Marketing intern

Closing date for applications: 14th April 2025 at 11.59pm

Salary: £24,355.50 per annum

Duration: 12 months

Start date: May 2025

Working hours: 9am - 5.30pm, Monday - Friday

Learn the ins and outs of how an independent children's book publisher operates – with a key focus on public relations – in this 12-month internship.

David Fickling Books (DFB) has been an independent children’s book publisher for 10 years now, but for nearly twelve years before that was run as an imprint – first as part of Scholastic, then of Random House. Since 2013, DFB has operated as an independent business, alongside its sister company, The Phoenix Comic.

This marketing support internship will provide the right candidate with an entry point into the publishing industry and the communications career path. Supporting the small team based in Oxford over the course of twelve months, you will gain insight into the publishing process and career-long skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting with press enquiries, PR mailings, industry competitions, and coordinating the sending of promotional material
• Support across DFB social media sites, with the creation of content for all channels.
• Working with Marketing colleagues to ensure the smooth running of POS (Point of Sale Material) requests and customers’ publicity requests
• Maintaining PR roundups with national and regional review coverage and PR and media activity
• Putting forward DFB titles for regional and national book awards and submitting titles for relevant industry promotions
• Managing PR requests including the distribution of manuscripts when requested
• Submitting titles for The Bookseller previews
• A fantastic opportunity to get involved in the breadth of the publishing cycle
  
  

Knowledge, skills and experience

• A friendly and enthusiastic individual looking to break into the publishing industry
• A genuine curiosity about the marketing career path within book publishing
• Strong communication skills, both written and in person
• Highly organised, with the ability to set priorities
• Willing to adapt to different tasks and get stuck in where needed
• A keen interest in learning more about publishing
• No prior experience in publishing is needed

To apply

• Log in to your Creative Access account or register today to apply for this opportunity
• After clicking the 'apply' button, you will be directed to the application form
• Once you have completed and submitted the form, you can no longer amend your application, so proof-read carefully
• Do not contact the company directly
• Please email any queries about this role to Creative Access at this address: recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk
  

This opportunity is open to individuals from groups that are under-represented in the creative industries. This includes, but is not limited to, individuals who identify as Black, Asian, or from other ethnically diverse backgrounds, or people of any ethnicity who belong to the following under-represented groups: disabled people, people with the characteristic of gender reassignment, individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, carers and asylum seekers.

The successful candidate for this opportunity will also participate in a Creative Access support programme that sits alongside workplace training. This includes a programme of induction training, monthly masterclasses, wellbeing support, buddying / mentoring and more.