Marketing manager (12 month FTC)

Closing date: 9th September 2025

Salary: £36,000+ dependent on experience and location (+bonus +benefits)

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

Are you excited about the idea of connecting books with readers? Do you have a curious, proactive mindset?

We publish books of excellence and lasting value written by authors with passion and expertise. We're home to popular fiction and non-fiction writers alongside some of the most progressive new voices in publishing. Established in 1768 and with a rich and illustrious history, we are the oldest imprint in the business and oldest surviving trade list in British publishing.

John Murray Press is a division of Hachette, one of the largest publishing groups in the UK, with 11 publishing divisions and over 60 imprints. Everyone here is proud to be in the business of opening doors and minds.

What you'll be doing

Reporting to the senior marketing manager for Literary & Non-Fiction publishing, the successful candidate will:

• Plan, deliver and measure campaigns for John Murray and Quercus, working across a variety of fiction and non-fiction titles, with a focus on book club fiction such as Bora Chung and Liv Little.
• Have ownership of exciting community-building projects throughout the year.
• Be responsible for creating impactful industry-leading campaigns across an exciting list of books, ensuring a strong visual identity across each title and generating genuine word-of-mouth buzz through building close relationships with influencers, bookshops and brand partners.
• Beyond your campaigns, you’ll play a major role in all of our publishing through your ownership of our literary influencer outreach and TikTok strategy for the John Murray channels, as well as leading our book club outreach, working collaboratively with reading groups and bookshops nationwide.

Who we are looking for

• You’ll be an expert in social media, in particular TikTok and Instagram, with experience creating impactful and high-quality content.
• Your friends might describe you as ‘very online’, with a keen awareness of current and emerging social media trends and influencers.
• You’ll be highly organised, able to juggle multiple competing deadlines, with an eye for detail and aesthetics.
• You’d describe yourself as a strong communicator, both over email and in person, and are excellent at collaborating with colleagues and authors to build strong working relationships.
• We welcome applications from people in the publishing industry, but this is not an essential requirement.
• More important is a passion for the book you’ll be working on and a knack for creating engaging content and influencer relationships.

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!

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.