Marketing and PR Director

Nosy Crow; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An independent children's publishing company in London is seeking a Marketing and PR Director to lead and innovate within their Marketing and PR teams. This full-time hybrid role offers an exciting opportunity for individuals with strong leadership experience and a passion for marketing in the publishing industry. The ideal candidate will oversee strategy and campaigns, manage budgets, and develop a talented team, all while being part of a vibrant, creative environment. The salary range is £60,000 – £65,000 based on experience.

Benefits

Christmas closure

Summer hours

Employee Assistance Programme

Income Protection

Critical Illness cover

Group Life Assurance

Enhanced parental leave

Cycle to Work Scheme

Season ticket loans

Discount on book purchases

Emergency loans

Free fruit and snacks

Moving day leave

Charitable leave

Remote working for up to 2 weeks

Qualifications

• Proven experience of leading high-level marketing and brand campaigns.
• Strong market awareness and team development skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee delivery of marketing/PR strategy and campaigns.
• Set and manage marketing budgets.
• Manage and develop talented marketing/PR team members.
• Evaluate marketing/PR activity and results.

Skills

Proven senior level Marketing and PR experience

Strong team leadership

Strategic thinking

Excellent business and commercial understanding

Creativity and consumer understanding

Job description

We have a new opportunity for a Marketing and PR Director to lead our experienced Marketing and PR teams across Nosy Crow’s fast growing Children’s list.

Nosy Crow is a multi-award winning, independent children’s publishing company based in London with operations in both the UK and the USA. We make child focused, parent-friendly children’s books for ages 0-12. This role is ideal for someone eager to further their career in a fast-moving company publishing broad range of high-quality, commercial books.

The Marketing and PR Director is a new senior role and an excellent opportunity for a talented Marketing/PR professional with proven leadership skills who wants to make a difference.

This is a full-time position and is a hybrid role, working a minimum of three days per week in our office next to Tower Bridge.The successful candidate will have the right to live and work in the UK.

Purpose of the Job

This is a newly created role to head up our Nosy Crow’s PR, Marketing, and Digital Marketing teams. The role is both strategic and managerial. Bringing strong leadership, new promotional ideas and creative and innovative thinking, you will initiate and guide focussed and cohesive brand and title campaigns across all marketing and PR channels, working closely with the UK and Export Sales teams and the wider team within Nosy Crow.

You will report to the UK and Export Sales, Marketing and Audio Director.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks

• Oversee delivery of marketing (including digital) and PR strategy and campaigns across the whole of Nosy Crow. Ensure all our marketing/PR activity is impactful and aligned with the long‑term strategy for the business.
• Set and manage marketing budgets, regularly reviewing spend and re‑forecasting.
• Represent the business where relevant with authors, agents, customers and other third parties, including spear‑heading effective pitches.
• Champion creativity, innovation and results within every element of our publishing and marketing/PR activity.
• Management responsibility for the Digital Marketing and Marketing Departments as well as the PR Department and our Marketing Design team (currently a total headcount of 12).
• Attract, manage and develop talented marketing/PR team members with strong market awareness.
• Evaluate and report to the business on marketing/PR activity and results.
• Work with the Editorial team, the Audio team and the UK and Export Sales teams to deliver a shared growth strategy across the business.
• Work with our US Marketing team to share best practice and maximise simultaneous promotional opportunities.

Key Skills, Characteristics and Capabilities

A positive, energetic self‑starter, the successful candidate will have proven senior level Marketing and PR experience within publishing (ideally children’s), as well as strong team leadership experience.

The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker, with excellent business and commercial understanding, who is able to effectively lead an ROI‑focused team in a busy, fast‑paced environment.

They will have proven experience of leading high-level marketing and brand campaigns, and will bring creativity, consumer understanding and up‑to‑date knowledge of the market to their team.

Benefits

• Christmas closure
• Summer hours
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Income Protection
• Critical Illness cover
• Group Life Assurance
• Enhanced parental leave
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Season ticket loans
• Up to 80% off RRP for Nosy Crow book purchases
• Emergency loansFree fruit and snacks in the office
• Moving day leave
• Charitable/socially beneficial leave
• Remote working anywhere in the world for up to 2 weeks per year

The salary range for this role is £60,000 – £65,000 depending on experience.

The closing date for applications is 30 th November at midnight (GMT).

To apply, please email your CV, accompanied by a covering letter of no more than 500 words outlining why you think you would be the perfect candidate for this exciting opportunity, to Rhianna Sandford ([email protected]) with the subject heading Marketing and PR Director, telling us where you heard about the job.

We ask that when submitting your covering letter, you authentically outline why you believe you are the perfect candidate for the advertised role, without the use of AI tools. We want to see your creativity shine through and gain an insight into who you are and what you can offer Nosy Crow. Using your own voice is the best way to express how you meet our selection criteria.

Please let us know, if you are comfortable doing so, whether or not there are any reasonable adjustments that we should consider that would help during the recruitment process.

Nosy Crow is a Disability Confident, committed equal opportunities employer. We believe that employing a diverse workforce is an important factor in success and make recruiting decisions based on applicants’ experience and skills. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of race, age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity, marriage or civil partnership.

Applications are treated with due confidentiality.

Nosy Crow is a member of the Living Wage foundation.