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Closing date for applications: 14th January 2026Salary: £42,000 - £44,000 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, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.&nbsp;Are you a creative and strategic marketer with a passion for children's books? Join the multi-award-winning marketing team at Hachette Children’s Group and deliver standout campaigns for some of the biggest books and brands for young readers.Hachette Children's Group is one of the UK's largest children's publishers, our mission is to make it easy for children and young people everywhere to access books and see themselves reflected. We aim to maximise our readers' life chances by inspiring a lifelong love of reading, publishing books for every stage of their journey to adulthood from Enid Blyton to Alice Oseman's Heartstopper. Hachette Children's Group is a division of Hachette, one of the largest publishing groups in the UK, with 10 publishing divisions and over 60 imprints. Everyone here is proud to be in the business of opening doors and minds. What you'll be doingAn exciting opportunity has arisen for a creative, strategic, experienced senior marketing manager to join the Hachette Children’s Group multi-award-winning marketing team. This is a key senior role in the team, with responsibility for delivering industry-leading, commercially effective marketing campaigns for some of HCG's biggest books and brands. You will lead the marketing department's digital marketing strategy and output, as well as taking a specific leadership role in the launch of new acquisitions. We offer a creative environment within an enthusiastic and collaborative team. There is significant opportunity for professional development within the role and, as part of Hachette, you will benefit from an extensive training library and development schemes such as mentoring.&nbsp;Who we are looking forThe successful candidate will have significant proven marketing experience at marketing manager or senior marketing manager, ideally within or relevant to the children’s book industry. Creativity is vital, married with strategic thinking, commercial awareness, digital expertise and a firm focus on results. You will be a strong project manager and a first-rate communicator. Ambitious, innovative and resourceful, you will be buzzing with ideas and the knowledge of how to translate them into action while inspiring the team around you.&nbsp;What we offerOur staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:<ul><li>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)</li><li>Private medical insurance</li><li>Dental insurance</li><li>Generous pension schemes</li><li>Rent deposit loans</li><li>2 community days per year</li><li>Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)</li><li>Retail discounts through Hachette rewards</li><li>Cycle to Work scheme</li><li>Eye care vouchers</li><li>Wide-ranging training library</li><li>Development programmes (including mentoring)</li><li>Up to 70% off book purchases</li><li>A charity bookshelf</li><li>12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including&nbsp;AgeWise, Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing&nbsp;and religious networks</li><li>Season ticket loans</li><li>And much more!</li></ul>&nbsp;Our commitmentThe 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&nbsp;<a href="http://www.booktradeentrysupport.org/" target="_blank">www.booktradeentrysupport.org</a>&nbsp;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.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Carmelite House

