Job Description
DK Online Marketplace - Performance Marketing Executive

Do you love reading? Are you always on the hunt for what’s trending? Would you like to help advertise some of the world's bestselling authors and brands? If you're passionate about digital marketing and ready for an exciting new challenge, keep reading! 

 

What's the Role?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Performance Marketing Executive to join our Online Marketplace team. 

 

In this role, you will play a key part in expanding our online marketplace growth strategy. You'll be supporting the team to plan and execute paid search campaigns on Amazon and other international marketplaces to accelerate our growth across online channels and territories.

 

Key Responsibilities & Tasks

You'll be hands-on with our campaigns, focusing on:

 

  • Planning and executing Amazon paid search campaigns across multiple territories.

  • Monitoring and improving campaign performance, providing ongoing analysis and making recommendations about optimisations to drive growth.

  • Supporting the wider team with regular reports across Amazon accounts.

  • Researching market trends and opportunities on Amazon to make suggestions about audience and product targeting strategies. 

  • Working cross-functionally with other teams, including Sales, Marketing, and SEO. 

  • Coordinating our paid activities with wider business priorities and reporting on the implementation and campaigns’ effectiveness.

  • Staying up to date with Amazon Ads developments and experimenting with new features.

 

We're looking for someone with a proactive, analytical, and results-oriented mindset who is a great team player. You’ll need strong verbal and written communication, as well as interpersonal skills, and the ability to clearly articulate challenges and solutions to relevant stakeholders. Our ideal candidate will have some experience running paid campaigns on Amazon. 

 

If you’d like to develop a stronger understanding of how Amazon search works and become an expert in online advertising, please apply below!

 

Please apply with your most recent CV by 9 January 2026. 

 

We have a range of benefits to reflect our commitment to our people, some of which are:

  • 25 days paid holiday entitlement in year one, plus bank holidays

  • Generous pension scheme

  • Volunteering policy and charity matching

  • Employee assistance programme

  • 60% discount on company books

  • Cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership

  • Shopping discounts 

  • Flex Fridays (1pm Finish*)

  • Up to 30 days remote working from abroad*

 

*Subject to certain criteria being met.

 

And we plant a tree for every new employee to our business

 

DK is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the varied communities that read our books across the world. We encourage applications from all individuals, regardless of age, religion, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality or social background. DK is proud to announce that we have adopted The Halo Code.

 

DK is a member of the disability confident scheme. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies.

 

DK supports flexible working and has introduced a new ‘smart-working’ policy with a hybrid approach of working weekly from home and in DK’s office. This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in our Pimlico office. As this is non-negotiable, please ensure you are within a reasonable commuting distance of London before applying.

 

The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade, but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews or undertaking internships. For more information, visit www.booktradeentrysupport.org

 

About our Company: 

We believe in the power of discovery. That's why we create books for everyone that explore ideas and nurture curiosity about the world we live in. From first words to the Big Bang, from the wonders of nature to city adventures, you will find expert knowledge, hours of fun and endless inspiration in the pages of our books. 

We are the world's leading illustrated publisher and a member of the Penguin Random House division of Bertelsmann, creating cutting-edge design and stunning visual books for the whole family. We are passionate about inspiring curiosity and bring people to books through their thirst for knowledge. With a global book loving community of over 800 colleagues in the UK, US, Germany, India, China, Spain and Australia, we produce books in over 100 countries and over 60 languages. Find out more on dk.com.

 

Company: Dorling Kindersley Limited | Job ID: 285172