What are the responsibilities and job description for the Marketing and Publicity Assistant, Academic & Professional Bloomsbury Publishing position at Publishers Association Limited?
The Vacancy
We are looking for a Marketing & Publicity Assistant to join our award-winning and expanding Academic & Professional books Division. You will be working in a pivotal support role on marketing and publicity across our range of academic books, from textbooks and trade crossover titles to monographs and reference works. With a number of initiatives to support diversity recently launched, such as our Widening Representation Programme and the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship, it’s an exciting time to be joining the Division. Our brands include The Arden Shakespeare, British Film Institute, Methuen Drama, T&T Clark and 33 1 / 3, and our authors include Carol J. Adams, Mary Beard, Bertolt Brecht, Greg Doran, Martin Heidegger, Mary Midgley, Arthur Miller, Rachel Reeves, Nawal El Saadawi and Slavoj Žižek. This role reports in to a Senior Marketing Manager in the Academic Marketing team.
The role
Departmental (A&P) :
- Daily assistance to 6 senior marketers and 1 senior publicist on tasks ranging from, but not limited to, leaflet creation, discount code generation, responding to media requests and arranging press copies to be sent out to journalists
- Ad hoc support for the wider Academic marketing team as requested
- Assistance with organisation of monthly sales / marketing meetings
- Maintenance of office supplies; organisation of marketing storerooms and book returns
Assistance to the team includes (
Knowledge, skills and experience
Essential :
Desirable :
Additional information
The role is a full-time permanent position.
Salary Pay Point : £27,000 per annum
The role is based at our London office 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP on a hybrid-working pattern of 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred). Allocated office days for this role are Wednesdays and Thursdays .
This position is eligible for Bloomsbury’s Rental Deposit Loan Scheme. To assist candidates who want to start and to establish a career in publishing, Bloomsbury offers an interest-free rental deposit to support securing somewhere to live. The rental deposit loan can be up to £3,000 and will be paid back over 2 years.
Please apply with a CV and covering letter addressed to Human Resources (Word or PDF format only) via the ‘APPLY NOW’ button detailing how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role by Thursday, 20th March 2025.
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Bloomsbury reserves the right to close the role early if we exceed the required number of applications.
Bloomsbury Benefits
As well as a fantastic opportunity to join a global award-winning organisation, Bloomsbury offers the following competitive benefits package :
Working Pattern
Holidays
Other Benefits
Company culture – Employee Voice Meetings, Staff Networks (Bloom, Accessibility, Mental Health, Pride, and Parents, Guardians and Carers, Multi-Faith) and 13 Mental Health First Aiders trained across the UK offices, Publishing Events and access to free Publishing Resources.
For additional benefits see below.
Bloomsbury is a place where anyone of any background, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender identity, age, ability, or socio-economic status can thrive, feel comfortable, and be heard and accepted. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please flag to the recruitment team if required.
Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.
The Book Trade Charity provides financial assistance for people looking to get into the publishing industry; you can find more information and talk directly here :
The Company
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Bloomsbury Publishing is a leading independent publishing house, established in 1986, with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes, and is the originating publisher and custodian of the Harry Potter series. Bloomsbury has offices in London, New York, New Delhi, Oxford and Sydney. Within Bloomsbury’s Academic division, it publishes under Bloomsbury, as well as under a number of prestigious and historic imprint names. Read Our Story for how it all began.
Bloomsbury is committed to creating a working environment that stimulates creativity and collaboration, is respectful of difference, is inclusive and ethical in its practice, and promotes well-being. We are determined to nurture and develop our employees to reach their highest potential, and we know that our success is down to the passion, commitment and hard work of our talented people. We recognise the urgent need to attract and support applicants from all backgrounds and identities to become part of the global publishing industry, allowing diverse voices to reflect and shape our culture and society.
Please read more on our Missions and Values here .
Please read our environmental policy here .
Our Benefits
Pension
Flexible Working
Life Insurance
Staff Discount on Books
Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP)
Bike to Work
Employee Testimonials
Here’s what some of our employees had to say about joining Bloomsbury :
It’s a friendly team, I feel part of a community and there’s such a breadth and variety of publishing.”
Marketing Executive, Academic
There is a passion for books and authors. People want to read and that comes from the top.”
Commissioning Editor, Special Interest
Bloomsbury has a strong International outlook, it’s good to be part of a global publishing team.”
Intern, Education
To read more about what it’s like to work for us please click here .
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Salary : $27,000