Senior Manager, Trade & Partner Communications, Penguin Ventures at Penguin Random House UK | London, UK

Penguin Random House UK

Senior Manager, Trade & Partner Communications, Penguin Ventures

London, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelPart time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the Penguin Ventures trade PR and licensing narrative across trade press, events, and sponsorships; drive partner-facing communications and award submissions; pull together multi-stakeholder approvals and cross-team alignment to boost licensee retention and new business.

Trade press and brand storytelling: maintain a consistent profile across licensing trade and build a strategic programme of trade announcements.
Stakeholder management: secure approvals and align with Ventures/brand teams, licensees, and media partners.
Events, awards, and sponsorships: plan comms for BLE/Licensing Expo, key moments, and sponsor messaging to drive partner retention and new business.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Ventures Trade Media: Ensure Penguin Ventures and its licensing programme maintains a strategic consistent profile across the licensing trade.
Ventures Trade Media: Develop and deliver a strategic programme of trade announcements/stories that reflect wider licensing activity
Ventures Trade Media: Write press releases, quotes and messaging; manage feedback/approvals with the wider PRH comms team
Ventures Trade Media: Drive awareness of brand activity to support partner retention and new business development
Ventures Trade Media: Secure profile opportunities for Ventures execs at key industry moments
Ventures Trade Media: Build and maintain relationships with trade press, show organisers and awards stakeholders
Ventures Trade Media: Trade shows (BLE, Licensing Expo): lead comms planning and delivery (advance editorial, show dailies, photography, stand activity/costume characters, coverage collation)
Ventures Trade Media: Awards shows/sponsorships: support messaging and comms within sponsorship packages
Ventures Trade Media: Own the Ad-Ventures licensee newsletter, coordinating inputs from Ventures/brand teams to deliver engaging partner updates
Ventures Trade Media: Review ad hoc opportunities from trade press/global agents and assess fit against overall comms strategy
Licensing Awards: Manage industry awards submissions end-to-end: identify entries with the team, coordinate licensee input, produce copy and imagery, manage timelines, approvals and final submissions.
Commercial Advertising Programme: Support editorial and industry moments through paid trade placements.
Commercial Advertising Programme: Identify and book print/online ad opportunities with key trade press partners
Commercial Advertising Programme: Align advertising activity with trade shows and editorial moments to maximise visibility
Commercial Advertising Programme: Coordinate creative and messaging with the Ventures Creative Director
Commercial Advertising Programme: Deliver all print/digital assets on time and to specification
Ventures Experiences: Amplify the experiences business and identify opportunities that drive trade and consumer coverage.
Ventures Experiences: Spot opportunities to integrate key licensees and deliver joined-up storytelling
Ventures Experiences: Consider audience experience, influencer angles and wider PRH tie-ins (including books)
Ventures Experiences: Ensure activity supports the overarching brand narrative for key properties

Penguin Random House UK

We are Penguin Random House UK: part of the world's leading trade publisher, Penguin Random House. We seek out and champion brilliant voices from across the globe, bringing their stories, ideas and writing to audiences everywhere. With over 50 independent imprints across nine publishing houses, we are the UK's largest publisher. We have over 2,000 employees across two publishing sites in London, two distribution centres in Frating and Grantham, and our archive and library in Rushden. We work with the best talent from within the industry and beyond, with publishing experts supported by dynamic teams specialising in Technology, Digital, Finance, Data and Sales – to name but a few. Collaboration, creativity and innovation lie at the heart of what we do. In a market which is constantly changing, we are stretching the definition of the word publisher: working with talent across the creative spectrum - from TV production companies to A-list audiobook narrators - to connect with more readers than ever before, both through and beyond the book.

Founded in 2013

London, England, GBR

2K employees (1,025 in marketing)

www.penguin.co.uk