Senior Marketing Executive/ Marketing Manager Maternity cover - 12 month fixed term contract

Faber is a leading independent literary publisher, committed to the world’s most dynamic and significant voices. The list spans Nobel laureates, bestselling fiction, award-winning non-fiction, poetry, film, music and drama.

We publish a diverse range of authors including Anna Burns, Eliza Clarke, Rachel Cusk, Marina Hyde, Kazuo Ishiguro, Claire Keegan, John Lanchester and Max Porter, Katherine Rundell and Gary Younge and have an unrivalled archival backlist featuring T. S. Eliot, William Golding, Seamus Heaney, Sylvia Plath and P.D. James.

What you will be doing…

We are looking for a Senior Marketing Executive or Marketing Manager to work on campaigns across our list.

Key responsibilities include

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Planning and implementing campaigns for a range of adult fiction and non-fiction titles

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Producing trade sell-in materials such as proofs, presenters and point of sale

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Working with a media agency to plan effective advertising campaigns

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Collaborating closely with publicity and sales colleagues to deliver joined-up campaigns which drive sales

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Briefing and project-managing freelance designers to produce a wide range of content

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Managing campaign spend ensuring activity is delivered on time and within budget

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Writing copy for book proofs, advertising and print materials

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Planning and implementing social media advertising campaigns

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Presenting ideas and campaign plans internally and externally

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Author pitches and acquisition plans

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Representing marketing in publishing strategy meetings

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All elements of marketing campaigns including online and OOH advertising, briefing assets graphics, animations and films, organising partnerships, producing sellin materials, proof briefing, copywriting, social media marketing and trade marketing.

Who we’re looking for….

We’re looking for a creative and capable marketer who is excited by the idea of working on a diverse list of literary and commercial publishing. You’ll have experience in running ambitious and original campaigns as well as presenting your ideas in author meetings.

You’ll be an effective copywriter who is easily able to communicate your design vision, an innovative digital marketer, and somebody who can identify audiences and knows how best to reach them. Working in a busy team, this is a job for a resourceful marketer who can plan and implement exciting and sales-driving campaigns for our books and authors.

This maternity cover role will report to the Deputy Marketing Director. Ideally beginning in Autumn 2026, January 2027 at the latest, it will be a full-time position for a fixed term of up to 12 months on a hybrid basis, with a minimum of three days in our central London office.

If the above sounds like you, then we would love to receive your application.

To apply, please send a CV and covering letter to marketingmanagermat@faber.co.uk quoting ref BS.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 16th August 2026.

Faber has a staff of just over 140, based across our offices in Hatton Garden (London) and Harlow. We want all our staff to have the best possible, most positive and enjoyable experience while working at Faber.

Our benefits include

• Access to Faber titles (including regular staff book clubs), discounted Independent Alliance titles
• Minimum of 28 days’ holiday per year
• Five days per year for volunteering work of your choice
• Full subscription to the Headspace meditation app
• Season-ticket loans
• Cycle-to-work vouchers
• Subsidised eye tests
• Generous pension scheme
• Life assurance and income protection insurance
• Access to online GP and advisory services

We welcome applications from any individual regardless of ethnic origin, gender, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation or age. All applications will be considered on merit.

Please note that all personal information which we process in connection with your application will be treated in accordance with our Data Protection Privacy Notice at https://www.faber.co.uk/privacy-policy/gdpr-data-protection-privacy-notice/. Please read this notice before submitting your application.