Digital Content Executive, Penguin Random House Children's (12-month FTC)

Do you have experience in facilitating and managing content in the children’s landscape? Are you interested in engaging children and families with authentic and targeted content? Do you always have a keen eye for detail, and a passion for the power of social platforms?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Digital Content Executive for Ladybird & Puffin to join the Penguin Random House Children’s Marketing team on a 12-month fixed term basis. If you have audience-first experience and are looking for a new challenge, this could be the role for you!

About the team

Our creativity is inspired by different perspectives, so we strive for our culture to be one of belonging, where everyone feels welcome and where differences are celebrated. We want to work with a wide range of talent as we find new ways to tell our stories. You don’t have to come from a publishing background or have a degree to be considered - we want to hear from different voices and see fresh perspectives.

Our consumer brands, Ladybird & Puffin, are some of the strongest, global brands in the publishing world. Ladybird makes growing up the best story ever. Puffin creates stories that spark imagination in children across the world. Our list includes Peppa Pig and Percy Jackson, Ten Minutes to Bed and Tom Fletcher, Bluey and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Stories for every child, everywhere.

The role

Working closely with the Brand Marketing Managers for Ladybird and Puffin, as well as the Heads of Marketing for Preschool and Primary, you will creatively showcase the breadth of our range of books, and ultimately drive sales.

Key responsibilities:

• Facilitating a creative and engaging pipeline of content across all key online channels
• Channel management across the Ladybird and Puffin socials including content creation, copy-writing, scheduling and posting
• Analytics to include reporting content performance and recommendations to the wider Brand, Marketing & PR team and Children’s Division, and advising on best practice

What you’ll bring

Essential criteria:

• Passion for content and how it can drive community engagement and lead to strong sales
• Good audience-engagement experience through social channel management
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills
• Effective time and project management skills, including working across multiple projects
• Broad market awareness within children’s media, brand and within marketing

Application instructions

Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for the role by 11:59pm on Tuesday 25th February. As part of your letter, please include an answer to the following question: Tell us about a social media campaign you’ve seen recently that you’ve been impressed with and why (no more than 200 words).

Please ensure you include a cover letter, as it is a crucial part of our assessment process. The cover letter offers an opportunity to show how your experience and interests align with the role requirements. Typically, we expect the cover letter to be no more than one or two pages in length.

Please note we are looking for someone to join the team as soon as possible, but we are also happy to accommodate a reasonable notice period for the right candidate.

We anticipate that interviews will start taking place w/c 10th March. We are happy to discuss the interview stages further with you throughout the recruitment process.

Salary

Up to £32,000 dependent on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus benefits.

What you can expect from us

Our people are the heart of our business, and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition.

Our benefits include:

• Financial – discounted shopping, season ticket loan, rental deposit loan
• Wellbeing – healthcare cash plan, employee assistance, gym loan
• Lifestyle – taste card, tech scheme, free and discounted books

For our full benefits list please visit: https://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/what-we-offer/

Hybrid working

While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important. For this role we expect that three days per week will be based at our offices in Nine Elms, London.

About Penguin

We’re the UK’s largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing over 1,500 books each year. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent. In a constantly evolving industry, we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher. Here, you’ll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success. Together, we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone.

The recruitment process

You can read about our recruitment process at https://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/how-we-hire/

As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role, and opt-in on their application form. The essential criteria for this role are listed as part of the ‘What you’ll bring’ section. There may be times when the volume of applications means we cannot take all eligible candidates to interview.

We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing PRHCareersUK@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk. Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your request.

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: The Random House Group Limited 

Country: United Kingdom 

State/Region: London 

City: London 

Postal Code: SW11 7BW 

Job ID: 277299