Trade Marketing Manager (12m FTC maternity cover)

Trade Marketing Manager (12m FTC maternity cover) HarperCollins Publishers

Employment Type Full time Contract starting end of November 2025

Location Hybrid London, City of, UK

Salary £39,000 - £41,000 (GBP) Depending on skills and experience

Seniority Mid-level

• Closing:11:55pm, 20th Jul 2025 BST

Perks and benefits

Work from home option

Wellness programs

Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Mentoring/coaching

Cycle to work scheme

Candidate happiness

8.66 (30362)

Job Description

This is the perfect role for a creative marketeer with a love of books and bookshops. Working in HarperCollins UK's dedicated Trade Marketing team within Group Sales, and alongside sales managers, divisional marketeers and publicists, the Trade Marketing Manager drives HarperCollins communications and relationships with booksellers across the UK and Ireland, including independents, Waterstones, Foyles and Blackwell's. The Trade Marketing Manager plays a crucial role in spreading the word about HarperCollins UK's new publishing, building buzz to favourably position new book releases ahead of the sales team selling cycles, and creating relevant assets to help drive sell through on publication.

Manage our book programmes for independent booksellers in the UK and Ireland - including website, social media, email and trade events

Work with Trade Marketing team colleagues on the delivery of the annual 'Big Book' trade events programme in the UK and Ireland, playing a key role in the development of the creative, the physical/digital events and author film content

Act as the link for the Field Sales Team into the divisional marketing teams

Working with divisional marketing colleagues, develop and implement bookshop trade plans for focus titles including proofs, signed books, cover reveals and author activity

Working with divisional marketing teams on creative POS planning, ensuring POS follows the relevant Sales critical path

Devise activity to position HarperCollins books and authors at the heart of industry events, including Bookshop Day, Independent Bookshop Week and the annual Booksellers Association Conference

Work with divisional colleagues on trade plans for high priority event books and indie focussed titles - adding value from acquisition through to post publication

Always seeking new opportunities to evolve HarperCollins trade marketing programme, trying and testing new strands to help shape the role and activity to best serve our customers current needs

Your first three months

Establish a network of trade marketing contacts across the HarperCollins divisions

Manage the day to day running of our Independent Thinking and HarperInsider social channels on X and Instagram

Create and send regular email marketing and communications to our dedicated indie and Waterstones contact lists

Work with divisional colleagues to create and implement pre and post publication trade plans for key bookshop focused titles

Begin to build relationships with leading booksellers at independents and Waterstones - both through social/email, regular bookshop visits and industry networking opportunities

Help with the creation and delivery of the HarperCollins Big Book events programme and supporting marketing material

Experience required

Knowledge or experience of the publishing industry

Ability to multitask across numerous and diverse tasks

Working with multiple stakeholders

Skills required

Curious and highly creative

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Collaborative team player with strong relationship building skills

A passion for bookshops and a wide range of books

Experience with email marketing platforms, Wordpress, Canva or Photoshop would be beneficial

Hybrid working model (3 days in the office)

Private healthcare cover and life assurance

Summer Hours

Free access to HeadSpace, employee assistance programme (24 hour helpline), mental health first aiders, and a wellbeing portal

Relocation Rent Support Loan

Employee networks: HC All In (open forum), Elevate (for ethnic minority colleagues), HarperParents, Menopause at Work, Pride at HC, Social Mobility Network and Neurodiversity at Work

Unlimited training on our Learning and Development portal

Virtual GP and eyecare vouchers

Onsite physiotherapy (London only)

Charitable donation matching and2 volunteering days

Free e-books and audiobooks, newspaper subscriptions and discounts on books

Subsidised canteen and retail discounts

Onsite prayer room

If you wish to discuss anything regarding this position and/or your application to this role, please reach out directly to with subject heading 'Vacancy Query' plus the job title and we will aim to get back to you within 5 working days.

Please note, if you are interested in the role you would need to submit your application via Applied. We do not accept email applications.