Senior Marketing Manager

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working pattern

25 days holiday + 3.5 days Christmas holiday

Two paid Personal Wellness Days

Flexible Fridays

Work Anywhere Fortnight

Share save Scheme

AXA Healthcare Plan

Peppy Health App

In-house Doctor

Eye care Voucher Scheme

Job summary

A leading publishing company in Greater London seeks a creative and ambitious Senior Marketing Manager for a 13-month fixed-term contract. The ideal candidate will develop integrated marketing campaigns for children's books, manage junior team members, and work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders. This full-time position offers a hybrid working option alongside excellent benefits, including wellness days and private health insurance.

Qualifications

• Proven passion for children's books and marketing to family audiences.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task.
• Excellent presentation skills and creative flair.
• Full knowledge and understanding of the marketing mix, including digital and traditional advertising, catalogues, promotional activity and research.
• Experience of working successfully with third parties on innovative marketing partnerships and initiatives.
• Ability to multi‑task and work on several different projects simultaneously.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation and organisational skills, in addition to creative flair.
• Strong knowledge of current marketing best practices, trends and opportunities across on/offline platforms.

Responsibilities

• Create and implement integrated marketing campaigns.
• Manage a junior member of the marketing team.
• Work with authors, editors, and external stakeholders.

Skills

Experience in marketing children's brands

Line-management experience

Ability to work with stakeholders

Knowledge of the marketing mix

Experience with third parties

Excellent interpersonal skills

Current marketing trends knowledge

Marketing best practices

Job description

Bloomsbury Children’s is looking for a creative and ambitious Senior Marketing Manager for a 13‑month fixed‑term contract. This opportunity is ideal for an experienced marketing professional who is passionate about children’s books.

Base pay range

Senior Marketing Manager, Bloomsbury Children's – 13‑month FTC

The Role

Reporting to the Children’s Marketing Director, the Senior Marketing Manager will create and implement integrated marketing campaigns across the children’s list and will manage a junior member of the marketing team.

Skills, knowledge, experience

• Experience and knowledge of marketing children’s brands to family audiences, and a demonstrable passion for children’s books.
• Line‑management experience is ideal.
• Experience of working with internal and external stakeholders such as authors, editors, freelancers, designers/animators, media agencies.
• Full knowledge and understanding of the marketing mix, including digital and traditional advertising, catalogues, promotional activity and research.
• Experience of working successfully with third parties on innovative marketing partnerships and initiatives.
• Ability to multi‑task and work on several different projects simultaneously.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation and organisational skills, in addition to creative flair.
• Strong knowledge of current marketing best practices, trends and opportunities across on/offline platforms.

Bloomsbury Benefits

• Hybrid working pattern of: 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred)
• 25 days holiday + 3.5 days Christmas company holiday
• Two paid Personal Wellness Days
• Flexible Fridays
• Work Anywhere Fortnight
• Share save Scheme
• AXA Healthcare Plan (Private Medical Insurance)
• Peppy Health App
• In-house Doctor
• Eye care Voucher Scheme

Additional information

This role is a full‑time position, 13‑month fixed‑term contract starting from March 2026.

Application Deadline: 23:59 on 5th of January 2026.

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

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Marketing
• Book and Periodical Publishing