Campaigns Executive

We have an exciting opportunity to join our innovative and ground-breaking Audio Marketing & Publicity team on a permanent contract as Campaigns Executive.

**About the Audio team**

At Penguin Random House Audio, the UK’s leading audiobook publisher, we are dedicated to making the very best audiobooks. Working with exceptional acting talent, producers and studios, we publish award-winning and bestselling audiobooks such as Richard Osman’s _The Thursday Murder Club _series, Bernadine Evaristo’s Booker-winning _Girl, Woman, Other_, Prince Harry’s _Spare_ and Dr Julie Smith’s _Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?_

Penguin Random House is also proud to be the home of BBC Audio. We publish a wide range of entertainment drawn from recent radio programming and the BBC archive. Comedy titles include _I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, Cabin Pressure_ and _That Mitchell & Webb Sound_. The realms of fantasy are depicted in _Doctor Who, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The Lord of the Rings_ and _The Chronicles of Narnia. _There’s radio drama based on the works of some of our most popular and significant writers including Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle, TV soundtracks including _Blackadder_ and _Fawlty Towers_ and cultural epics such as _A History of the World in 100 Objects_.

**The Opportunity**

We’re looking for a Campaigns Executive who is eager to join an award-winning team in the fastest-growing segment of publishing as the BBC Audio Marketing and Publicity lead. You’ll have experience developing inspiring and highly effective marketing and publicity campaigns that deliver results. With a love of all things audio, you’ll be brimming with ideas to reach new and existing listeners.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- Planning, implementing, and analysing standout audio marketing and publicity campaigns.
- Generating ideas to promote the audio format across varied audiences and genres, including: dramatisations, comedy, factual content and fantasy.
- Developing content with authors and narrators in the recording studio, where possible.
- Liaising with Penguin Random House marketing teams to build multi-format campaigns.
- Working collaboratively with the BBC Editorial team to identify key titles which require marketing and publicity support.
- Working collaboratively with BBC Studios and lead on Doctor Who audio campaigns.
- Briefing media agencies, monitoring results, and reporting post campaign.
- Encouraging authors and narrators to champion the audio format.
- Identifying opportunities to promote the audio through PR and influencers.

**What you’ll bring**

We’ll need you to have:

- Experience of running your own campaigns, bringing bags of enthusiasm and ideas to each one, using your initiative to make the most of your budget, however big or small.
- Confidence in your approach and ability to represent the Audio team in inter-departmental meetings.
- Excellent organisational, attention to detail and prioritisation skills, juggling multiple projects and campaigns at once.
- Excellent written communication

It goes without saying you’ll have a passion for audio, but you certainly don’t need to have worked in audiobooks or publishing before. Whoever you are, we want someone ready for an exciting new challenge.

As part of your cover letter, please tell us about a recent audiobook you loved, and why (in no more than 200 words).

**What you can expect from us**

**Salary**: £29,500 plus bonus and benefits

While our offices are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility about where you work is just as important for doing your best work and for your wellbeing. For this role, some meetings will need to be attended in person at our offices in Embassy Gardens. We are open to discussing the exact balance of office to remote working through the recruitment process.

Our employees are the heart of our business. We have a range of benefits to reflect our commitment to our employees, some of which are:

- 27 days paid holiday entitlement in year one (plus bank holidays), increasing a day each year up to 30 days
- Medical cover
- Life assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Discounted gym membership
- Generous pension scheme
- Summer working hours (role dependent)
- Volunteering policy and charity matching
- Employee Assistance programme
- Mentoring programme
- Extended gender neutral parental leave
- Access to books and eBooks across Penguin Random House UK
- Each site has trained mental health first aiders
- We plant a tree for every new employee to our business

**Our creativity is inspired by different perspectives, so we want our culture to be one of belonging, where everyone feels welcome and where differences are celebrated.**

Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.

**Company**: Penguin Books Limited

**Country**: United Kingdom

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