Are you creative, organised and a great communicator?

Vintage is looking for an experienced Senior Marketing Executive to plan and implement outstanding multi-platform campaigns for titles from across the Vintage list, from literary fiction, to crime, agenda-setting non-fiction, cookery and lifestyle titles.

About Vintage

At Vintage, we are dedicated to bold publishing.

Our books encourage all sorts of readers all over the world to think differently in big and small ways. We make a book the best of its kind, with publishing expertise and world-class design. Our heritage gives us confidence to find the next big thing, knowing the most exceptional is yet to come.

Making books is a team effort, and whether that’s a team of two or 82, we share every triumph. We pour care into our craft, our authors and each other – because there’s no limit to a good book.

The role and the candidate

This role will be responsible for planning, budgeting and exeucting highly creative, sales-driving book campaigns across a vairety of genres, working closely with other departments to build the best possible strategies to launch new books and drive discoverability for our bestselling catalogue titles. 

Key responsibilities:

• Use audience insight, generate creative ideas and develop them into sales-driving marketing campaigns
• Be a passionate communicator working well with other teams across the wider business, with impeccable author care
• Display excellent organisational and planning skills, delivering campaigns on time and to budget
• Monitor, adapt, evaluate and share your results. Use learnings, plus competitor analysis in your future campaign planning

• Provide feedback for acquisitions and feed marketing ideas into pitch documents for prospective authors

To be successful in this role you will always look for creative ways to reach new readers, whether through effective digital advertising campaigns, parternships, social media, newsletter and website initiatives, bookseller and trade engagement or through memorable campaign concepts and copy lines. You will be passionate and design and have a desire to grow a great list of designers, animators, plus influencers and other useful contacts. Therefore, you'll always have a keen eye on competitor activity, be curious about the world around you, and innovative and inclusive in your approach. 

Application Instructions

If this sounds like your next role, please apply with your CV and cover letter by 11:59pm Sunday 7th April.

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.

Salary: Senior Marketing Executive roles can pay between £30,500 and £39,500.  An offer will be made depending on how your skills and experience align with the role, 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: While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important. At Vintage, we consider what environment enables the best work for individuals, teams and the company. Vintage colleagues work from our Embassy Gardens office on Tuesdays and Thursday and, once team and divisional considerations have been taken into account, have the flexibility to choose where to work on other days of the week.

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're part of the offer an interview scheme. This is where disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role can opt in to get to the next recruitment stage. There may be some situations where volume of applicants means we can't 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.

Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.

Company: The Random House Group Limited 

Country: United Kingdom 

State/Region: London 

City: London 

Postal Code: SW11 7BW 

Job ID: 269268