Deputy Marketing Director, Cornerstone

Can you lead large-scale, multi-platform marketing campaigns for the world’s leading authors? We have an exciting role available for a passionate, creative and experienced marketer to join our award-winning marketing team as Deputy Marketing Director.

Cornerstone is home to some of the biggest global brands and authors including Lisa Jewell, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Harlan Coben, Harper Lee and Robert Harris to name just a few.

About Cornerstone

Cornerstone is a division within the iconic publisher Penguin Random House, our home. In turn, Cornerstone is home to seven imprints: Century, Del Rey, Inklore, Hutchinson Heinemann, #Merky Books, Cornerstone Press and Evermore, each with its own specific focus and remit. Every Cornerstone book also goes on to become a Penguin paperback.

Within publishing, Cornerstone has an enviable track record of bestsellers, prize winners and culture-shaping books, working with many of the world’s most interesting voices, often throughout their entire career. Our books span genres, categories and marketplaces globally.

The role

In this role, you will be responsible for delivering top-tier marketing across all imprints within the division and you will develop a range of high-profile brands, authors and talent across both fiction and non-fiction.

Working alongside and reporting to the Director of Marketing & Brands, you will also have creative and strategic input on pitches and new business, in addition to contributing to our on-going success by planning, implementing and overseeing creative, innovative and highly effective campaigns.

The role includes direct line-management responsibility for up to five members of the team.

Key responsibilities:

1. Create and deliver industry-leading marketing campaigns across fiction and non-fiction, including transatlantic campaigns and brand authors.
2. Manage a talented campaign team of up to five marketers.
3. Play a key role in the Cornerstone digital marketing strategy.
4. Deputise for Director of Marketing and Brands where needed.
5. Contribute to Cornerstone beyond your specific marketing remit as a senior colleague within the division – develop successful strategies with input from sales, editorial and publicity for key brands and authors.

What you’ll bring

Essential criteria:

1. Significant experience leading high profile marketing and brand campaigns within the book publishing industry.
2. Excellent people management and leadership skills, ideally with experience managing two direct reports or more.
3. Brilliant copywriting and communication skills.
4. Keen eye for design.
5. Cutting-edge digital marketing experience.
6. Ability to work to tight deadlines and with excellent project and stakeholder management skills.
7. Self-starter who relishes a challenge and puts creativity and innovation at the heart of their work.

Application instructions

Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining what appeals to you about the role and why you are the right candidate for it by 11:59pm on Wednesday 22nd January .

Please ensure you include a cover letter, as it is a crucial part of our assessment process. The cover letter offers an opportunity to show how your experience and interests align with the role requirements. Typically, we expect the cover letter to be no more than one or two pages in length.

Salary

£56,000 – £70,000 dependent on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.

What you can expect from us

Our people are the heart of our business, and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition.

Our benefits include:

• Financial – income protection, life assurance, childcare allowance
• Wellbeing – healthcare cash plan, critical illness cover, health checks
• Lifestyle – enhanced parental leave, tech scheme, free and discounted books

Hybrid working

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. Cornerstone colleagues work from our Embassy Gardens office on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

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.

The recruitment process

You can read about our recruitment process at

As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role, and opt-in on their application form. The essential criteria for this role are listed as part of the ‘What you’ll bring’ section. There may be times when the volume of applications means we cannot take all eligible candidates to interview.

We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing . 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.

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