Marketing Manager

Following recent significant growth, we are building a new team to manage the sales and marketing of a key academic and professional textbook publishing client. We are looking to recruit a Marketing Manager, responsible for the overall marketing strategy and promotion of textbooks in print and digital. As part of a niche team, you will report to the Client Lead. The successful candidate will be an experienced marketing manager, with knowledge of the publishing industry.

Responsibilities:

• Identify and manage partnerships with relevant associations
• Campaign delivery from start to finish, analysing results as appropriate
• Social media management
• Design and delivery of digital and printed marketing materials such as promotional flyers and adverts
• Ownership and allocation of marketing budget
• Organising and executing marketing campaigns to academics, practitioners and trade
• Working with wider teams to ensure marketing efforts are co-ordinated
• Deliver bi-annual client reports
• Organising and attending academic conferences within the UK and EU to represent out client publishers books
• Client management
• Building a CRM contact database

Requirements:

• Knowledge of email management systems (e.g. MailChimp)
• Knowledge of website management (e.g. WordPress)
• Experience with social media management (i.e. TweetDeck)
• Knowledge of publishing / content management systems would be an advantage
• Experience of marketing academic text books
• Ability to communicate effectively, both in written and verbal form
• Positive, proactive and professional approach

Benefits:

• Discretionary annual bonus
• Private healthcare
• Pension plan via NEST
• 25 28 days holiday plus 1 additional day for birthday
• Team building days and events
• Hybrid working

Mare Nostrum Group is a full-service publishing company providing distribution, sales, marketing, data management, recruitment, and consultancy services to commercial and university academic publishers in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. With over 25 years experience, and an in-house team of over 30 employees, the Group is split into three divisions with distinct offerings:

• Mare Nostrum offers print and digital distribution, sales, marketing and consultancy services to commercial academic publishers.
• Combined Academic Publishers offers print and digital distribution, sales and marketing
• Mare Nostrum Recruitment offers a collaborative and tailored recruitment service across all publishing areas.

Mare Nostrum Group provides an inclusive and nurturing work environment in which we encourage all our employees to learn and focus on their own personal development. There are opportunities for growth and career development within the company.

We welcome applications from all members of society and embrace a diverse workforce.

To enable an equitable experience for all and give you the best chance of success, if you have any specific requirements for any stage of the interview process, please let us know.

Location: Harrogate/Hybrid