We have an exciting opportunity to join our innovative and ground-breaking Audio Marketing & Publicity team on a permanent contract as Campaigns Executive.

About the Audio team

At Penguin Random House Audio, the UK’s leading audiobook publisher, we are dedicated to making the very best audiobooks. Working with exceptional acting talent, producers and studios, we publish award-winning and bestselling audiobooks such as Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club series, Bernadine Evaristo’s Booker-winning Girl, Woman, Other, Prince Harry’s Spare and Dr Julie Smith’s Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a Campaigns Executive who is eager to join this award-winning team, and connect our biggest books in Audio with listeners, driving them into the bestseller charts. You’ll have experience developing inspiring and highly effective marketing and publicity campaigns that deliver results. With a love of all things audio, you’ll be brimming with ideas to reach new and existing listeners. 

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Planning, implementing, and analysing standout audio marketing and publicity campaigns. 

• Generating ideas to promote the audio format across varied audiences and genres.

• Driving the conversation around our audiobooks through engaging journalists, audiobook fans and influencer networks.

• Developing content with authors and narrators in the recording studio, identify and analysing social media content trends.

• Owning the relationship with multiple Penguin Random House print marketing teams to build multi-format campaigns.

• Creating copy and assets, briefing media agencies, monitoring results, and reporting post campaign.

• Presenting campaign plans, learning and insights with internal stakeholders across the business. 

What you’ll bring

We’ll need you to have:

• Experience of running your own campaigns (with limited paid investment), bringing bags of enthusiasm and ideas to each one, using your initiative to maximise the reach of campaigns through paid, owned, earned and shared media.

• Confidence in your approach and ability to represent the Audio team in inter-departmental meetings.

• An understanding of social media, and how to engage communities online through cultural trends and moments.

• Ability to quickly build relationships across the business.

• Excellent organisational, attention to detail and prioritisation skills, juggling multiple projects and campaigns at once.

• Excellent written communication

It goes without saying you’ll have a passion for audio, but you certainly don’t need to have worked in audiobooks or publishing before. Whoever you are, we want someone ready for an exciting new challenge.

If this sounds like your next role, please apply with your CV and Cover Letter by 11:59pm on Monday 1st April.

As part of your cover letter, please tell us about a recent audiobook you loved, and why (in no more than 200 words).

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.

Salary: c. £30,000 depending on how your skills and experience align with 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 are in the office twice a week. We’ll be happy to answer any questions on this as part of the interview process.

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're part of the offer an interview scheme. This is where disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role can opt in to get to the next recruitment stage. There may be some situations where volume of applicants means we can't 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: 269029