Hachette UK

Senior marketing manager

Closing date for applications: Thursday 15th January 2026 at 5.00pmSalary: Real UK Living WageLocation: Edinburgh - potential for hybrid working patternStart date: Mid February 2026Duration: 6 months&nbsp;Working hours: Full time, 35 hours per week &nbsp;Interviews: Week commencing 2nd February 2026 Launch your publishing career at the heart of Scotland’s book industry! From digital marketing and content creation to supporting events and data projects, this traineeship offers hands-on experience and valuable insights into the industry.<a href="https://www.publishingscotland.org/" target="_blank">Publishing Scotland</a> is the network, trade and development body for the book publishing sector in Scotland. Established in Edinburgh in 1974, it is a membership body and a charity. Publishing Scotland acts as the voice and network for the publishing sector in Scotland, developing and promoting the work of companies, organisations and individuals in the industry. Its flagship programmes are all in support of its strategic pillars:<ol><li>Work towards a more diverse and sustainable sector</li><li>Professionalising the sector - helping individuals and companies with a targeted audience</li><li>Internationalising - creating international opportunities for the book sector</li><li>Showcasing the sector</li></ol>The marketing, data and events assistant trainee will have two main areas of focus. The first is providing assistance to the marketing and trade development manager at Publishing Scotland. The trainee will provide support to some of our key promotional activities in support of Scottish book publishers as well as contributing to the work that helps Scottish publishers improve their marketing and sales activities. The second focus is supporting metadata and data management projects. This will provide the trainee with insight into how these projects are managed, and experience being involved in the early stages of a major data project and in its transformational effects on the efficiency of an organisation. Key activitiesAssisting with content management for BooksFromScotland&nbsp;<ul><li>Initially, uploading information about new books and authors to the BooksFromScotland website, using WordPress</li><li>As the role progresses, making decisions about the content we put together for the quarterly e-issues</li><li>Liaising directly with publishers to acquire information about their new and upcoming titles and feature content&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul>Assisting with digital marketing for BooksFromScotland&nbsp;<ul><li>Compiling the issues to be circulated via our newsletter</li><li>Digital marketing in support of BooksFromScotland on social media (X, BlueSky and Instagram)</li><li>Growing the BooksFromScotland mailing list with competitions and extra content</li><li>Engaging with publishers and authors on social media&nbsp;</li></ul>Support for Book Trade events&nbsp;&nbsp;<ul><li>Liaising to confirm slots for pitching events where publishers pitch their books to the major book festivals in Scotland</li><li>Hosting publishers and representatives of the relevant festival and ensuring the smooth running of pitching events</li><li>Liaising to confirm slots for Meet the Buyers days</li><li>Liaising with publishers on attendance for online Open Book sessions&nbsp;</li></ul>Administrative support for the annual Publishing Scotland Trade Day&nbsp;&nbsp;<ul><li>Assisting with compiling PowerPoint presentations for Fever Pitch and Opening Quiz</li><li>Liaising with publishers on book samples, food allergies and author attendance</li><li>Compiling seating plans and attendee lists</li><li>Assisting with signage and attendee lanyards</li><li>Assisting with setup on the day, making sure tables are ready for publishers&nbsp;</li></ul>Involvement with PS Data and Metadata projects&nbsp; What you will learn<ul><li>How to work in a small, collaborative team and be supported to develop essential professional skills, including communication, time management and planning</li><li>The routes that books take to market including:<ul><li>How publishers pitch books to booksellers and festivals</li><li>How publishers market their books to different types of customers</li><li>How publishers market their books directly to readers &nbsp;</li></ul></li><li>The publishing sector in Scotland including:<ul><li>Different types of publishing companies</li><li>Different genres of publishing</li><li>The key authors, agents, and publishing companies to be aware of&nbsp;</li></ul></li></ul> What you will gain<ul><li>Experience of content management for a website and digital marketing via social media</li><li>Insights into how efficient systems sit at the heart of successful publishing businesses and organisations</li><li>Multiple opportunities to visit a variety of publishing businesses</li><li>The opportunity to visit and possibly do a short placement at the distributor BookSource</li></ul> What we are looking for<ul><li>Passionate about the world of books and publishing with a particular interest in learning how books are pitched, marketed and sold</li><li>Knowledge or experience using social media professionally and a content management system (ideally WordPress or similar) is beneficial</li><li>Experience organising or hosting events would be beneficial</li><li>Good analytical and problem solving skills</li><li>Good Excel skills (or the aptitude to learn them)</li><li>A willingness to ask questions about how things are done, and why</li><li>Strong organisational skills</li><li>A demonstrable high level of literacy - academic qualifications are not the only way to demonstrate these</li></ul> To apply<ul><li>Log in to your Creative Access account or register today to apply for this opportunity</li><li>Upload your CV and cover letter as one document (applications without a tailored cover letter will not be accepted)</li><li>Once submitted, you can no longer amend your application, so proof-read carefully</li><li>Do not contact the company directly</li><li>Please email any queries about this role to Creative Access at this address: <a href="mailto:recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk" target="_blank">recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk</a></li></ul> This opportunity is open to Black, Asian and ethnically diverse candidates.This role is part-funded by the Mo Siewcharran Memorial Fund which supports internships for young talent from ethnicities that are under-represented in the theatre, publishing and music industries.

Publishing Scotland

Marketing, data and events assistant trainee

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