Job Description

Marketing Executive - Ebury (Self Hub)
Are you passionate about wellbeing and self-improvement? Are you creative, adaptable and organised with exceptional communication skills?
We're looking for a Marketing Executive for our Self Hub, to work on audience-first idea generation and delivering impactful book marketing campaigns that drive sales.
Ebury's unique hub model blends editorial, publicity and marketing, and feeds on idea generation and collaboration across every area of the team. We invest in and value our creative and open culture. This role will sit in our Self Hub, with a focus on bringing readers unrivalled expertise and life-changing solutions across personal development, health, wellbeing, parenting and spirituality. We publish books that inform, empower and spark new directions from an incredible list of inspirational authors including Gabor Mate, Brene Brown, Yung Pueblo, Fearne Cotton and Tara Swart.
The team
Ebury is the UK's largest dedicated non-fiction publisher and winner of Publisher of the Year at the 2024 British Book Awards. We are home to bestselling authors ranging from Yotam Ottolenghi to Molly-Mae Hague, Gabor Mate to Charlie Mackesy. We are a dynamic and agile team, constantly discovering new talent, creating bestsellers, and growing author brands.
The role
Reporting into the Campaigns Director, you will devise and implement your own marketing campaigns for a range of books throughout the year, tailoring your approach depending on each audience with engaging and joined-up marketing activity.
Key responsibilities:

• Brief and coordinate the creation of marketing assets.
• Develop and manage social media content plans.
• Meet with authors and agents to support campaign planning and execution.
• Write engaging copy for a range of marketing channels.
• Run and optimise digital advertising campaigns.
• Contribute ideas and creative input during team and campaign meetings.
• Support the wider marketing team on larger-scale campaigns.
• Keep up to date with new trends, talent, and cultural moments relevant to our publishing areas.
• Participate in internal meetings and author pitches.
• Collaborate closely with internal teams including publicity, production, editorial, sales, and rights.
• Build and maintain relationships with influencers, online communities, and brand partners.

What you'll bring
Essential criteria:

• Highly organised and able to manage multiple projects and deadlines effectively.
• Flexible and adaptable, with the ability to prioritise tasks confidently in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrates strong initiative, creativity, and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Brings fresh, engaging ideas on how to connect books with readers.
• Strong understanding of social media platforms and digital marketing trends.
• Proven ability to reach and engage different audiences online.

Disability Confident
If you have opted into our disability confident scheme, the above is the essential criteria you must meet to be considered for our interview scheme. Please note, there may be occasions where the volume of applicants means we can't take all eligible candidates to interview.
Application instructions
Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for the role by 11:59pm on 16th November 2025.

• Please ensure you include a cover letter, as it is a crucial part of our assessment process. The cover letter offers an opportunity to show how your experience and interests align with the role requirements. Typically, we expect the cover letter to be no more than one or two pages in length.
• Please note we are looking for someone to join the team as soon as possible, but we are also happy to accommodate a reasonable notice period for the right candidate.
• We anticipate a two-stage interview process which will include a virtual first-stage interview and in-person second stage interview. We are happy to discuss this further with you throughout the recruitment process.

Salary
Circa 32,000 dependent on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.
What you can expect from us
Our people are the heart of our business, and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition.
Hybrid working
While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important. For this role we expect the successful candidate to work from our London-based office a minimum of three days per week (including Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays) and offer the remaining two days to be worked remotely.
Company: The Random House Group Limited | Job ID: 284281

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