Campaigns Manager, Penguin General (6-9 Month FTC)

Do you have a flair for devising campaigns which capture attention and start conversations? Would you like to work with bestselling authors to create captivating content for their social channels which drives engagement and sales?

Would you like to work with a team that publishes some of the UK’s bestselling and most acclaimed authors including Ben Macintyre, Emily Henry, Zadie Smith and Ruby Wax? This role could be for you.

Penguin General’s award-winning Communications team are looking for a marketing focused Campaigns Manager (FTC 6– 9 months) to join our team.  You will be working on marketing campaigns across our imprints Penguin Life, Penguin Business, Viking, Fig Tree, Sandy Cove and Hamish Hamilton, from high profile platform authors to exciting debuts.

The Opportunity
You’ll be running all stages of marketing campaigns from strategic planning through to execution and evaluation. You’ll be working with authors on social media content for their platforms, running digital advertising and liaising with our sales team on promotional materials for retailers. You’ll be devising key campaign messaging and creating striking assets for your campaigns. Your work will involve contact with authors and their literary agents, as well as close collaboration with in-house colleagues across departments.

You’ll be a crucial member of a fun, dynamic and supportive team and will be responsible for marketing campaigns that are impactful and sales-driving. 

What You’ll Bring
We’re looking for someone who has experience delivering book marketing campaigns and is a creative thinker with great organisational skills who enjoys working collaboratively as part of a busy team. You’ll have a strong design eye as well as keen analytical skills to ensure your campaigns are optimised to best effect. We would love to hear from you if some of the following sound like you:

• Demonstrable digital marketing experience where your campaigns have delivered against objectives

• A keen interest in marketing and consumer trends, and an agility to be able to incorporate these into your campaigns

• Analytical ability to use consumer insights and performance metrics to optimise your campaigns

• Creative flair to create striking design assets and punchy campaign copy with excellent attention to detail

• Strong organisation and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and different deadlines

• A great communicator, able to work collaboratively with different internal teams, and ability to confidently present effectively to a wide range of people

How to apply
Please apply with CV and cover letter outlining why you are the right person for the role by midnight on Sunday 11th August.

Salary:  Up to £34,000 dependent on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.

Competitive benefits package: Our people are the heart of our business, and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition. 

Our benefits include:

• Financial – discounted shopping, season ticket loan, rental deposit loan

• Wellbeing - healthcare cash plan, employee assistance, gym loan

• Lifestyle – taste card, tech scheme, free and discounted books

For our full benefits list please visit: https://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/what-we-offer/

Hybrid working: We’re experimenting with a hybrid way of working that suits the needs of each team. While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important. For this role we expect that you will work from our London office on Vauxhall Bridge Road, attending key meetings and working as part of the team usually three days per week, with home working on the other days.

About Penguin: We’re the UK’s largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing over 1,500 books each year. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent. In a constantly evolving industry, we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher. Here, you’ll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success. Together, we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone.

About Penguin General: Penguin General is one of the eight publishing divisions that make up Penguin. There are six imprints at Penguin General: Fig Tree, Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Business, Penguin Life, Viking and Sandycove. The latter is based in Dublin.

General is made up of extremely talented colleagues, who set a high bar in terms of quality of output, who take pride in their work and strive for both individual and collective success. We advocate a ‘learning mindset’: being curious and humble about what we don’t know in order to grow. We strive to create a working culture that is progressive, energizing and fun, where difference is valued. Colleagues are treated with respect, stretched to learn and develop their skills, and can turn up to work as their authentic professional selves. 

The recruitment process: You can read about our recruitment process at https://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/how-we-hire/

As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role, and opt-in on their application form. There may be times when the volume of applications means we cannot take all eligible candidates to interview.

We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing PRHCareersUK@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk. Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your request.

Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.