Publicity & Marketing Manager

Icon Books, an admired independent publisher of non-fiction, seeks an experienced publicity and marketing manager.

The Publicity and Marketing Manager will run individual book PR campaigns, manage our Publicity and Marketing Officer, and play a key role in maintaining and building Icon’s reputation with the media. They will also be closely involved with the development and promotion of Icon’s series, both established and new. 

The ideal candidate will have around five years’ experience managing publicity for titles with a similar profile to those published by Icon.  They will have an excellent range of media contacts and be used to working closely with journalists, authors, and their agents. They will be used to managing at least one junior colleague. Excellent communication, internally and externally, is an essential part of the role.  They also must bring good energy to the role.

The successful candidate will ensure that publicity plans are well communicated to all relevant people and are aligned. They will feel at home with a wide range of non-fiction and narrative non-fiction. They will probably be familiar with Biblio, and adaptable in learning new systems and ways of working.

Icon has a very inclusive attitude to new ideas – in marketing and publicity as throughout the business. The holder of this position will be closely involved with commissioning editors in the earliest stages of books, helping pitch for titles, and in market research on competition, on covers, blurbs, and positioning. They will be central to the revitalisation of books from the company’s backlist and will work closely with the Icon salesforce throughout the world to ensure the company’s books are presented as vibrantly and professionally as possible to booksellers.

Salary - £30/£35K

Location – London or Stroud

This position reports to the Managing Director.

Please apply with a CV and letter to: finance@iconbooks.net