We have an exciting opportunity for a Marketing Manager to join the Penguin Random House Children’s team on a fixed term contract basis, for 12 months.

Do you have experience in marketing for children and family audiences? Are you interested in engaging parents, caregivers, educators and children themselves with authentic and targeted campaigns? If you are a marketer looking for a new challenge and you’re able to deliver compelling, successful and audience-first strategies with a focus on the family market, this could be the role for you!
 

Our creativity is inspired by different perspectives, so we strive for our culture to be one of belonging, where everyone feels welcome and where differences are celebrated. We want to work with a wide range of talent as we find new ways to tell our stories. That is where you come in.   

Our Puffin Middle Grade list (that’s 6-12 years) boasts every book a child could want, from powerhouse brands such as Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Lottie Brooks and Tom Fletcher; stellar debuts such as The Swifts by Beth Lincoln, City of Stolen Magic by Nazneen Ahmed Pathak and The Whisperwicks by Jordan Lees; to genre-defining non-fiction from household names such as Adam Kay.

Your key areas of responsibility will include:

• Using audience insight to build creative, consumer-focused campaigns which consistently deliver sales

• Monitoring and evaluating campaign performance and competitor activity

• Communicating effectively with the wider business including Editorial, PR, Sales, Design, Production etc to ensure the campaigns run smoothly and achieve results

• Bringing diversity of thought and innovation into everything you do

Perhaps you’re an experienced book marketeer looking for a new challenge? Or maybe your marketing background makes you an expert on children’s brands, audiences and the landscape but publishing will be a new challenge to you.  Whatever your marketing background, we want to hear from different voices throughout the UK and see different perspectives.

You’ll also have proven experience of working across multiple projects and will have excellent relationship building skills. An effective decision maker with a proactive approach and the ability to lead by example will be key.

If you’d like to apply, please submit your CV and a Cover Letter by 11:59pm on Sunday 7th April.

What you can expect from us.

Salary: £31,500 - £36,000 depending 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 – income protection, life assurance, childcare allowance

• Wellbeing - healthcare cash plan, critical illness cover, health checks

• Lifestyle – enhanced parental leave, tech scheme,

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. This role is based in our Embassy Gardens office in Nine Elms (SW11 7BW), London. We’re currently three days in the office, and two days remote working, and we are happy to answer questions about this at interview stage.

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. 

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.

Company: The Random House Group Limited 

Country: United Kingdom 

State/Region: London 

City: london 

Postal Code: SW11 7BW 

Job ID: 269028