Children's Marketing & Publicity Publishing Apprentice
Bloomsbury Publishing
LONDON, WC1B 3DP
Closes in 12 days (Tuesday 22 October)
Posted on 9 October 2024
Contents
Summary
Bloomsbury are looking for an enthusiastic apprentice with a keen interest in starting a career in the publishing industry to join their children’s Marketing & Publicity teams in January 2025. The Children’s Marketing & Publicity Department is a fast-paced, exciting environment, split in two main internal departments – Trade and Education.
- Annual wage
- £22,500 a year
- Training course
- Publishing professional (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
37 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Friday 31 January
- Duration
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1 Year 3 Months
- Positions available
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1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
- General admin tasks including diary management, setting and minuting meeting agendas, maintaining databases, booking taxis and couriers and ordering books and point of sale material
- Completing review mailings for press and social media influencers and distributing marketing materials
- Contributing creative campaign ideas to team brainstorms and planning sessions
- Creating press releases, social media calendars and other trade-facing materials
- Research tasks including media and social media contacts lists
- Designing marketing assets including Amazon A+ pages, social media posts and printed point of sale material
- Attending and assisting with events and book launches e.g. librarian conferences, YALC and festivals
- Curating and scheduling social media content under the guidance of our Digital Marketing Manager
Where you’ll work
50 BEDFORD SQUARE
LONDON
WC1B 3DP
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
LDN APPRENTICESHIPS LTD
Your training course
Publishing professional (level 4)
Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)
Course contents
Your training plan
To meet the requirements of the Level 4 Publishing Professional apprenticeship programme you will need to spend 6 hours a week of your time undertaking off-the-job learning, which will include:
- Formal training, including online learning and internal learning events
- 1-2-1s with your coach and line manager
- Observing and shadowing colleagues
- Writing up learning reflections for your portfolio
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4-9 or A*-C)
- Maths (grade 4-9 or A*-C)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
About this company
Bloomsbury Publishing is a leading independent publishing house, established in 1986, with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes, and is the originating publisher and custodian of the Harry Potter series. Bloomsbury has offices in London, New York, New Delhi, Oxford and Sydney. Within Bloomsbury’s Academic division, it publishes under Bloomsbury, as well as under a number of prestigious and historic imprint names.
After this apprenticeship
Full-time employment.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LDN APPRENTICESHIPS LTD
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000281201.
Apply now
Closes in 12 days (Tuesday 22 October)
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Company’s application instructions
All applicants must apply via the LDN Apprenticeships Career Hub Applications will be reviewed, and interviews conducted throughout the duration of this advert, therefore we may bring the closing date forward. We encourage all interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.