Marketing Manager

London, UK (Unknown)

£35K/yr – £38K/yrMid LevelPermanent

Posted 4 weeks ago

Job Summary

Own the end-to-end marketing for Orion’s books and gifts, leading cross-functional campaigns from strategy through delivery, and drive audience growth and direct-to-consumer engagement across editorial, publicity and sales partners.

  • Own campaign strategy and cross-functional delivery
  • Lead audience growth and direct-to-consumer engagement

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Leading the development and delivery of standout marketing campaigns from acquisition through publication and beyond, bringing Orion’s books and gifts to life and driving sales
  • Creating bold, insight-led campaign strategies with clear positioning, audience targeting and measurable outcomes
  • Overseeing digital marketing strategy and execution across paid and organic channels, optimising performance through data and analytics
  • Working closely with Editorial, Publicity and Sales teams to ensure campaigns are strategically aligned
  • Driving forward the Laurence King imprint community growth strategy alongside a senior team member, flexing your creative muscles to effectively engage a wide range of gift audiences
  • Building strong relationships with authors, creative partners, agents, retailers and other external partners to maximise reach and impact
  • Identifying opportunities to grow audiences, build brand equity and deepen direct-to-consumer engagement
  • Playing a supporting role in major brand campaigns, contributing to the overall success of the Orion list
  • Managing multiple projects and budgets simultaneously in a fast-paced environment

Requirements

  • demonstrable experience in delivering creative and effective marketing campaigns
  • innately curious about consumer behaviour and will be able to demonstrate how that has been applied in a consumer-focused marketing role
  • experience working on publishing or gift campaigns is a bonus, but not essential.
  • experienced across all aspects of marketing and adept at working collaboratively with publicity, sales and creative teams to craft pitch-perfect strategies that place the consumer at the heart of every campaign
  • Thoughtful planning, excellent budget management and timely execution will be hallmarks of your work
  • well versed in all aspects of stakeholder management and ideally have experience in working across large teams, demonstrating excellent communication skills

Preferred

  • experience working on publishing or gift campaigns is a bonus, but not essential.

Benefits

  • 28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)
  • Private medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Generous pension schemes
  • Rent deposit loans
  • 2 community days per year
  • Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)
  • Retail discounts through Hachette rewards
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Eye care vouchers
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Hachette UK

Founded in 1846, we’re the second-biggest publishing group in the UK - part of Hachette Livre - with 12 divisions and over 50 imprints. Our award-winning publishing divisions include Orion; Little, Brown; John Murray Press; Hodder & Stoughton; Hachette Children’s Group; Headline; Quercus; Bookouture; Dialogue; Octopus; Hodder Education; and Paperblanks – and together, our mission is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity. Our history is interwoven with the history of the world. From The Origin of Species to Jane Eyre, The Long Walk to Freedom to Heartstopper, the stories we’ve helped to share have shaped – and continue to shape – culture across the globe. We’re incredibly proud of our past, but we’re also looking to the future; knowing the stories we publish today will shape the world of tomorrow. We value and actively seek different perspectives, voices and ideas to support creativity and break new ground. You’ll find everything on our bookshelves from blockbuster fiction and insightful non-fiction to informative textbooks and vibrant children’s books. We’re proud to publish thousands of new books every year, and our authors include Brit Bennett, Candice Carty-Williams, Martina Cole, Michael Connelly, John Grisham, Stephen King, Stieg Larsson, Nelson Mandela, Stephenie Meyer, Maggie O’Farrell, Delia Owens, Ian Rankin, J.K. Rowling, Colson Whitehead, and Malala Yousafzai. We’ve also got puzzles, gifts, and games, are the market leader in e-books, and even publish a range of bestsellers in audio format - the fastest-growing part of our business! Today, as well as our London HQ, we have five national offices across the UK, and a major distribution centre in Didcot, Oxfordshire. Around the world, our other regions include Australia, India, Ireland, Jamaica and New Zealand; offering you more choices than ever when it comes to finding the right location for you.

Founded in 1986
London, England, GBR
2.2K employees (1,335 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

£35K/yr – £38K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1,191 (53% of company)
Median Tenure
5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
306.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
43.4%
Direct
44.9%
Referral
8%
Social
2.9%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.2K

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