Head of marketing

Closing date: 13th February 2025

Salary: £48,000 - £50,000 dependent on experience and location (+bonus +benefits)

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

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced marketer ready for a new challenge.

A repeat recipient of the Publisher of the Year award, Little, Brown Book Group is the largest division within Hachette, and one of the most successful and dynamic publishers in the UK. We pride ourselves on quality and diversity: across our thirteen imprints, you won’t find a wider range of titles anywhere in publishing.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work in our award-winning marketing team and use your passion and expertise to get our books into the hands of readers, booksellers and influencers. 

What you'll be doing

• Reporting to the Marketing Director, as Head of Marketing, you will be responsible for leading, implementing and measuring eye-catching and sales-focused campaigns for commercial fiction and non-fiction titles. 
• With a combination of creativity and market awareness, your campaigns will enthuse booksellers, engage readers and drive sales for some of the industry’s best-loved author brands and breakout voices.  
• You’ll be required to confidently present plans to colleagues in-house and externally to authors and agents, pitch for major new acquisitions, regularly update key stakeholders on progress, work closely with our international teams, and collaboratively share insights and ideas with the wider team.

Who we are looking for

• We are looking for a passionate, creative and driven marketer to lead on campaigns and strategy for a range of Little, Brown’s key launches.
• You will have demonstrable experience and a proven track record of devising industry-leading marketing campaigns across fiction and non-fiction that result in sales.
• An interest in commercial publishing, as well as experience leading campaigns for author brands and celebrity non-fiction is desired. 
• The ideal candidate will be social media savvy, have a honed eye for design, a talent for copywriting and proven experience putting creativity and innovation at the heart of their work.
• The ability to multi-task, work calmly under pressure and be a strong team player are also vital. 

What we offer

Our staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:

• 28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)
• Private medical insurance
• Generous pension schemes
• Rent deposit loans
• 2 community days per year
• Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)
• Retail discounts through Hachette rewards
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Eye care vouchers
• Wide-ranging training library
• Development programmes (including mentoring)
• Up to 70% off book purchases
• A charity bookshelf
• 12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing and religious networks
• Season ticket loans
• And much more!

Our commitment

Hachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.

If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.

The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit www.booktradeentrysupport.org

Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.