Marketing Assistant - Permanent - Hybrid Marketing · London, United Kingdom

Sage Publishing; London; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a proactive Marketing Assistant to join their dynamic Library Marketing team. In this hybrid role, you will implement marketing initiatives for innovative online courses, collaborating with editorial and sales teams to enhance product awareness. Your contributions will help shape the future of academic publishing while fostering relationships across departments. This role offers a unique opportunity to thrive in a fast-paced environment, where your skills in project management and communication will be key to driving impactful marketing strategies.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Life assurance

Income protection

Tuition scheme

Hybrid working arrangements

Home working allowance

Travel insurance

Healthy lifestyle reimbursement

Access to Company doctor

Anniversary trip

Qualifications

• Experience in executing marketing plans effectively.
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Execute email campaigns and social media activities.
• Assist in achieving business goals for digital products.

Skills

Marketing Execution

Project Management

Communication Skills

Collaboration

Social Media Management

Education

Degree in Marketing or related field

Tools

Highspot

Job description

Marketing Assistant – £27,920 - £30,000 per annum – Permanent – Hybrid

Join us and be part of a mission-driven, independent publisher. You’ll work with a diverse group of people who share a passion for empowering researchers, educators, and institutions to shape the future.

About Sage:

Sage is a global academic publisher of books, journals, and library resources with a growing range of technologies to enable discovery, access, and engagement. Believing that research and education are critical in shaping society, Sara Miller McCune founded Sage in 1965. Today, we are controlled by a group of trustees charged with maintaining our independence and mission indefinitely.

Our guaranteed independence means we’re free to:

• Do more– supporting an equitable academic future, furthering disciplines that drive social change, and helping social and behavioural science make an impact

• Work together– building lasting relationships, championing diverse perspectives, and co-creating resources to transform teaching and learning

• Think long-term– experimenting, taking risks, and investing in new ideas

About our Team:

Our Library Marketing team is dynamic, lively and results-oriented, with a passion for data. We collaborate closely with Product, Sales and Editorial Teams to raise awareness and build brand recognition in the library market and among researcher user-groups for our existing digital library products and new product ideas as they are in development.

Could you be our new Marketing Assistant? Are you?

• A bold self-starter with the ability to work independently

• Motivated, confident at effectively executing marketing plans, and thrive in a fastpaced team

• Able to manage multiple projects and keep everything on track

• Skilled at organization, prioritizing deadlines, and working with multiple colleaguesand teams

• A strong writer and communicator

• Collaborative, with experience working closely with teammates to successfullycomplete projects and achieve goals?
  

Your new role:

You’ll work with the Courses Marketing team to implement marketing activity to support Sage Campus and Epigeum, two growing product lines built around online courses, to achieve their objectives. You will collaborate closely with editorial and the sales team to keep customers up to date with product information and create marketing campaigns to drive product- or territory-specific results.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Execute assigned email campaigns, social media activity, and other marketing initiatives.

• Maintain marketing collateral on the sales enablement platform and serve as the first point of contact for sales questions related to Highspot.

• Prioritise and manage marketing support tasks to ensure robust assistance for the Global Library Marketing team.

• Assist the Library Marketing team in achieving business goals for digital products, sales territories and Marketing programs.

• Monitor general inbox and ensure customer queries are dealt with in a timely and efficient manner.

• Establish positive relationships with key stakeholders from other departments to facilitate cross-departmental collaboration.

Overview of benefits:

• 25 days holiday excluding bank holidays full-time/pro-rated for part-time roles

• 2 additional ’floating days’ of personal leave, in recognition that each of us has cultural, religious, or family commitments that fall at times when the company is not closed.

• Life assurance

• Income protection

• Access to Sage books and journals

• Tuition scheme and support for pursuing professional qualifications

• Hybrid working arrangements - In office 20% of contracted hours. We work flexibly and most staff can choose to work from home for up to 80% of their contracted hours
  

Other benefits, which may change include:

• Variety of snacks and beverages available in the office

• Home working allowance

• Travel insurance

• Healthy lifestyle reimbursement

• Access to the Company doctor
  
• Access to Company loans (season ticket loan, rental deposit loan, cycle loan
  
• Anniversary trip

If you have a disability and need any support during the application process, please contact [e-mail]. We will respond to any requests for support in a timely manner.All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.

A cover letter is important to us, thisoffers the hiring manager valuable insights into how your skill set aligns with the role, what unique contributions you can bring to the team and why you are interested in this position. Therefore, when applying for this role online, please upload your cover letter and CV as one document.

Closing date for applications: Thursday 15th May 2025.

To ensure we can give each application the attention it deserves, we may consider bringing the closing date forward if we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to ensure it is considered.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At Sage we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team that is representative of all sections of society and to sustaining a culture that celebrates difference, encourages authenticity, and creates a deep sense of belonging. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, disability, sex or gender identity, sexual orientation, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief as creating value through diversity is what makes us strong.As a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.