Marketing Executive - DK International
| Posting date: | 28 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £30,000 per month |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 August 2025 |
| Location: | Vauxhall, South West London |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Dorling Kindersley |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Are you a creative and proactive marketing professional with a passion for books? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where your ideas can truly make an impact? We're looking for an enthusiastic International Marketing Executive to join our team at DK!
We're looking for someone who can be the heart of planning and implementing engaging marketing campaigns. You’ll need to be a team player who can collaborate with colleagues across DK to turn fresh ideas into impactful campaigns, maximising sales and promotional opportunities with the book trade and partner publishers globally.
What You'll Be Doing:
Working closely with our Export and Rights Sales teams to plan and execute creative marketing activities for DK's brands, books, and products.
Adapting existing marketing assets to suit the needs of our International Sales team and assisting with the design and production of a variety of marketing materials, from POS to digital assets.
Keeping our International teams updated on marketing activities, ensuring our sales teams have the tools and information they need.
Writing and designing high impact newsletters, to inform both internal teams and external customers
Assisting with data analysis to provide market and business insights, helping us measure the success of our campaigns.
Monitoring monthly marketing budgets and ensure costs are within agreed limits, all while managing your workload effectively and prioritising tasks to meet deadlines.
Our ideal candidate is outward facing, seeking inspiration from campaigns around the world to drive sales and performance. Prior experience with design is key, with strong copywriting and proofreading skills also.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to build on their existing knowledge of international publishing and marketing. You will play a pivotal role in shaping how DK’s incredible books are presented to the world.
If this role interests you, please apply by 11 August 2025 with your most recent CV and cover letter.
Salary: up to £30,000, depending on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits
We have a range of benefits to reflect our commitment to our people, some of which are:
25 days paid holiday entitlement in year one, plus bank holidays
Generous pension scheme
Volunteering policy and charity matching
Employee assistance programme
60% discount on company books
Cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership
Flex Fridays (1pm Finish*)
Shopping discounts
Up to 30 days remote working from abroad*
And we plant a tree for every new employee to our business
DK is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the varied communities that read our books across the world. We encourage applications from all individuals, regardless of age, religion, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality or social background. DK is proud to announce that we have adopted The Halo Code.
DK is a member of the disability confident scheme. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies.
DK supports flexible working and has introduced a new ‘smart-working’ policy with a hybrid approach of working weekly from home and in DK’s office.
The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade, but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews or undertaking internships. For more information, visit www.booktradeentrysupport.org
*Subject to certain criteria being met.
We're looking for someone who can be the heart of planning and implementing engaging marketing campaigns. You’ll need to be a team player who can collaborate with colleagues across DK to turn fresh ideas into impactful campaigns, maximising sales and promotional opportunities with the book trade and partner publishers globally.
What You'll Be Doing:
Working closely with our Export and Rights Sales teams to plan and execute creative marketing activities for DK's brands, books, and products.
Adapting existing marketing assets to suit the needs of our International Sales team and assisting with the design and production of a variety of marketing materials, from POS to digital assets.
Keeping our International teams updated on marketing activities, ensuring our sales teams have the tools and information they need.
Writing and designing high impact newsletters, to inform both internal teams and external customers
Assisting with data analysis to provide market and business insights, helping us measure the success of our campaigns.
Monitoring monthly marketing budgets and ensure costs are within agreed limits, all while managing your workload effectively and prioritising tasks to meet deadlines.
Our ideal candidate is outward facing, seeking inspiration from campaigns around the world to drive sales and performance. Prior experience with design is key, with strong copywriting and proofreading skills also.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to build on their existing knowledge of international publishing and marketing. You will play a pivotal role in shaping how DK’s incredible books are presented to the world.
If this role interests you, please apply by 11 August 2025 with your most recent CV and cover letter.
Salary: up to £30,000, depending on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits
We have a range of benefits to reflect our commitment to our people, some of which are:
25 days paid holiday entitlement in year one, plus bank holidays
Generous pension scheme
Volunteering policy and charity matching
Employee assistance programme
60% discount on company books
Cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership
Flex Fridays (1pm Finish*)
Shopping discounts
Up to 30 days remote working from abroad*
And we plant a tree for every new employee to our business
DK is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the varied communities that read our books across the world. We encourage applications from all individuals, regardless of age, religion, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality or social background. DK is proud to announce that we have adopted The Halo Code.
DK is a member of the disability confident scheme. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies.
DK supports flexible working and has introduced a new ‘smart-working’ policy with a hybrid approach of working weekly from home and in DK’s office.
The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade, but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews or undertaking internships. For more information, visit www.booktradeentrysupport.org
*Subject to certain criteria being met.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.