An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the multi-award-winning marketing team within HarperFiction. We are looking for a creative, confident marketer with experience working in a busy marketing team.

As Marketing Executive you will be responsible for planning and implementing campaigns, as well as supporting members of the fiction marketing team on delivering integrated and innovative campaigns for some of our biggest brands.

About HarperFiction

At HarperFiction we create industry-leading, award-winning campaigns for some of the world’s biggest authors. We are home to bestselling brands such as Agatha Christie, George R.R. Martin, Karin Slaughter, J.R.R Tolkien and Bernard Cornwell amongst many others.

We also create unmissable launches, from British Bookseller Award-winning Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine to the bestselling debut of 2019, Bridget Collins’ The Binding, and the breakout success of Lucy Foley’s The Hunting Party and The Guest List. HarperCollins UK is part of a global business within HarperCollins Worldwide and News Corp.

Role requirements 

• We are looking for someone who:

• Has experience working in a busy marketing department at a trade publisher

• Can demonstrate the ability to plan, develop and implement creative, high impact, fully integrated campaigns

• Is an excellent communicator able to work closely with other departments to ensure that plans are communicated to all the relevant stakeholders both internally and externally

• Proactively identifies and exploits opportunities for cross promotion and partnerships with third parties

• Can create and brief design across a wide range of media, ideally including digital and print environments

• Is experienced in social media content creation and scheduling, author page and genre page account management

• Enjoys reading widely with an active interest in the publishing industry and commercial fiction

• Is a team-player, looking to share their learnings with the wider marketing team in order to foster a culture of learning

• Enjoys working in a fast-paced commercial environment, able to manage multiple deadlines and prioritise with confidence

• Has an active interest in the latest marketing trends and campaigns from across the book industry as well as the wider entertainment and media sector

Skills and Competencies

• Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills

• Social media native with experience of content creation for a variety of platforms

• Experience of creating and optimising social media advertising campaigns

• Excellent communication skills

• Creative

• Commercially astute

• Ability to use Photoshop or similar software to create social media assets

Please note that earlier applications may be prioritised.

If you wish to discuss this position and/or your application to this role, please reach out directly to our Recruitment Manager at Kally.simmonds@harpercollins.co.uk with subject heading ‘Vacancy Query’ plus the job title of the role.

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