• Organisation: Berghahn Books
• Position: Author Relations & Marketing Assistant
• Type: Permanent
• Salary: £25,000
• Location: Oxford, UK

Description

About the role

Berghahn Books is looking for an organised and enthusiastic Author Relations & Marketing Assistant to join our Marketing team in Oxford. Working closely with the Marketing Manager and Marketing Executive, you will coordinate author and contributor communications and outreach, manage key post-publication touchpoints, and support wider marketing and promotional activity.

 

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop a career in academic publishing and marketing, who enjoys working with people and takes pride in keeping things organised.

 

What you'll be doing

Author & Contributor Relations

1. Coordinate author and contributor communications, outreach and post-publication care.
2. Manage Author Promotion Forms (APFs), including outreach, follow-up and handover into marketing activity.
3. Coordinate promotional support including author flyers, review collation and review-copy requests.
4. Maintain author and contributor records and tracking and collate feedback and recurring queries.

Marketing Support

1. Assist with targeted marketing campaigns, promotions and outreach.
2. Coordinate awards submissions, including tracking deadlines, requirements and outcomes.
3. Support reader-facing communications across relevant marketing channels.
4. Collate incoming reviews and media coverage, maintaining records and tracking outstanding review activity and responses.
5. Coordinate with colleagues across departments to support effective campaigns and handovers.
6. Maintain marketing records, tracking and reporting.
7. Provide wider administrative and coordination support to the Marketing team.

 

About you

We're looking for someone with:

1. excellent written and verbal communication skills;
2. strong organisation and attention to detail;
3. an interest in building positive relationships with authors and contributors;
4. an interest in marketing and connecting books with readers;
5. confidence learning new systems and managing multiple priorities; and
6. a proactive, collaborative approach.

 

Previous publishing or marketing experience would be helpful but is not essential. More important are strong communication and organisational skills, curiosity, reliability and enthusiasm for learning.

 

About Berghahn Books

Founded in 1994, Berghahn Books is an independent publisher of distinguished scholarly books and journals in the humanities and social sciences. Its program, which includes 40 journals and over 125 new titles a year, spans Anthropology, History, and Film Studies.

 

We offer the opportunity to work closely with colleagues across the publishing process and develop a broad understanding of academic publishing within an international, close-knit team.

 

What we offer

In addition to contributing to our mission-driven publishing program, we offer a range of benefits designed to support a healthy work-life balance within a collaborative, close-knit team across our Oxford and Brooklyn offices:

1. 35-hour working week with hybrid (3 days in office), flexible scheduling and core hours of 10am–3pm
2. Generous paid time off, including 20 days annual leave, all public holidays, additional company holidays (including a full Christmas break), and 3 wellness days
3. Enhanced paid leave after you have been with us for 3 years
4. Summer Fridays with early office closure at 1:30pm
5. Annual bonus scheme, subject to company performance
6. Company laptop
7. Training and development opportunities

All policies and benefits are subject to change.

 

How to apply

Please send your CV and a covering letter outlining your interest in the role and the skills you would bring to Rosa Burles: rosa.burles@berghahnbooks.com