Introduction to the role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a creative, innovative thinker to join the multi-award-winning marketing team within HarperFiction. We welcome applications from all communities and particularly encourage applications from communities underrepresented in publishing.

As Senior Marketing Manager you will be responsible for planning and implementing the marketing strategy for some of our biggest books across a wide range of commercial fiction including crime and thriller, general fiction, literary crossover and science fiction/fantasy. You will also work collaboratively with other members of the fiction marketing team on delivering integrated and innovative marketing campaigns.

About HarperFiction

HarperFiction is one of the UK’s most successful commercial fiction publishers, with a reputation for innovation, market-leading creative and strategic campaigns that deliver bestseller success.

We publish some of the biggest and bestselling brands in fiction, from Jeffrey Archer to Karin Slaughter, Dilly Court to Lucy Foley. We’ve achieved chart-topping success with our inexhaustible event publishing, including Rebecca F. Kuang’s Katabasis, Yellowface and Babel, Bella Mackie’s How to Kill Your Family and Abigail Dean’s Girl A. And we’re home to legendary estates, including Agatha Christie, George R.R. Martin and J.R.R. Tolkien. Complemented by our literary imprint, The Borough Press, and British Book Awards Imprint of the Year 2022, HarperVoyager.

 Key attributes, skills and experience desired:

• A innovative thinker who loves coming up with creative ideas

• Always looking to find new ways to reach audiences and connect with readers

• A clever copy writer with an eye for design

• Experience in fiction marketing at a trade publisher

• Proven ability to deliver end-to-end marketing campaigns for books

• Strategic thinker with focus on ROI

• Experience of planning and project managing campaigns from acquisition to publication and beyond

• Relationship-building: excited to collaborate and work closely with others

• Able to sell in ideas, plans and strategic vision

• A book obsessive with a clear understanding of reading tastes, genres and trends

At HarperCollins, we value authenticity and integrity in our recruitment process. To ensure a fair and accurate evaluation of all applications, we ask that all responses to assessment questions reflect your own thoughts, experiences, and capabilities.  This allows us to fairly assess your knowledge, skills, and experience to determine how they align with the role. We value diverse perspectives and genuine contributions, even if answers are not perfect. The use of AI tools or external assistance to generate responses is discouraged unless explicitly permitted for specific tasks.

Benefits

• Hybrid working model (3 days in the office)

• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays

• Private healthcare cover and life assurance

• Summer Hours 

• Free access to HeadSpace, employee assistance programme (24 hour helpline), mental health first aiders, and a wellbeing portal

• Relocation Rent Support Loan 

• Employee networks: HC All In (open forum), Elevate (for ethnic minority colleagues), HarperParents, Menopause at Work, Pride at HC, Social Mobility Network and Neurodiversity at Work

• Unlimited training on our Learning and Development portal

• Virtual GP and eyecare vouchers

• Gym membership discount

• Onsite physiotherapy (London only)

• Charitable donation matching and 2 volunteering days

• We're a certified Carbon Neutral company

• Free e-books and audiobooks, newspaper subscriptions and discounts on books

• Subsidised canteen and retail discounts

• Onsite prayer room 

If you wish to discuss anything regarding this position and/or your application to this role, please reach out directly to stephanie.jemmett@harpercollins.co.uk with subject heading ‘Vacancy Query’ plus the job title and we will aim to get back to you within 5 working days.

Please note, if you are interested in the role you would need to submit your application via Applied. We do not accept email applications.