Head of Children’s Marketing & Publicity (trade books)

Our client, a highly respected independent London based children’s & adult mass market trade book publisher continues to expand and have now created a brand new role as part of their growth plans for this year.

This publisher seeks a Children’s Head of Marketing & Publicity to manage and drive forward the combined children’s book publishing marketing & PR activity.

This is a new appointment, and the jobholder will be responsible for all aspects of Children’s marketing and PR, working closely with the children’s publishing team and reporting to the Group Marketing Director.

You’ll initially have support of a PR & Marketing Assistant.

You’ll have the opportunity to work with some of the leading and high profile children’s brand names and authors. The successful candidate will ideally bring both PR and marketing skills, including some experience touring with authors and have the usual trade and media contacts.

The publishing program is a broad mix of bestselling children’s non-fiction consumer books both new and backlist for all ages. Including; licensing & character led books, colouring & activity, popular natural history, picture books and fantasy & fiction titles. 

This is in our view, a super unique role offering a wide remit to work both strategically on both marketing and publicity for children’s books.

You’ll be the senior Marketing & PR person representing the children’s division and the voice of the marketing & PR department internally, esp with acquisitions and third-parties.

You'll be regularly liaising with the senior children’s publishing teams, the sales department and the Group Publicity Director.

We are looking for candidates who are enthusiastic, self-motivated and passionate about children’s books and have an instinct for creating marketing and publicity campaigns.

This role offers a very competitive salary, Company benefits and the chance to work in a vibrant non-corporate can-do book publishing house with the genuine opportunity to develop your career further.

If this role appeals, then we would like to hear from you in confidence. Please initially contact Greg Evaristo by email greg@gregorymartin.org for more details.