Marketing Assistant, Mare Nostrum Group

We are looking to recruit a Marketing Assistant who will be instrumental in executing the marketing activities for a wide range of our global academic publisher clients.

Mare Nostrum is a full-service publishing company providing dynamic distribution, sales, marketing, data management and consultancy services to commercial and university press academic publishers.

Role Responsibilities:

• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders to design and update marketing material, including flyers, adverts, web banners, social media graphics and catalogues. Working with our in-house designer where necessary.
• Collaborating with the wider University Press team and other MNG divisions for marketing projects & administrative tasks.
• Conducting email campaigns to our subscribers and working with external associations.
• Coordinate our presence at academic conferences.
• Attending academic events representing both MNG and our client University Presses.
• Supporting authors with promotion of new publications including supporting events.
• Compilation of marketing reports for clients.
• Reviewing and processing inspection copy requests, media requests and paid author orders.
• Maintenance of the MNG Bookshop website.
• Monitoring the enquiries@ and reviews@ inboxes.
• Joining sales call presentations with our client publishers.
• Reviewing new season catalogues to identify international authors and titles with regional interest.

Skills sought:

• A keen eye for detail
• Experience in marketing, publishing or a related role desirable
• Strong communication skills
• Good time management skills with ability to work on multiple projects
• Confidence using databases and Excel
• Knowledge of Affinity, InDesign or other comparable design software desirable but not essential

Benefits:

• Private healthcare
• Pension plan via NEST
• 25–28 days holiday plus 1 additional day for birthday
• Hybrid working

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Mare Nostrum Group provides an inclusive and nurturing work environment in which we encourage all our employees to learn and focus on their own personal development. There are opportunities for growth and career development within the company.

We welcome applications from all members of society and embrace a diverse workforce.

To enable an equitable experience for all and give you the best chance of success, if you have any specific requirements for any stage of the interview process, please let us know by emailing: recruitment@mare-nostrum.co.uk