Marketing Assistant (Hachette)

The John Murray Group, which encompasses John Murray Press, Quercus and John Murray Specialist, is one of the fastest growing and most profitable divisions of Hachette UK, with imprints that encompass a range of bestselling, pioneering and prize-winning publishing. They pride themselves on being entrepreneurial, curious, and excited about discovering and nurturing new voices that can shape and shake our world.

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting a team of ten ambitious trade marketers by ensuring that administrative activities are managed accurately, efficiently, and professionally.
• Providing administrative support for the team, including managing the marketing email inbox, organising meetings, minute-taking, updating data in systems and raising POs/invoices.
• Co-ordinating the design, production and distribution of marketing materials, in print and digital formats.
• Honing your skills to pitch for coverage in trade media such as The Bookseller.
• Researching and collating information for internal and external presentations.
• Assisting in organising key marketing events and attending where needed.
• Contributing creatively to the development of digital marketing, e.g. communities, blogs, social media channels, newsletters etc.
• Attending training and then using relevant systems to run datasets for the marketing team.
• Supporting the team on campaign tasks including influencer research, bookseller outreach and mailings.

Who they are looking for:

Are you organised and efficient, a team-player with a positive outlook and a love for books? Hachette are looking for a marketing assistant to support their team. A successful candidate for this role will be accurate and efficient within an admin role, with a proactive approach to managing tasks and supporting a busy team. They’d love to hear from you if you enjoy working collaboratively and are also able to use your own initiative and prioritise when completing independent tasks. You’ll be extremely organised and reliable, able to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously and unafraid to ask questions in the spirit of learning how best to support across the team. Strong written and spoken communication skills are essential, as you’ll be interacting with colleagues from all departments, as well as external stakeholders such as authors. This is an entry-level role and previous publishing experience is not required, but they’d welcome candidates with proven admin and organisation skills and ideally experience working in a busy environment.

Location: This role can be based at Hachette’s London, Edinburgh or Sheffield offices, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.