Introduction to the role

 An exciting opportunity has arisen for a creative and highly organised individual to join the multi-award-winning marketing team within HarperFiction. We welcome applications from all communities and particularly encourage applications from communities underrepresented in publishing.

As Senior Marketing Executive you will be responsible for planning and implementing campaigns across a wide range of commercial fiction including crime and thriller, general fiction and science fiction and fantasy. You will also support members of the fiction marketing team on delivering integrated and innovative campaigns for some of our biggest brands.

About HarperFiction

HarperFiction is one of the UK’s most successful commercial fiction publishers, with a reputation for innovation, market-leading creative and strategic campaigns that deliver bestseller success.

We publish some of the biggest and bestselling brands in fiction, from Jeffrey Archer to Karin Slaughter, Cecelia Ahern to Dilly Court. We’ve achieved chart-topping success with our inexhaustible event publishing, including Rebecca F. Kuang’s Yellowface and Babel, Bella Mackie’s How to Kill Your Family and Abigail Dean’s Girl A. And we’re home to legendary estates, including Agatha Christie, George R.R. Martin and J.R.R. Tolkien. Complemented by our literary imprint, The Borough Press, and British Book Awards Imprint of the Year 2022, HarperVoyager.

 Responsibilities:

• Plan, develop and implement creative and impactful marketing campaigns across commercial fiction genres

• Collaborate with team members to create market-leading campaigns for our biggest brand authors

• Create and brief design across a wide range of media, including digital and print environments

• Communicate effectively with both internal and external stakeholders, working closely with our editorial, publicity and digital teams

• Create and schedule social media content, including community page management across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X and TikTok

• Pro-actively identify opportunities for cross promotion and partnerships with third parties

• Share campaign and industry learnings with the wider marketing team to help foster a culture of shared learning

Key Skills and Experience:

• Has experience working in a busy marketing department, preferably at a trade publisher

• Enjoys reading widely with an active interest in the publishing industry and a passion for commercial fiction

• Thrives in a fast-paced environment, able to manage multiple deadlines and prioritise with confidence

• A team player with exceptional communication and people skills

• Has an active interest in the latest marketing trends and campaigns from across the book industry as well as the wider entertainment and media sector

• Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills

• Experience of creating and optimising social media advertising campaigns

• Social media native with experience of content creation for a variety of platforms

• Ability to use Photoshop/Canva to create social media assets

• Experience in eCRM campaigns preferred

Benefits

• Hybrid working model (3 days in the office)

• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays (option to buy and sell holiday days) 

• Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave 

• Private healthcare cover and life assurance 

• Summer Hours  

• Free access to HeadSpace, employee assistance programme (24 hour helpline), mental health first aiders, and a wellbeing portal 

• Season ticket loans (from day 1 for entry level) and cycle to work scheme 

• Relocation Rent Support Loan  

• Employee networks: HC All In (open forum), Elevate (for ethnic minority colleagues), HarperParents, Menopause at Work, Pride at HC, Social Mobility Network and Neurodiversity at Work

• Unlimited training on our Learning and Development portal, management courses (up to MA level) and mentoring programmes 

• Virtual GP and eyecare vouchers 

• Gym membership discount 

• Onsite physiotherapy (London only) 

• Charitable donation matching and 2 volunteering days 

• We're a certified Carbon Neutral company

• Green Electric/Hybrid Car Benefit Scheme (salary sacrifice)

• With Trees for Life we plant a tree in the Highlands of Scotland for every permanent hire

• Free e-books and audiobooks, digital newspaper subscriptions and discounts on books 

• Subsidised canteen and retail discounts 

• Onsite prayer room 

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 internships or entry level positions. For more information visit  https://www.btbs.org/

At HarperCollins, we value authenticity and integrity in our recruitment process. To ensure a fair and accurate evaluation of all applications, we ask that all responses to assessment questions reflect your own thoughts, experiences, and capabilities.  This allows us to fairly assess your knowledge, skills, and experience to determine how they align with the role. We value diverse perspectives and genuine contributions, even if answers are not perfect. The use of AI tools or external assistance to generate responses is discouraged unless explicitly permitted for specific tasks.

If you wish to discuss anything regarding this position and/or your application to this role, please reach out directly to stephanie.jemmett@harpercollins.co.uk with subject heading ‘Vacancy Query’ plus the job title and we will aim to get back to you within 5 working days.

Please note, if you are interested in the role you would need to submit your application via Applied. We do not accept email applications.