Children's Marketing & Publicity Publishing Apprentice
Bloomsbury Publishing
LONDON (WC1B 3DP)
Closes in 15 days (Friday 30 January 2026)
Posted on 15 January 2026
Contents
Summary
Bloomsbury are looking for an enthusiastic apprentice with a keen interest in starting a career in the publishing industry to join their children’s Marketing & Publicity teams. The Children’s Marketing & Publicity Department is a fast-paced, exciting environment.
- Wage
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£22,500 a year
- Training course
- Publishing professional (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
38 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 30 April 2026
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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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
- General admin tasks including diary management, setting and minuting meeting agendas, maintaining databases, booking taxis and couriers and ordering books and point of sale material
- Completing review mailings for press and social media influencers and distributing marketing materials
- Contributing creative campaign ideas to team brainstorms and planning sessions
- Creating press releases, social media calendars and other trade-facing materials
- Research tasks including media and social media contacts lists
- Designing marketing assets including Amazon A+ pages, social media posts and printed point of sale material
- Attending and assisting with events and book launches e.g. librarian conferences, YALC and festivals
- Curating and scheduling social media content under the guidance of our Digital Marketing Manager
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.
Training provider
LDN APPRENTICESHIPS LTD
Training course
Publishing professional (level 4)
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What you'll learn
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.
Training schedule
To meet the requirements of the Level 4 Publishing Professional apprenticeship programme you will need to spend 6 hours a week of your time undertaking off-the-job learning, which will include:
- Formal training, including online learning and internal learning events
- 1-2-1s with your coach and line manager
- Observing and shadowing colleagues
- Writing up learning reflections for your portfolio
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4-9 or A*-C)
- Maths (grade 4-9 or A*-C)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
About this employer
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.
After this apprenticeship
Full-time employment.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LDN APPRENTICESHIPS LTD
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000008911.
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Closes in 15 days (Friday 30 January 2026)
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