Marketing director (12 month FTC)

Hachette UK; London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading publishing company in the UK is seeking a Senior Marketing Leader to manage a team and drive innovative marketing strategies. The ideal candidate will possess senior-level marketing experience within publishing and demonstrate strong team leadership and strategic thinking skills. This role offers competitive benefits, including 28 days of annual leave and private medical insurance.

Benefits

28 annual leave days per year

Private medical insurance

Generous pension schemes

Cycle to Work scheme

Up to 70% off book purchases

Qualifications

• Proven senior level marketing experience within publishing.
• Strong team leadership experience.
• Excellent business and commercial understanding.

Responsibilities

• Lead the marketing department and directly manage the team.
• Set and manage marketing budgets effectively.
• Oversee the delivery of social media and digital marketing strategies.

Skills

Senior level marketing experience

Team leadership

Strategic thinking

Creativity

Consumer understanding

Job description

Closing date for applications: 18 August 2025

Salary: £60,000+ depending on experience and location

Location: This role can be based at our London, Sheffield, Edinburgh, Newcastle, or Bristol office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and home working (2 days) per week.

Champion creativity and innovation while leading a dynamic marketing team in this senior, 12-month role at Little, Brown's .

Little, Brown's identity is personified by our innovative, dynamic and free-thinking people. Across our thirteen imprints, you won't find a wider range of titles anywhere in UK publishing. We pride ourselves on quality and diversity. A repeat recipient of the Publisher of the Year award and the largest division of Hachette, we're one of the most successful and dynamic publishers in the UK.


What you'll be doing

• Reporting to the group publicity and marketing director, lead our marketing department of ten, and directly line manage our team of senior marketers
• Be a member of the Little, Brown Leadership Group
• Ensure all our marketing activity is impactful and aligned with the long-term strategy for the business
• Set and manage marketing budgets, regularly reviewing spend and re-forecasting
• Oversee delivery of effective social media and digital marketing strategy
• Represent the business where relevant with authors, agents, customers and other third parties, including delivering effective pitches
• Champion creativity, innovation and results within every element of our publishing and marketing activity
• Attract, manage and develop talented marketing team members with strong market awareness
• Evaluate and report to the business on marketing activity and results

Who we are looking for

A positive, energetic self-starter, the successful candidate will have proven senior level marketing experience within publishing, 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 a return on investment (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 both their own campaigns and those of their team.


What we offer

Our staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:

• 28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years (+ bank holidays)
• Private medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Generous pension schemes
• Rent deposit loans
• 2 community days per year
• Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)
• Retail discounts through Hachette rewards
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Eye care vouchers
• Wide-ranging training library
• Development programmes (including mentoring)
• Up to 70% off book purchases
• A charity bookshelf
• 12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, includingGender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeingand religious networks
• Season ticket loans
• And much more!

Our commitment

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 and undertaking junior roles. For more information visitwww.booktradeentrysupport.org

Hachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds. If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.

Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.