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

• We are looking for someone with demonstrable experience in delivering creative and effective marketing campaigns.
• You will enjoy working as part of a supportive team and relish the opportunity to flex your creative muscles – always with an eye on our commercial goals.
• Our team plays a key role at every stage of our books’ and gifts’ journey, from acquisition to publication and beyond.
• You will be 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.
• You will be 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.
• You will also be 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