Campaigns Assistant - Ebury (Food, Lifestyle Spotlight)

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Campaigns Assistant at Ebury is an entry level role supporting campaigns across Food, Lifestyle and Entertainment, offering exposure to publicity, marketing and digital activity. You’ll manage diaries, coordinate travel, process invoices, draft materials, support outreach and help run campaigns with Editorial, Production, Sales and Rights, while building external relationships and occasionally travelling. Essential traits include top tier organisation, a proactive, detail oriented approach, confident communication and a passion for culture and trendspotting. To apply, tailor your CV and cover letter by 3 February 2026 11:59pm, address the role’s responsibilities, and follow the two-stage interview process; highlight your favourite cookbook or influencer per instruction.

Campaigns Assistant – Ebury (Food, Lifestyle Spotlight)

Are you a highly organised person? Do you thrive in a lively, fast-moving environment?

We’re looking for Campaigns Assistant to support our dynamic and friendly campaigns teams, across our Food, Lifestyle and Entertainment (Spotlight) hubs.

About the team

Ebury is the UK’s largest dedicated non-fiction publisher. We are constantly discovering new talent, creating bestsellers, and growing author brands.

Ebury’s Food, Lifestyle and Spotlight hubs publish across cookery, home and interiors, gardening, autobiography, sport and pop culture. Our authors include Yotam Ottolenghi, Bored of Lunch, Mary Berry, Charlie Mackesy, Dolly Parton, Andy Serkis, Greg James, Ted the Dog and many more.

The role

This is an exciting first step into campaigns and the publishing industry, a great opportunity to experience many elements of the publishing process and to work on a wide range of books and projects.

Key responsibilities:

• Support two busy communications teams in the planning and delivery of publicity and marketing campaigns across Food, Lifestyle and Entertainment titles.
• Provide day-to-day administrative support, ensuring teams are fully equipped to deliver high-quality, audience-first campaigns.
• Prepare for, attend and minute meetings; manage diaries; organise travel arrangements; and support general team coordination.
• Process invoices, update internal databases, and maintain accurate campaign and contact records.
• Draft and distribute press releases, compile pitch packs, and organise mailouts to media, influencers and stakeholders.
• Assist on marketing and publicity campaigns as required, including responding to press enquiries and liaising with media contacts.
• Support the creation and delivery of digital marketing activity, including running digital ads and helping write promotional copy.
• Provide hands-on support at events, book launches and promotional activities.
• Collaborate closely with internal teams such as Editorial, Production, Sales and Rights to support campaign delivery.
• Build and maintain external relationships with advertising agencies, influencers and media contacts.
• Be flexible to occasional UK travel and out-of-hours work, with time off in lieu provided for weekend work.
• Actively build knowledge of campaigns and publishing, contributing ideas and developing a strong professional network within the industry.

What you’ll bring

You’ll be interested in the areas we publish into, whether that’s making recipes from FoodTok or keeping on top of pop culture news. You’ll be enthusiastic about working on a range of projects and you’ll thrive working with lots of different teams of people. You will be interested in developing your career in communications and learning new skills to keep improving the way we work, and you’ll be motivated by keeping things running smoothly.

Essential criteria:

• Top tier organisational and prioritisation skills with the ability to juggle multiple projects at once.
• An aptitude for learning and adapting to new ways of working.
• A detail orientated attitude, taking pride in the work you deliver.
• To be able to take ownership of projects and tasks through to completion in a timely manner.
• Confident communication skills with the ability to contribute to team discussion and convey information to colleagues.
• A passion for culture, social media and trendspotting.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills.

Disability Confident

If you have opted into our disability confident scheme, the above are the essential criteria you must meet to be considered for our interview scheme. Please note, there may be occasions where the volume of applicants means we can’t take all eligible candidates to interview.

Application instructions

Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for the role by 11:59pm on 3rd February 2026. As part of your covering letter, tell us about your favourite cookbook, influencer or celebrity and why you like it/them (in no more than 250 words).

1. Please ensure you include a cover letter, as it is a crucial part of our assessment process. The cover letter offers an opportunity to show how your experience and interests align with the role requirements. Typically, we expect the cover letter to be no more than one or two pages in length.
2. Please note we are looking for someone to join the team as soon as possible, but we are also happy to accommodate a reasonable notice period for the right candidate.
3. We anticipate a two-stage interview process which will include a virtual first-stage interview and in-person second stage interview. We are happy to discuss this further with you throughout the recruitment process.

Here at Penguin, we believe in the power of authenticity and human creativity. When you apply for a position, we want to encourage you to showcase your unique voice. Throughout our recruitment process, please share your own thoughts, experiences, and skills. This helps us get a true sense of who you are and what you might bring to our team.

We celebrate creativity and diverse perspectives, so please be yourself! While we recognise AI tools can be helpful, we recommend using them thoughtfully to ensure your responses reflect you.

Salary

£29,000 plus benefits.

Hybrid working

While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important. For this role we expect the successful candidate to work from our London-based office a minimum of three days per week (including Tuesdays and Thursdays) and offer the remaining two days to be worked remotely.

 Company: The Random House Group Limited | Job ID: 286104