Marketing Manager, HarperNonFiction

London, UK (On-site)

£36K/yr – £41K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 5 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own and execute bold, data-informed campaigns across media to drive engagement and sales, collaborating with authors, agents and internal teams while identifying new platforms and opportunities.

  • Lead campaigns from strategy through delivery
  • Partner with editors, publicity, sales and audiences

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop bold, creative and commercially effective campaigns that build engagement, cultural conversation and sales
  • Lead integrated marketing campaigns across print, digital, social, audio, partnerships, retail and live opportunities
  • Create best-in-class campaign strategies tailored to authors, brands and audiences across a wide range of nonfiction genres
  • Identify innovative opportunities to amplify authors, maximise discoverability and extend campaign reach across emerging platforms and media
  • Work closely with authors, agents and internal stakeholders to shape campaign positioning and maximise visibility
  • Deliver campaign assets and activity including advertising, content, partnerships, influencer and creator outreach, social media marketing, copywriting and retail support materials
  • Manage campaign budgets, timelines and external partners effectively, ensuring activity is delivered creatively, strategically and efficiently
  • Use audience insight, analytics and campaign reporting to evaluate performance, optimise activity and inform future publishing and marketing strategy
  • Contribute to acquisition pitches and publishing strategy discussions with agents and authors
  • Build strong relationships with media, creator, platform and brand partners to maximise campaign impact and visibility

Requirements

  • Proven experience delivering ambitious, audience-focused marketing campaigns with clear commercial impact
  • Strong creative instincts and a track record of developing standout campaign ideas
  • Deep understanding of digital marketing, social platforms, audience engagement and contemporary media culture
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with confidence working across multiple stakeholders and creative personalities
  • Commercially aware, analytical and comfortable using data and insight to inform decisions
  • Highly organised, proactive and able to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
  • Experience in publishing is welcome but not essential; we are also interested in candidates from entertainment, media, podcasting, talent, consumer brands or other creative industries
  • Passionate about storytelling, culture and the role that books play within wider entertainment and media conversation
  • Curious about emerging trends, platforms and campaign formats, with an entrepreneurial approach to marketing
  • Collaborative, generous and excited to contribute to a creative, ambitious and supportive team culture
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HarperCollins Publishers UK

A history stretching back over 200 years, HarperCollins is the second largest consumer book publisher in the world. Here at HarperCollins UK, we publish around 1,500 books a year for readers of all ages and interests.Our bestsellers include Bernard Cornwell, Adele Parks, Jonathan Franzen, David Walliams, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Memoirs of British prime ministers. Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilogy. George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. And legendary titles by legacy authors J.R.R. Tolkien, Agatha Christie and C.S. Lewis.We’re home to the most iconic bears, Paddington, Rupert and Winnie-the-Pooh, and Judith Kerr, Rob Biddulph and Michael Morpurgo, Mr Men & Little Miss, Thomas & Friends and Minecraft for our younger readers.As the only UK publisher to release audio versions of all our new fiction, narrative non-fiction and children’s books at the same time as their print publication, we publish 700 audio books every year. In a unique partnership with the Royal National Institute for the Blind, our complete catalogue is free for their members.Collins Learning, our education division is a pioneer in reference publishing. We develop market-leading dictionaries, atlases and bibles. And our state-of-the-art online learning platforms supplement our award-winning books for primary and secondary school students.Brothers James and John Harper founded J. and J. Harper in 1817. By 1825, their small printing shop had become the biggest publisher in New York City. As Harper & Row in 1987, it was acquired by News Corporation. In 1990, we became HarperCollins after acquiring William Collins & Sons, founded in Glasgow in 1819.We have offices in London, Honley, Manchester, Glasgow and Dublin. In London, we’re in The News Building with News UK companies. Keeping our historic connection to Glasgow, we’re also based in the Robroyston district where each week, our distribution centre sends 3 million books around the world.

London, England, GBR
325 employees (184 in marketing)

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Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
361.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
49.8%
Direct
38.5%
Referral
7.9%
Social
2.7%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~325

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
172 (53% of company)
Median Career Experience
14 years
Median Tenure
4.4 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
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