Description

Are you in your element when building creative, attention-grabbing campaigns? Are you a passionate foodie? We’re looking for a Marketing Executive for the Ebury Food Hub, on a permanent basis. This is a great chance to work in the No.1. Food Publishing team in the UK.
About the Ebury Food Hub
In the Ebury Food Hub, our mission is to make life tastier and easier, to introduce more readers to new and established food voices, to shine a light on overlooked cuisines and expand culinary horizons. To make connections in the most joyful way possible: through cooking and eating.
As the No.1 cookbook publisher in the UK, the list is simply unrivalled. From Yotam Ottolenghi, Asma Khan and Julius Roberts to Mary Berry, Rick Stein, MOB, Jane’s Patisserie and the Bored of Lunch phenomenon, the depth of talent is exceptional.
It’s a thriving and ultra creative team and space. Ebury’s hub model blends editorial, publicity and marketing, and feeds on ideaflow from every area of the team.
About the role
As part of the Ebury Communications team and our Food Hub, you’ll help take our books to new audiences, working closely with authors, agents, editors, publicity, sales and international to deliver engaging and joined-up marketing activity.
Day to day, you’ll liaise with authors as well as our Sales, Editorial and Design teams to create stand out marketing campaigns that generate social media buzz, word of mouth excitement, pre-orders and book sales. Our Communications team’s main role is to connect our books, brands and authors to the right audience, you’ll reflect this in your ideas, strategy, plan and campaign content. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn and develop marketing skills. You’ll create promotional materials and execute digital-first campaigns.
What you’ll bring
You’ll manage your own campaigns and also assist Campaign Managers and the Head of Campaigns, so we’re looking for someone really enthusiastic with plenty of ideas. Additionally, we are looking for someone who can thrive in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple deadlines, and prioritise with confidence. An understanding of social media and how to reach different audiences is key, as is a passion for all things food!
You will be an organised, flexible team player and have good communication skills to present ideas and feedback on team projects. You’ll be creating target-driven marketing campaigns and build relationships with influencers and brands.
This role will suit someone with publishing, broadcast, start-up, marketing or social media agency experience, however, we welcome applicants from any sector with the relevant skills - if you have a passion for food and an understanding of marketing, we want to hear from you.
About Penguin: We’re the UK’s largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing over 1,500 books each year. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent. In a constantly evolving industry, we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher. Here, you’ll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success. Together, we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone.
As part of your cover letter, please tell us about your favourite cookbook, and why.  If successful, you’ll be asked to complete a HireVue interview w/c 15th April.How to apply: If you’re interested in joining our team, please apply with yourCV and Cover Letter by Sunday 14th April.
Salary: From £30,500 plus bonus and benefits.
Competitive benefits package: Our people are the heart of our business, and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition.
Our benefits include:
Financial – discounted shopping, season ticket loan, rental deposit loan
Wellbeing - healthcare cash plan, employee assistance, gym loan
Lifestyle – taste card, tech scheme, free and discounted books
For our full benefits list please visit: https://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/what-we-offer/
Hybrid working:  For this role, there are meetings and activities that you will need to attend in person at our offices in Vauxhall Bridge Road through the week.  The exact balance of office to remote working will depend on the nature of your role and team needs, and we are open to discussing this through the recruitment process. Please note that over the course of 2024 all of our London-based teams will permanently relocate to our Embassy Gardens office in Nine Elms. We’ll be happy to answer any questions on this as part of the interview process.
The recruitment process: You can read about our recruitment process at https://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/how-we-hire/
As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role, and opt-in on their application form. There may be times when the volume of applications means we cannot take all eligible candidates to interview.
We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing PRHCareersUK@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk. Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your request.