Digital Marketing Executive - DK Marketing 

DK has an exciting opportunity for a creative, passionate and digital savvy marketing executive to join our team. 

Working across the whole of DK’s range of award-winning illustration non-fiction including trend-driven lifestyle, definitive reference encyclopedias and beautiful children’s books. Plus you will get to work with outstanding authors and licenses from Mary Berry to LEGO and Disney. 

You will:

• Manage all the day-to-day of DK’s social media accounts
• Write and coordinate content and updates on DK.com 
• Be involved in creating and responsible for executing DK’s owned channel strategy, including e-marketing
• Work with the marketing managers, in the UK and North America, on digital support for high profile campaigns
• Regularly collaborate  with colleagues globally particularly in the US and Canada
• Run and optimise DK’s social media advertising 
• Report on digital activity working closely with the Data and Insights team
• Manage both internal and external stakeholders

You will be:

• A naturally talented photographer with an eye for design
• Be consumer focused and up-to-date on digital trends
• An excellent communicator 
• Organised but flexible and adaptable 
• Full of ideas and bubbling with creativity 
• A team player who can work under your own initiative 
• Be passionate about books
• A photoshop user with basic knowledge (ideally)

Reporting to the UK Digital Marketing Manager, with a dotted line to the US Digital Marketing Manager, this role is perfect for someone with the relevant marketing experience who is looking for a new challenge with a friendly team and fantastic books.

If this sounds like the job for you, please submit your cover letter, CV and 2 photographs of your favourite books plus the copy you would use on Instagram for these by 3rd February.

DK is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the varied communities that read our books across the world. We encourage applications from all individuals, regardless of age, religion, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality or social background. 

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 or undertaking internships.  For more information visit www.booktradeentrysupport.org

About our Company: 

DK is the world’s leading illustrated reference publisher and part of Penguin Random House. DK publishes highly visual, photographic non-fiction for adults and children; our aim is to inform, enrich and entertain readers of all ages. DK acts as the parent company for Alpha Books, publisher of the Idiot's Guides series.

This role is based at 80 Strand, however we will be moving to our new office in Nine Elms in Spring 2020.

Company: Dorling Kindersley Limited 

Country: United Kingdom 

State/Region: London 

City: London 

Postal Code: WC2R 0RL 

Job ID: 58172