DK Online Marketplace - Performance Marketing Executive

Dorling Kindersley; Hounslow; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading publishing company in the UK is seeking a Performance Marketing Executive to enhance its online marketplace strategy. This role involves planning and executing paid search campaigns on Amazon, monitoring performance, and analyzing data for optimizations. Ideal candidates should have strong analytical skills, experience with Amazon campaigns, and excellent communication abilities. The position requires a hybrid work model, with a minimum of three days per week in the office, ensuring close teamwork and alignment with business objectives.

Benefits

25 days paid holiday entitlement

Generous pension scheme

Volunteering policy and charity matching

Employee assistance programme

60% discount on company books

Cycle to work scheme

Discounted gym membership

Shopping discounts

Flex Fridays (1pm Finish)

Up to 30 days remote working from abroad

Qualifications

• Proactive, analytical, and results-oriented mindset with experience in running paid campaigns on Amazon.
• Ability to articulate challenges and provide solutions to stakeholders.
• Strong team collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute Amazon paid search campaigns across multiple territories.
• Monitor and improve campaign performance, providing analysis and recommendations.
• Research market trends and suggest audience targeting strategies.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Verbal communication

Written communication

Interpersonal skills

Team player

Job description

What’s the Role

Do you love reading? Are you always on the hunt for what’s trending? Would you like to help advertise some of the world’s bestselling authors and brands? If you’re passionate about digital marketing and ready for an exciting new challenge, keep reading!

We have an exciting opportunity for a Performance Marketing Executive to join our Online Marketplace team. In this role, you will play a key part in expanding our online marketplace growth strategy. You’ll be supporting the team to plan and execute paid search campaigns on Amazon and other international marketplaces to accelerate our growth across online channels and territories.

Key Responsibilities & Tasks

• You’ll be hands‑on with our campaigns, focusing on:
• Planning and executing Amazon paid search campaigns across multiple territories.
• Monitoring and improving campaign performance, providing ongoing analysis and making recommendations about optimisations to drive growth.
• Supporting the wider team with regular reports across Amazon accounts.
• Researching market trends and opportunities on Amazon to make suggestions about audience and product targeting strategies.
• Working cross‑functionally with other teams, including Sales, Marketing, and SEO.
• Coordinating our paid activities with wider business priorities and reporting on the implementation and campaigns’ effectiveness.
• Staying up to date with Amazon Ads developments and experimenting with new features.

Qualifications

We’re looking for someone with a proactive, analytical, and results‑oriented mindset who is a great team player. You’ll need strong verbal and written communication, as well as interpersonal skills, and the ability to clearly articulate challenges and solutions to relevant stakeholders. Our ideal candidate will have some experience running paid campaigns on Amazon.

Benefits

• 25 days paid holiday entitlement in year one, plus bank holidays
• Generous pension scheme
• Volunteering policy and charity matching
• Employee assistance programme
• 60% discount on company books
• Cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership
• Shopping discounts
• Flex Fridays (1pm Finish*)
• Up to 30 days remote working from abroad*

*Subject to certain criteria being met.

And we plant a tree for every new employee to our business.

Equal Opportunity

DK is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the varied communities that read our books across the world. We encourage applications from all individuals, regardless of age, religion, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality or social background. DK is proud to announce that we have adopted The Halo Code.

DK is a member of the disability confident scheme. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies.

DK supports flexible working and has introduced a new ‘smart‑working’ policy with a hybrid approach of working weekly from home and in DK’s office. This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in our Pimlico office. As this is non‑negotiable, please ensure you are within a reasonable commuting distance of London before applying.

Apply with your most recent CV by 9 January 2026. If you’d like to develop a stronger understanding of how Amazon search works and become an expert in online advertising, please apply below!

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 or undertaking internships. For more information, visit www.booktradeentrysupport.org