International Sales and Marketing Executive

As an International Sales and Marketing Executive, you'll be an integral part of the International Sales Team. You will support our efforts in marketing, publicity, and sales, helping to broaden our reach directly to retailers and consumers. You'll work closely with the Head of International Sales and Trade Marketing to create powerful marketing materials, manage digital assets, and enhance our sales strategy, contributing significantly to our team's objectives and priorities.,

• Support the Head of International Sales on the briefing and creation of ad hoc catalogues, adverts, digital assets, point-of-sale, and general marketing materials
• Distribute sales materials and maintain regular communication with sister companies and key accounts
• Drive content plan and track engagement with the Pan Macmillan Export Instagram
• Provide administrative and logistic support for book fairs and author events
• Enhance direct-to-consumer engagement by developing an international influencer network, managing NetGalley and blogger requests, and maintaining a tracker for literary festival appearances to support targeted publicity efforts
• Support retailer engagement through digital asset coordination and author video promotions
• Analyse engagement and manage a selection of digital newsletters, ensuring effective communication of new titles.
  
  You'll be part of an award-winning and vibrant team focused on international sales of books in the English language. Our focus is on maximising the global reach of our fantastic publishing programme and fostering strong relationships with partners throughout the bookselling chain, from major retailers and distributors through to influencers and independent booksellers., Excellent administration and organisational skills
• Ability to multitask, juggle a busy workload, and stay calm under pressure
• Ability to communicate confidently and build strong working relationships
• Strong attention to detail
• Flexibility, adaptability, and the ability to react quickly when required
• Design skills and experience working with Canva or Photoshop
• Passion for books.
Desirable skills we'd love you to have:
• Experience with working to deadlines
• Have used or are familiar with Google for Work (Gmail and Google applications)
• Experience working as a bookseller or in publishing.
  
  We pride ourselves not just in winning awards and publishing the bestselling books in the market, but also on the wellbeing and satisfaction of everyone who works with us. This is a company where all voices are heard and new, creative ideas are welcomed.
We seek to recruit and develop talent from all backgrounds, creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. This has a profound impact on our perspective and ideas, encouraging us to learn from each other and to nurture the best talent leading us to publish books that appeal to the broadest possible readership. Our mission is to publish the very best authors and illustrators successfully and sustainably because we believe that books enrich people's lives and help build empathy and understanding. Our values To ensure that everyone who works at Pan Macmillan delivers on our mission and shares the same goals, we have developed a set of values that define our working culture and are the foundation of our publishing. These values were derived in consultation with the whole company and they are deliberately illustrated in a circle to underline a lack of hierarchy in importance.

In return we can offer you a range of great projects, a supportive and collaborative working environment as well as a competitive salary and benefits package. Salary starting from: £29,000,
• 28 days' annual leave increasing with years of service + bank holidays
• Generous pension scheme
• Discounted private medical insurance
• Group income protection scheme
• Enhanced family pay and leave
• Flexible working hours and summer hours (early finish on a Friday during summer months)
• 2 Volunteer Days per year
• 75% off all Pan Macmillan books and regular staff book sales (highly reduced rates)
• Season ticket loan/advance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts on shopping, Tastecard+ and gym memberships; Christmas club savings
• Daily free breakfast and monthly company lunch
This is a full time, permanent role, and will be based in our offices in Farringdon, London, with some flexibility to work from home each week. All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to live and work in the UK in order to be considered for this role.