Marketing Executive - Philosophy and Religion, Academic & Professional

Overview

Do you want to work on innovative promotional campaigns for the books and thinkers shaping contemporary debate across the humanities? Are you an experienced books marketer ready to take your next step and make some of a global academic publisher's flagship brands and authors your own? This is a chance to market one of academic publishing's most respected philosophy lists, home to leading thinkers including Slavoj Žižek and Rosi Braidotti, the Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy series, and acclaimed reference works across ethics, aesthetics, political theory and the history of ideas.

You'll promote these alongside the prestigious T&T Clark Biblical Studies and Theology imprint and our cutting‑edge Religious Studies list, working on titles read and taught around the world.

• Develop and implement marketing strategy, spend and budget for the philosophy list and three religion lists—Theology, Biblical Studies and Religious Studies—across print, ebook and audiobook formats.
• Devise and deliver marketing plans for the lists, including email marketing, web marketing and SEO, social media, print and online advertising (including PPC), review copy outreach, academic conferences and events, author care and sales materials and support.
• Collaborate closely with a US marketing counterpart on strategy, tactical plans and author care.
• Work with Editorial, Sales and Bloomsbury Digital Resources teams—including TARO and the Bloomsbury Philosophy Library—to create results‑driven, creative campaigns that drive adoption, usage, engagement, brand recognition and sales across print and digital.
• Partner with external organisations such as scholarly societies to extend reach and visibility.
• Improve online discoverability by optimisation of marketing copy and metadata.
• Play a part in departmental projects and initiatives such as cross‑list campaigns, author newsletters, the Bloomsbury Academic blog and more.
• Hands‑on experience with budgeting, planning and monitoring spend; digital marketing across email, web, social media and PPC; optimisation through analysis and A/B testing; conferences (attending, planning, producing booklists and organising inserts); and proofreading and copywriting.

• Demonstrable marketing experience, ideally within academic publishing.
• Strong interpersonal skills with experience building and maintaining relationships both internally and externally; positive attitude and diplomacy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with accurate spelling, grammar and punctuation and a good eye for detail.
• Excellent organisational, multi‑tasking and time‑management skills; ability to work across a large volume of titles and authors.
• Hands‑on experience organising or assisting with budgeting, planning and monitoring spend; digital marketing across email, web, social media and PPC; optimisation via analysis and A/B testing; conferences; and proofreading and copywriting.
• Nice to have:
  Understanding of recent developments in higher education and the publishing industry; familiarity with academic adoption sales cycles; experience devising creative or experimental campaigns on your own initiative; knowledge of web analytics tools, GEO/SEO and social media monitoring platforms.

• Hybrid working pattern: 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred, with office days Wednesdays and Thursdays).
• Holidays: 25 days holiday + 3.5 days Christmas company holiday.
• Two paid Personal Wellness Days.
• Flexible Fridays: take Friday afternoon off by working an additional 3 hours and 30 minutes earlier in the week.
• Work Anywhere: two‑week fortnight (minimum one week, maximum two weeks per calendar year).
• Season Ticket Loan.
• Learning & Development:
  Free access to Linked In Learning, Book Machine Campus, In Rehearsal & IPG Skills Hub, Share Save Scheme.
• AXA Healthcare Plan (Private Medical Insurance).
• Ride to Work Scheme.
• Peppy Health App.
• In‑house Doctor.
• Eye Care Voucher Scheme.
• EAP Advice and Counselling.
• Company culture:
  Employee Voice Meetings, Staff Networks (Bloom, Accessibility, Mental Health, Pride, Parents, Guardians and Carers, Multi‑Faith), Mental Health First Aiders across UK offices, Publishing Events and access to free Publishing Resources.

Position type: full‑time and permanent.

Salary: £29,000 – £32,000 per annum.

Location:

London office, 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP
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Rental Deposit Loan Scheme: up to £3,000 interest‑free loan, repayable over two years.