
Marketing manager (12 month FTC)
Closing date for applications: 28th July 2025
Salary: Up to £38,000 dependent on experience and location (+bonus +benefits)
Deliver standout literary campaigns with the award-winning marketing team at one of the UK's most dynamic publishers.
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 Literary Campaigns Director, as Marketing Manager you will be responsible for planning, implementing and measuring creative, eye-catching and sales-focused campaigns for literary fiction and non-fiction titles.
With a combination of creativity and market awareness, your campaigns will enthuse booksellers, engage influencers, and drive sales for both established literary brand authors and breakout launches. You will also be the lead marketer on our iconic Virago Modern Classics list.
You’ll be required to confidently present plans to colleagues in-house and externally to authors and agents, pitch for new acquisitions, regularly update key stakeholders on progress, plan and implement organic and paid digital activity, 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 deliver literary campaigns for a range of Little, Brown’s titles and to lead on Virago Modern Classics marketing strategy.
You will have demonstrable experience and a proven track record of devising impactful marketing campaigns across fiction and non-fiction that result in sales.
The ideal candidate will be social media savvy, have a honed eye for design (including briefing freelance designers), an interest in learning and trying new things, and a proven track record of putting creativity and innovation at the heart of their work.
The ability to multi-task, work calmly in a fast-paced environment and be a strong team player are also vital. This is a fantastic opportunity for a marketer ready for a new challenge.
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)
- 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!
This role can be based at our London, Sheffield, Edinburgh or Bristol office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.
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 make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.
Level of experience
- Mid-Level