Marketing Executive

The Orion Publishing Group, a division of Hachette UK, publishes commercial, award-winning fiction, non-fiction and gift, and is home to bestselling authors and brands such as Ian Rankin, Adam Kay, Michael Connelly, Emily English, Dr Nicole LePera, Brandon Sanderson, Cathy Bramley, Philippe Sands, Candice Carty-Williams and the Hairy Bikers.

At Orion, we believe every story matters. Open, agile, passionate and innovative, our mission is to bring the best publishing to the greatest variety of people. Ambitious to continually raise the bar, we believe good stories can come from anywhere and encourage and value contributions from our staff.

A Publisher of the Year winner at the British Book Awards, our multi award-winning and collaborative Communications team have a proud track record of delivering high-impact, creative, sales-driving campaigns to help bring our books and gifts to the widest possible audience.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Orion's award-winning and dynamic Communications team, working on a varied spread of fiction, non-fiction and gift. As a highly organised and passionate campaigner, you will be embedded within the Communications team, leading and supporting on a wide range of marketing campaigns.

You'll play a key role in every step of a book's journey, from acquisition to publication and beyond - devising and communicating creative and effective marketing plans, creating eye-catching and impactful consumer campaigns, collaborating with retailers and influencers, planning and implementing paid and organic digital campaigns, working with partners and third party stakeholders, maintaining excellent relationships with authors and agents, and reporting on campaign performance. As well as managing your own campaigns, you will work closely with senior team members to support on a selection of Orion's biggest brand and lead titles.

We're looking for a marketer with experience working in a fast-paced environment and who is ready to take the next step in their career. Although publishing experience is not essential, a passion for our books and gifts and an affinity to the Orion values is a must.

Our ideal candidate will be a self-starter who is highly organised and full of ideas. You'll have experience in copywriting and digital marketing, and a proven track record in effectively developing skills in new areas. You'll have experience managing your own marketing campaigns, and ideally in supporting senior team members on major launches. Above all, you'll be a top-class communicator and be able to demonstrate exemplary attention to detail - as well as bringing initiative, creativity and passion to your work.

Beyond campaigns, you'll have an interest in consumer trends and new ways of marketing, and will consistently look at ways to feed this awareness into your day-to-day work.

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)
• Private medical insurance
• 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!

The role will be based at our London office (Carmelite House) or Sheffield office (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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