Associate Marketing Manager (12 month FTC)

Hodder Education is the home of accessible, future-proofed educational resources where we put students, teachers and parents at the heart of everything we do. Our goal is to help every teacher and learner across the globe to succeed by creating and delivering high-quality content and support.

Hodder Education is a division of Hachette, one of the largest publishing groups in the UK, with 12 publishing divisions and over 60 imprints. Everyone here is proud to be in the business of opening doors and minds.

As part of the Global Product Marketing team, the Associate Marketing Manager helps to drive revenue and profit for the global Secondary product portfolio at Hodder Education. The portfolio includes educational resources for UK and International curriculums across a range of subjects and age ranges.

The Associate Marketing Manager is responsible for planning, executing and reporting on pre-launch, launch and post-launch marketing strategy for UK and international markets. Using the full range of print and digital marketing channels, the Associate Marketing Manager will draw on best practices to deliver customer-focused, lead and revenue generating campaigns. They will also deliver sales and marketing toolkits to support the product lifecycle from pre-launch through to launch and post launch. They will work closely with the Product and Sales Teams, as well as authors, agencies and other third parties.

Skills/Knowledge/Personal Attributes:

• Examples of developing and executing successful comprehensive digital product marketing campaigns with global reach that drive revenue and achieve business objectives.
• Strategic thinking and commercial awareness with an understanding of what it means to 'bring a product to life' for prospects and customers.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with the ability to develop and maintain partnerships with key influencers and stakeholders.
• Experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously, setting priorities, and delivering results within tight deadlines.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• A self-starter with ownership mentality and confident in managing key stakeholders, and comfortable briefing freelancers and agencies.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, adapting to changing market trends and business needs.

Nice to have:

• Previous marketing experience in retail marketing and/or educational/edtech marketing is desirable, but not essential.
• Experience in using CRM systems e.g. Salesforce and or HubSpot or similar, in any industry.
• Strong computer literacy, including proficiency in Microsoft Office, Canva, social media and email marketing automation software.

Our staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:

• 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)
• Generous pension schemes
• Rent deposit loans
• 2 community days per year
• Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)
• Retail discounts through Hachette rewards
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Eye care vouchers
• Wide-ranging training library
• Development programmes (including mentoring)
• Up to 70% off book purchases
• A charity bookshelf
• 12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing and religious networks
• Season ticket loans
• And much more!

This role can be based at our London office (Carmelite House), or at our regional office in Sheffield (Wards Exchange), with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.

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.

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