An exciting opportunity has arisen for a creative and highly organised individual to join the multi-award-winning marketing team within HarperFiction.

As Marketing Assistant you will provide significant administrative support to the dynamic and fast-paced marketing team at HarperFiction. You will be responsible for ensuring the smooth running of day-to-day processes within the marketing team, as well as providing creative input where needed. There will also be the opportunity to create content and manage some of the social and online channels within the HarperFiction division, in addition to supporting on campaigns across a wide range of commercial fiction, including crime and thriller, general fiction and science fiction and fantasy.

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, Cecelia Ahern to Dilly Court. We’ve achieved chart-topping success with our inexhaustible event publishing, including Rebecca F. Kuang’s 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. Complimented by our literary imprint, The Borough Press, and British Book Awards Imprint of the Year 2022, HarperVoyager.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide general administrative support for the Marketing Team including budget administration, ensuring visibility of marketing spend is up-to-date and accurate, raising purchase orders, setting up new suppliers, helping with digital administration, and minute taking in relevant Marketing Communications meetings

• Supporting the team with day-to day administrative tasks e.g. expenses, coordinating proof quantities, submitting Bookseller submissions etc

• Creating and scheduling posts across social media platforms including Twitter/X, Meta/Facebook, Instagram and TikTok

• Liaison with key stakeholders within the division, Publicity, Sales and Editorial

• Create content and manage social and newsletter schedules for our online reading communities

• Work closely with other members of the marketing team, manage elements of author campaigns where relevant

Experience and Skills Required

• An avid reader with a passion for commercial fiction – from women’s fiction, crime and thriller, historical fiction and science fiction and fantasy

• Fantastic organisation skills and a strong eye for detail

• Confident using Microsoft Excel, Word and Powerpoint

• Experience of design programmes preferable (e.g. Photoshop or Canva)

• A proactive and can-do attitude, with the ability to remain calm under pressure

• A digitally savvy social media user, who is eager to assist with the division’s social media accounts and feed into campaigns to run via these channels

• Experience of managing, developing or creating a social and online presence, even if it is your own

• Any publishing or marketing experience would be a bonus, whether that’s work experience, experience as a bookseller or as part of a publishing society

• Enthusiasm! We want someone who wants to grab this opportunity with both hands and is keen to work in the publishing industry

• A team player with excellent communication and people skills

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

Benefits 

• Hybrid working model (2+ 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 and Pride at HC 

• 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 

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

• Subsidised canteen and retail discounts 

• Onsite prayer room

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 internships or entry level positions. For more information visit  https://www.btbs.org/

If you wish to discuss anything regarding this position and/or your application to this role, please reach out directly to recruitment@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.