Introduction to the Role:

This is an exciting opportunity to join the bright and innovative marketing team at HarperCollins Children’s Books. We are the home to many blockbuster and bestselling household names, such as David Walliams, Michael Morpurgo, Derek Landy, Oliver Jeffers, David Baddiel, Hannah Gold, Narnia, Paddington Bear and Judith Kerr.

The Marketing Executive will work closely with the Marketing Manager and the wider team in a key role for the marketing of YA, fiction, picture books, properties and young fiction across our full list. The role will work closely with all internal teams to develop highly creative consumer and retail marketing campaigns across physical, digital and audio products.

Key Tasks and Accountabilities:

• Drive sales of key titles and brands by supporting end-to-end consumer marketing campaigns

• Create and own marketing campaigns on a tight budget that achieve impact and cut through

• Brief marketing assets across socials, digital, radio, OOH, print and events

• Effectively communicate marketing campaigns to key stakeholders

• Implement and maintain creative social strategy and content plans that engage our audiences

• Demonstrate an understanding of competitors’ strengths and trends to ensure continuous competitive advantage

• Actively promote an audience-first way of thinking and show understanding of our consumers, their needs, motivations and influences

• Undertake campaign analysis, share learnings and support the team by inputting into future strategies

• Deliver all marketing initiatives within agreed timelines and to budget

In the first six months you will...

• Establish yourself as an integral part of the HCCB marketing team

• Successfully support multiple high profile marketing campaigns

• Support brand strategy to successfully grow our key brands

• Demonstrate evidence-based evaluation for marketing activity

Experience Required:

• Consumer marketing and / or brand management experience

• Experience managing multiple, competing priorities, including stakeholder expectations

• Digital marketing experience across owned and earned channels

• A keen interest or knowledge of the children’s book market

Skills Required:

• Exceptional written and oral communication skills with a forensic eye for detail

• Problem-solving with strong analytical skills, strategic thinking and operational acumen

• Strong relationship building skills and a collaborative team player

• Adaptable, thriving in a fast-paced, changing environment

• Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills

 Benefits:

• Hybrid working model (3 days in the office)

• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays (option to buy and sell holiday days)

• Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave

• 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

• Season ticket loans (from day 1 for entry level) and cycle to work scheme

• 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, management courses (up to MA level) and mentoring programmes

• 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

• Green Electric/Hybrid Car Benefit Scheme (salary sacrifice)

• With Trees for Life we plant a tree in the Highlands of Scotland for every permanent hire

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

• Subsidised canteen and retail discounts

• Onsite prayer room

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.

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.