HarperCollins Company Profile

Company Name:	HarperCollins
Country:	United Kingdom
City:	London
Post Code:	SE1 9gf
Company Website:	www.harpercollins.co.uk/
Profile:	With a heritage stretching back nearly 200 years, HarperCollins is one of the world's foremost English-language publishers, offering the best quality content right across the spectrum, from cutting-edge contemporary fiction to digital hymnbooks and pretty much everything in between. In the UK, the Glasgow-based William Collins & Sons was founded in 1819 and published a range of bibles, atlases and dictionaries, later including classic authors HG Wells, Agatha Christie, JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis. The original Harper Brothers Company was established in New York City in 1817 and over the years published the works of Mark Twain, the Bronte Sisters, Thackeray, Dickens, John F Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. In 1987, Harper & Row, as it had then become, was acquired by News Corporation. The worldwide group was formed following News Corp's 1990 acquisition of William Collins & Sons. Today we publish some of the world's foremost authors, from Nobel prize-winners to worldwide bestsellers; recent successes including the Booker-winning Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel, and George RR Martin's blockbusting A Song of Ice and Fire series. Our thriving children's business includes evergreen popular properties Paddington Bear and Dr Seuss, while Michael Morpurgo, David Walliams, Oliver Jeffers, Derek Landy and Louise Rennison continue to delight children and young adults everywhere. HarperCollins is at the forefront of creative innovation in what we publish and how we publish. We were the first trade publisher to digitise its content and create a global digital warehouse to protect the rights of its authors, meet consumer demand and generate additional business opportunities. And alongside digital developments, acting and thinking "green" is in our DNA; we publish 60% of our books on environmentally-friendly paper. This is one of the biggest proportions among our major competitors in the UK. We were the first to take our operations carbon neutral and all our electricity is harnessed from renewable sources. In 2012 HarperCollins won the prestigious Publisher of the Year Award at the Bookseller Industry Awards, praised by judges for our innovative digital activity, sharp focus on authors, and thriving educational division. With offices in the US, Canada, the UK, India and Australia, HarperCollins has global revenues of over $1 billion every year. The President and CEO of HarperCollins worldwide is Brian Murray. HarperCollins UK is run by Chief Executive Charlie Redmayne, publishes around 1000 books a year and employs some 850 people in London and Glasgow.
Contact Phone:	0208 307 4354

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Senior Publicity Manager, Barrington Stoke (12 Month Maternity Cover)

Barrington Stoke has been publishing super-readable, dyslexia-friendly fiction and non-fiction by a stable of highly acclaimed authors and illustrators, for nearly 30 years. Barrington Stoke has a strong brand presence in the trade and is m...

Edinburgh; London HarperCollins ref: (Ref_28784) 2 days ago

Job Sector	Publisher
Job Type	Publicity
Employment Type	Contract Part-time
Salary and Benefits	£21,000 - £22,200 (GBP) 3 days per week. FTE (£35,000-£37,000 per annum)
Skills	Excellent author care skills and experience; Proven track record of sales generating media strategy across a variety of authors and campaigns; Extensive experience of organizing and managing author tours and events; Proven experience in crisis comms management; Extensive and proven network of media, literary, bookseller and event contacts; Social media savvy; A team player with excellent communication skills; A high level of organisational skills; Motivated self-starter with a ‘can-do’ attitude; The ability and nimbleness to multitask and juggle a heavy workload under pressure; Ability to work evenings and weekends as required for events.

Head of Marketing and Publicity, HarperCollins Christian and Harper360

This role operates from within the HarperCollins Christian Publishing and HarperCollins Focus 360 business unit, part of a global publishing and distribution initiative within HarperCollins. This unit is responsible for the distribution, ma...

London HarperCollins ref: (Ref_28766) 9 days ago

Job Sector	Publisher
Job Type	Management Marketing Publicity
Employment Type	Full-time Hybrid Permanent
Salary and Benefits	£40,000 - £50,000
Skills	Experience in marketing and publicity roles in publishing or a similar industry; Experience of planning, tracking, and delivering marketing campaigns; Experience of planning and executing publicity campaigns; Some understanding of the UK Christian Church market and, preferred, the distinctives of different denominations; Experienced manager; Highly organised and able to manage multiple competing deadlines, prioritising and delegating effectively; Budget management; Understanding of the trade publishing market and book buyers; Experience of working collaboratively with multiple senior stakeholders; Creative and innovative thinking and flair; Calm under pressure; A team player with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong working relationships with multiple stakeholders across the business and externally; Data-driven and results-focused.