Senior Marketing Manager, Adult Trade
Bloomsbury UK
MarketingFull Time£39k - £46k
- Location
- London, UK (Hybrid)
- Posted
- July 2, 2026
- Expires
- July 16, 2026
Job Description
Role overview
Bloomsbury is seeking a creative, strategic, and highly motivated Senior Marketing Manager to join our Adult Trade Marketing department. In this pivotal role, you will spearhead cutting-edge marketing and growth strategies across our Trade list, creating impactful campaigns that connect incredible books with readers worldwide. You will work closely with editors, publicists, sales teams, and authors to devise and execute audience-focused campaigns that build readership, drive sales, and strengthen Bloomsbury's reputation for publishing exceptional books.
This is a rare chance to work across both fiction and non-fiction, shaping the long-term brand strategies for internationally renowned historians and thinkers such as Rutger Bregman and Peter Frankopan, acclaimed novelists including Ann Patchett and Louise Kennedy, and high-profile voices such as Gillian Anderson. From literary fiction and narrative non-fiction to major cultural publishing, this role offers the opportunity to work across some of the most exciting books and authors in contemporary publishing.
Responsibilities
- Campaign Leadership: Creating, implementing, and analyzing creative campaigns that utilize the full marketing mix to cut through the noise.
- Brand & Launch Strategy: Driving the positioning for titles, authors, and building brands, while collaborating directly with high-profile authors and their teams to develop bestselling global campaigns.
- Creative Direction: Overseeing the creation of highly engaging consumer-facing assets and sales materials—from digital to outdoor—working closely with designers, creative professionals, and external media agencies.
- Strategic Collaboration: Leading key relationships with our publicity, editorial, and sales teams and actively contributing to conversations around wider publishing strategy, list shape, and acquisitions.
- Partnerships & Growth: Proactively pursuing cross-promotional partnerships, deepening relationships with influencers and retailers, and collaborating with international teams to ensure cohesive global campaigns.
- Budget Management: Working closely with the Head of Marketing to set, manage, and reactively adjust budgets to seize market opportunities.
- Team Leadership: Line managing and mentoring junior team members, fostering a collaborative and ambitious team culture.
Qualifications
- Strong demonstrated experience of B2C marketing in publishing, working with established brands, platform authors, and launching debuts.
- Equally comfortable working on literary fiction and ideas-led non-fiction, combining creativity with strong commercial instincts.
- Creative vision and excellent copywriting skills, an impeccable eye for detail, and a strong understanding of how to build a compelling visual language for a campaign.
- Proven strategic and analytical skills, including a strong ability to interpret data, identify market trends, improve outcomes, and develop new processes.
- A deep understanding of the modern media and cultural landscape, digital marketing tools, and current social platforms.
- Outstanding interpersonal, negotiation, and persuasion skills, with the ability to confidently build strong relationships and communicate with stakeholders at all levels, including high-profile authors, influencers, and global brand partners.
- The ability to manage multiple priorities and work collaboratively across departments.
- Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Unmatched enthusiasm for connecting readers with outstanding authors and books.
- Line management experience.
Application Information
- Salary Range: £39,000 - £46,300, depending on experience.
- Application deadline: 23:59 on Thursday 16th of July 2026.
- Please apply with a CV and covering letter addressed to Human Resources (Word or PDF format only).
- For best results, please use a desktop to apply as some mobile browsers may not fully support the application portal.
- Bloomsbury reserves the right to close the role early if we exceed the required number of applications.
Compensation and Benefits
- Working Pattern: 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: Monday & Tuesday.
- Holidays: 25 days holiday, plus 3.5 days Christmas company holiday.
- Other Benefits: Two paid Personal Wellness Days, Flexible Fridays (take Friday afternoon off by working an additional 3 hours and 30 minutes earlier in the week), Work Anywhere Fortnight (for two weeks of any calendar year), Season Ticket Loan, Learning & Development (Free access to LinkedIn Learning, BookMachine Campus, InRehearsal & IPG Skills Hub), Share Save Scheme, AXA Healthcare Plan (Private Medical Insurance), Ride to Work Scheme, Peppy Health App, In-house Doctor, Eye Care Voucher Scheme, EAP Advice and Counselling.
- Company culture: Employee Voice Meetings, Staff Networks (Bloom, Accessibility, Mental Health, Pride, and Parents, Guardians and Carers, Multi-Faith), and Mental Health First Aiders trained across the UK offices, Publishing Events and access to free Publishing Resources.
Additional Information
- The role is a full-time, permanent position.
- The role is based at our London office: 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP.
- Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.