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Marketing and Admin Assistant
An exciting opportunity to work in publishing
It takes a small army of publishing professionals, subject enthusiasts and market experts to create and sell each of the 200 books produced each year by military history publisher Osprey and its heritage imprint Shire. Sold all over the world, Osprey and Shire books have a loyal following of customers who actively participate in the creative process, contributing content and feedback through face-to-face contact and an active web community. After forty years in business, Osprey is going from strength to strength and is now THE destination for history enthusiasts everywhere.
Osprey employs a team of 35 friendly people in its office in West Oxford. Due to an internal promotion, we are now looking for a bright individual to fill the role of Marketing & Admin Assistant. This is a full-time, permanent position and would be an ideal role for someone eager to get into publishing, particularly someone who has an interest in marketing.
The marketing elements of the role include managing the bibliographic data process, managing event sponsorship, assisting in organising and attending trade events in the UK, assisting with creating catalogues, work on company e-commerce websites, updating and monitoring social network sites and general support for the marketing department.
The administrative elements of the role involve providing support to the office administrator to ensure the day-to-day smooth running of the business. This would include managing incoming and outgoing post and communicating regularly with suppliers, customers, freelancers, authors and illustrators.
An academic background in history or publishing would be an advantage but is not essential.
A full job description is available. To apply, please send a handwritten covering letter and your CV to:
Diane Hurdley, Publishing & Office Administrator
Osprey Publishing Ltd, Midland House, West Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 0PH, UK
Closing date for applicants is Monday 6th July 09. We aim to do 1st interviews on 9th & 10th July. We would like to fill this position shortly after that.
Other positions
Our head office is in Oxford, UK. We also have a sales office in New York, USA. If you would like to enquire about permanent positions or work experience/intern programmes, please direct your enquiry and CV to the personnel email address at your chosen location.
UK: personneluk@ospreypublishing.com
USA: personnelusa@ospreypublishing.com
When sending in your speculative résumé, please indicate what type of role you are looking for. We have the following departments at our Oxford head office address:
Editorial
Sales and Marketing
Production and Design
Internet & IT
Administration
Finance