Academic Marketing Publishing Apprentice

Bloomsbury Publishing

LONDON (WC1B 3DP)

Closes in 16 days (Friday 4 April)

Posted on 19 March 2025


Summary

Bloomsbury's Academic Division are now looking for an enthusiastic and organised person to join their award-winning Academic books division. In this role, you’ll provide essential administrative support for the busy marketing department. You’ll also assist colleagues across a really broad range of subject areas.

Training course
Publishing professional (level 4)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm.

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 30 June

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

Tasks will be varied but may include:

  • Producing marketing materials, such as flyers, posters and digital assets
  • Following briefs given by marketing colleagues to create and deploy email campaigns 
  • Updating our website
  • Writing press releases
  • Creating engaging social media posts on X, Facebook, Bluesky and occasionally Instagram
  • Undertaking research, e.g. to find journal, magazine or newspaper editors who might want to review one of our books
  • Putting together plans for our review copy outreach
  • Conference/event administration e.g. arranging couriers, creating and packing materials
  • Please be aware that we do provide full training for all of the above tasks!

Where you’ll work

50 BEDFORD SQUARE
LONDON
WC1B 3DP

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

LDN APPRENTICESHIPS LTD

Your training course

Publishing professional (level 4)

Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)

Course contents
  • Input and maintain data to produce products or publications that meet company, sales channel and audience requirements.
  • Continually improve the quality of information or data in line with best practice.
  • Maintain data and records in line with relevant data protection guidelines.
  • Follow publishing guidelines relevant to their role to produce products or publications that meet budgets, are on schedule and meet company and industry standards.
  • Ensure appropriate changes are highlighted and agreed with stakeholders
  • Apply rigour and attention to detail
  • Escalate issues and concerns, in line with company process.
  • Identify stakeholders, build relationships and manage expectations
  • Present appropriate information clearly and concisely, whether internal or external.
  • Ensure that products or publications meet contractual structures agreed with authors or other content providers.
  • Think laterally and provide sensible solutions to problems.
  • Demonstrate a strong ability to work as part of a team, taking on tasks confidently and resourcefully, working cooperatively with others, and supporting the team and line manager as required.
  • Communicate clearly with relevant stakeholders, showing confidence, inclusiveness and flexibility, and ensuring an appropriate use of language and terminology.
  • Present and communicate ideas to colleagues internally and externally as needed.
  • Manage own workload and operate both individually and as part of a wider team and seek support when needed.
  • Demonstrate good time-management – prioritise effectively, with the ability to manage multiple demands and deadlines.
  • Demonstrate the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively during remote or hybrid working, where required by their company.
  • Input and maintain data to produce products or publications that meet company, sales channel and audience requirements.
  • Continually improve the quality of information or data in line with best practice.
  • Maintain data and records in line with relevant data protection guidelines.
  • Follow publishing guidelines relevant to their role to produce products or publications that meet budgets, are on schedule and meet company and industry standards.
  • Ensure appropriate changes are highlighted and agreed with stakeholders
  • Apply rigour and attention to detail
  • Escalate issues and concerns, in line with company process.
  • Identify stakeholders, build relationships and manage expectations
  • Present appropriate information clearly and concisely, whether internal or external.
  • Ensure that products or publications meet contractual structures agreed with authors or other content providers.
  • Think laterally and provide sensible solutions to problems.
  • Demonstrate a strong ability to work as part of a team, taking on tasks confidently and resourcefully, working cooperatively with others, and supporting the team and line manager as required.
  • Communicate clearly with relevant stakeholders, showing confidence, inclusiveness and flexibility, and ensuring an appropriate use of language and terminology.
  • Present and communicate ideas to colleagues internally and externally as needed.
  • Manage own workload and operate both individually and as part of a wider team and seek support when needed.
  • Demonstrate good time-management – prioritise effectively, with the ability to manage multiple demands and deadlines.
  • Demonstrate the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively during remote or hybrid working, where required by their company.

Your training plan

This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 9 - 4 or A* - C)
  • Maths (grade 9 - 4 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
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • 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.

http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • Full-time employment upon successful completion of the apprenticeship

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LDN APPRENTICESHIPS LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000310535.

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Closes in 16 days (Friday 4 April)

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