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Thinking of applying for a job at Usborne?
Overview
Usborne is an independent, family business, creating books which spark curiosity in children of all ages. These range from books for babies such as the bestselling That’s not my… series of touchy-feely books, to YA fiction from acclaimed authors such as Holly Bourne and Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé – with everything from Magic Painting to Politics for Beginners in between. Whilst the company is now a market-leader in children’s publishing and one of the best-known brands in children’s books, the company retains a friendly and familial feel. If you want to work somewhere close-knit enough for people to know your name, but which has a first-class reputation around the world, Usborne is the place for you.
The Role
We’re looking for someone who has a great understanding of the UK school sector who is motivated and excited about the opportunity to market Usborne’s books and services to teachers and librarians globally.
Key responsibilities
Experience
You might have a background as a primary or early secondary school teacher with experience blogging / creating content for other teachers, or perhaps a marketer with deep experience in the education sector. You’ll have broad knowledge of the UK education calendar, primary school curriculum and be interested in learning more about how education works in other countries. However, whatever the relevant experience, you will need to have excellent content creation abilities and a passion for children’s books.
Strong writing skills to create blog posts and punchy marketing emails are essential as well as the confidence and communication skills to reach out to develop relationships with partners right across the sector. Any experience of creating simple video content such as Instagram Reels or YouTube videos would be a great plus.
You'll need to be good collaborator and well organised to work across a diverse group of teams internally, as the role will engage with and support primarily the Usborne Community Partners (Usborne’s direct selling organization) and the Global Digital team (manage digital channels globally) but will also work closely with the UK and Export teams to identify key titles and create content for UK and global school/library markets.
Location and Benefits
We offer a 35-hour working week from our offices (whether you are based in our London or Oxford offices) where after a successful induction period we offer a hybrid working model of 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.
In addition to our transparent salary grading structure, for this role we also offer a range of benefits including:
We particularly encourage applications from Black and minority ethnic candidates who are currently under-represented within this area.
To apply please access our recruitment portal Applied.
Applied is recruitment software to debias the recruitment process.
Usborne is dedicated to building a diverse taskforce that reflects the wide range of communities that read our books globally. Decisions are made based on the individual’s skills and experiences and we particularly encourage applications from underrepresented demographics in Publishing.
Based in London, near Farringdon Station. Our marketing, PR, sales, accounts, editorial, design, production, foreign rights and foreign language departments are all based in this office.
We have additional editorial and design offices in Wolverhampton and Eynsham, near Oxford, and our direct sales division, Usborne Community Partnerships, is also based in Eynsham.
In the first of a new blog series about working at Usborne, Emma Lagarde and Irene Olivo take us behind the scenes of the Usborne Rights department…
