Digital marketing assistant

Closing date for applications: 15th April at midnight

Salary: The starting salary for this role is £27,000

Nosy Crow is looking to recruit a Digital Marketing Assistant to support a dynamic and collaborative Digital Marketing team responsible for digital marketing campaigns to promote our children’s books across Novelty, Picture books, Fiction, and Non-fiction.

Nosy Crow is a multi-award winning, independent children’s publishing company with operations in both the UK and the USA. We make child-focused, parent-friendly children’s books for ages 0-12.

The Digital Marketing Assistant will report to the Digital Marketing Manager, delivering an essential role in supporting the execution of digital marketing campaigns to promote our children’s books across Novelty, Picture books, Fiction, and Non-fiction.

This is a full-time position and is a hybrid role, working a minimum of three days per week in our office near to London Bridge. The successful candidate will have the right to live and work in the UK.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Maintain and publish relevant materials and communications to the Nosy Crow Website.
• Develop curated reading collections on the Nosy Crow website
• Populate the department activity calendar in conjunction with the wider sales, marketing, and PR teams
• Utilise Issuu (a magazine publishing platform) to create previews for picture books, non-fiction, and fiction titles, and add these to website product pages.
• Analyse order data and customer inquiries to identify trends and support team needs
• Assist with creating presentations and reports for the Digital Marketing team.
• Work collaboratively with the Digital Marketing Manager to draft, schedule, and engage with content across social media platforms
• Work with the PR and Marketing teams to ensure smooth information flow and keep the digital team informed of campaign activations
• Carry out general admin tasks (such as distributing competition prizes to winners) as well as working collaboratively with other assistants across the business (coordinating recycling, Nosy Crow office post duties etc.)

Key skills, characteristics and capabilities:

• This is an entry level publishing position, but an interest in Children’s books and social media is essential. Office experience would also be beneficial.
• A very close eye for detail and accuracy.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills plus the ability to write persuasive copy.
• Confidence in building and maintaining relationships.
• The ability to prioritise tasks and deadlines in a busy and fast paced environment.

Benefits

• Pension scheme
• Hybrid working
• 25 days paid holiday, plus bank holidays
• Christmas closure
• Summer hours
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Income Protection
• Critical Illness cover
• Group Life Assurance
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/partner/adoption leave
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Season ticket loans
• Eye care vouchers
• Up to 80% off RRP for Nosy Crow book purchases
• Emergency loans

No prior publishing experience is necessary in order to apply for the role.

To apply, please email your CV, accompanied by a covering letter of no more than 500 words outlining why you think you would be the perfect candidate for this exciting opportunity, to Rhianna Sandford at the email address via the Apply button with the subject heading Digital Marketing Assistant role, telling us where you heard about the job.

Please let us know if you are comfortable doing so, whether there are any reasonable adjustments that we should consider that would help during the recruitment process.

Nosy Crow is an Disability Confident, committed equal opportunities employer. We believe that employing a diverse workforce is an important factor in success and make recruiting decisions based on applicants’ experience and skills. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of race, age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity, marriage or civil partnership.

Applications are treated with due confidentiality.

Nosy Crow is a member of the Living Wage foundation.