships for key titles, brands and authors
  • Work on both title level campaigns and list marketing, including backlist in all relevant promotions
  • Manage the creation and distribution of marketing material
  • 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

Knowledge, skills and experience

  • Proven experience of working within a book marketing team
  • A high degree of confidence and experience of owning a marketing plan and working with social media, enewsletters, online and offline advertising, working with brands and third parties
  • Some design knowledge needed, ability to work in InDesign/Photoshop/Canva
  • Video editing skills would be an advantage
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Experience of reporting plans internally and in author/agent meetings
  • The ability to multi-task and work on several different projects simultaneously
  • Good copy-writing, proofreading, design and project-management skills.
  • Good time-management and people-management skills.

Additional information

The role is a full-time permanent position

Salary Pay Point: £35,000

The role is based at our London office 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DPon 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.

Please apply with a CV and covering letter addressed to Human Resources (Word or PDF format only) via the URL Below detailing how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role by Friday 5th April

https://bloomsbury.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/3437657?cid=2029

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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 30 minutes earlier in the week
  • Season Ticket Loan
  • Share save Scheme
  • AXA Healthcare Plan (Private Medical Insurance)
  • In-house Doctor
  • Eye care Voucher Scheme
  • Company culture – Employee Voice Meetings, Staff Networks (Bloom (BAME), Accessibility, Mental Health, Pride, and Parents, Guardians and Carers) and 21 Mental Health First Aiders trained across the UK offices, Publishing Events and access to free Publishing Resources

For additional benefits see our careers page

Bloomsbury is a place where anyone of any background, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender identity, age, ability, or socio-economic status can thrive, feel comfortable, and be heard and accepted.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please flag to the recruitment team if required

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