Brand manager, Children’s Group

Reporting to: Managing Director, Children’s Group

Location: 5th Floor, HYLO, 105 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8LZ

Working pattern: Hybrid - minimum of two days per week in the office; up to three days per week working from home

Department: Children’s Group

Imprint: Across Studio, Dino and Autumn Licensing

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum, depending on experience

Coordinate publishing and brand activity for licensed children's books, working with licensors, authors and publishing teams.

At Bonnier Books UK, we believe that every book matters. We love to publish stories and content that open our eyes to new perspectives and bring us closer together. We offer a nurturing home for our authors, illustrators and brand partners, publishing bestselling books for readers and listeners everywhere. We know that fantastic stories can come from anywhere and our purpose is to bring them to as wide an audience as possible, a simple ethos that has led to us becoming one of the country’s leading publishers.

We have an exciting opportunity for a brand manager within the brand and licensing strand across Bonnier Books UK Children’s Group. This role will work across the Bonnier and Igloo businesses with licenses such as Disney and Ultimate Football Heroes. This is an opportunity for someone with brand management or marketing experience to work collaboratively with publishing, sales, product development, design and external partners to coordinate market-leading brand campaigns.

Key responsibilities

• Pivotal point of contact between complex matrix of internal and external stakeholders ensuring smooth running within the brand team and collaboration with licensors, authors and other partners.
• Creation of B2B material for key brand moments such as showcases.
• Working with partners on insight projects and metadata guidelines to drive sales.
• Manage year-round publishing schedule and creative campaigns alongside publishing, marketing and publicity colleagues.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience in brand management or marketing experience is essential
• Commercial publishing background preferred
• Experience and confidence to work effectively across internal and external stakeholders, balancing a range of priorities and objectives.
• Experience working with licenses including an understanding of brand guidelines, approval processes and timelines.

Company Benefits

• Private health insurance
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Contributory pension scheme
• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Lively social committee hosting regular events
• Group Life cover - including 24-hour GP service
• Company-funded gym membership for all trade staff
• Comprehensive staff training and mentorship programmes
• Flexible working and flexible hours from day one of employment
• Additional holiday allowance accrued for long service – and a full bonus week of holiday to celebrate your 10th year at BBUK
• Enhanced family leave - with equal six months’ paid leave for all new parents
• Employee assistance programme available to all employees and their families
• Dedicated volunteering hours each year to support charities promoting literacy and reading for pleasure
• Cycle to work scheme with bike storage and changing facilities on-site at our London HQ
• Wellbeing programme and daily benefits such as fresh fruit and porridge in the office

If you are interested in this role, please apply via our website. We look forward to hearing from you.

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.

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