Marketing and Publicity Assistant, Academic & Professional

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc; London; Hybrid; GBP 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Bloomsbury Publishing Plc as a Marketing & Publicity Assistant in London. You'll support a dynamic team on a variety of marketing initiatives across academic publications, assisting senior marketers, producing marketing materials, and contributing to the promotion of renowned authors. This full-time role offers a competitive salary and a range of employee benefits in a collaborative environment promoting diversity and wellness.

Benefits

25 days holiday

3.5 days Christmas holiday

Two paid Personal Wellness Days

Flexible Fridays

Work Anywhere Fortnight

Season Ticket Loan

AXA Healthcare Plan

In-house Doctor

Qualifications

• Experience in marketing and/or publishing ideally within an academic or professional environment.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Knowledge of administrative systems and/or databases.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily assistance to senior marketers with tasks including leaflet creation and media requests.
• Assist in the production of marketing materials such as flyers and press releases.
• Support with the organisation of marketing meetings and maintenance of office supplies.

Skills

Organisational skills

Time management

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Passion for marketing

Ability to work in a team

Education

Relevant experience in publishing and/or marketing

Tools

Microsoft Office

Adobe Creative Cloud

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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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London, United Kingdom

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Posted:

02.06.2025

Expiry Date:

17.07.2025

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Job Description:

We are looking for a Marketing & Publicity Assistant to join our award-winning and expanding Academic & Professional books Division. You will be working in a pivotal support role on marketing and publicity across our range of academic books, from textbooks and trade crossover titles to monographs and reference works. With a number of initiatives to support diversity recently launched, such as our Widening Representation Programme and the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship, it’s an exciting time to be joining the Division. Our brands include The Arden Shakespeare, British Film Institute, Methuen Drama, T&T Clark and 33 1/3, and our authors include Carol J. Adams, Mary Beard, Bertolt Brecht, Greg Doran, Martin Heidegger, Mary Midgley, Arthur Miller, Rachel Reeves, Nawal El Saadawi and Slavoj Žižek. This role reports in to a Senior Marketing Manager in the Academic Marketing team.

The role
Departmental (A&P):

• Daily assistance to 6 senior marketers and 1 senior publicist on tasks ranging from, but not limited to, leaflet creation, discount code generation, responding to media requests and arranging press copies to be sent out to journalists
• Ad hoc support for the wider Academic marketing team as requested
• Assistance with organisation of monthly sales/marketing meetings
• Maintenance of office supplies; organisation of marketing storerooms and book returns

Assistance to the team includes (* indicates support is less frequent/ad hoc):

• Day-to-day production of marketing and publicity materials, such as marketing flyers, press releases and posters
• Deployment of marketing and publicity emails, to a brief
• Updating the Bloomsbury websitewhen required*
• Producing sales materials as required, such as stocklists, promotional materials and press updates*
• Assisting with review lists and arranging gratis copies as required
• Assisting with monthly review of AIs/marketing copy
• Assisting with production and online distribution of quarterly, biannual and annual catalogues for the Division, including the Key Titles catalogue
• Updates and contribution to blog and social media accounts as requested
• Producing reports on request*
• Book launch/event administration e.g. bookings, arranging couriers and iZettles, packing materials, recording sales post-event*

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Passionate about marketing and its role in academic publishing
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Outstanding attention to detail
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Word
• A can-do attitude and enthusiasm for supporting team members
• Relevant experience in publishing and/or marketing, ideally within an academic or professional environment (can include work experience or a specific qualification)
• Experience of working in an office environment
• Experience working with administrative systems and/or databases
• Knowledge of ESP and/or CMS software
• Knowledge of software in the Adobe Creative Cloud

Additional information

The role is a full-time permanent position.

Salary Pay Point: £27,000 per annum

The role is based at our London office 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP on a hybrid-working pattern of 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred). Allocated office days for this role are Wednesdays and Thursdays .

This position is eligible for Bloomsbury’s Rental Deposit Loan Scheme. To assist candidates who want to start and to establish a career in publishing, Bloomsbury offers an interest-free rental deposit to support securing somewhere to live. The rental deposit loan can be up to £3,000 and will be paid back over 2 years.

Bloomsbury reserve the right to close the role early if we exceed the required number of applications

Bloomsbury Benefits

As well as a fantastic opportunity to join a global award-winning organisation, Bloomsbury offers the following competitive benefits package:

Working Pattern

• Hybrid working pattern of: 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred)

Holidays

• 25 days holiday
• 3.5 days Christmas company holiday

Other Benefits

• Two paid Personal Wellness Days
• Flexible Fridays – take Friday afternoon off by working an additional3 hours and 30 minutes earlier in the week
• Work Anywhere Fortnight - For two weeks of any calendar year. The minimum period for Working Anywhere is one week, the maximum period is two weeks.
• Season Ticket Loan
• Share Save Scheme
• AXA Healthcare Plan (Private Medical Insurance)
• Peppy Health App
• In-house Doctor
• Eye Care Voucher Scheme

Company culture – Employee Voice Meetings, Staff Networks (Bloom, Accessibility, Mental Health, Pride, and Parents, Guardians and Carers, Multi-Faith) and 13 Mental Health First Aiders trained across the UK offices, Publishing Events and access to free Publishing Resources

For additional benefits see below

Bloomsbury is a place where anyone of any background, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender identity, age, ability, or socio-economic status can thrive, feel comfortable, and be heard and accepted. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please flag to the recruitment team if required