Marketing and publicity executive, Sydney

Bloomsbury Australia has an incredible opportunity for a marketing and publicity executive to join our dedicated team.

Bloomsbury is proud to be a creative, dynamic, independent publisher of books, audiobooks and digital content and brings these works of excellence and originality to a global audience.

We publish many of the world’s biggest authors, including Sarah J Maas, Elizabeth Gilbert, Ann Patchett, Susanna Clarke Isabel Allende, J K Rowling, Katherine Rundell and Neil Gaiman.

This position is a dream role for someone who loves books. It is an opportunity to develop both your publicity and marketing skills.

Key tasks include:

To do this, you’ll need demonstrated experience in a marketing or PR role, ideally within the publishing, arts or book retail sectors.

This role will suit a team player with a willingness to learn quickly and lend their hand to a range of tasks. We are looking for someone who is highly organised, detail focused, self-directed, with proven excellent time management skills and the ability to schedule and plan projects. You’ll be using Microsoft and Adobe suites, as well as publishing specific software so will need to be confident at learning new software and processes.

Bloomsbury is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and is opposed to unlawful discrimination, bullying and harassment. We welcome applications from people seeking a career in publishing, regardless of background or identity; and we want to create an environment that stimulates creativity and collaboration, is respectful of difference, and supports well-being.

This is a full-time role with a mix of working from home and in the office.

If you think this role is for you, please send your resume and covering letter to our HR officer at Miriam.Whiting@bloomsbury.com by 27 September, quoting ‘Marketing and PR Executive’ in the subject line. Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.