JOBS AT JOFFE
DIGITAL MARKETING ASSISTANT/EXECUTIVE
Joffe Books is looking for a creative, driven individual to join our Digital Marketing team as Marketing Assistant/Executive. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone currently working in a similar role or who is looking for their next step, with a passion for marketing, books, digital innovation and a start-up mentality. We welcome applicants without a publishing background.
Joffe Books Group includes Joffe Books, Lume, BookFolks and Choc Lit and is a leading award-winning independent publisher, covering all fiction genres and non-fiction. Reporting directly to the Head of Marketing, we want you to deliver innovative and engaging marketing campaigns across our titles, from established bestsellers to promising debuts.
Your key duties would include:
Using the full marketing mix, including social media and email marketing:
● Developing and monitoring digital advertising campaigns using Facebook and Amazon ads among others.
● Working alongside our marketing team to create marketing campaigns for several books per week, including copy and visuals.
● Contributing to a variety of social media channels, including creating great social media assets, eye-catching ad images and brilliant copy.
● Managing high-quality, consistent work across your own projects from start to finish.
● Ensuring that advertising campaigns are supported to increase each book’s profile and sales.
● Developing creative strategies for how we can spend money effectively so we can sell even more books.
Experience/skills required:
● Experience assisting and/or managing the planning, implementing and measuring digital advertising campaigns in any industry.
● Enthusiastic about all mainstream marketing channels.
● Excellent copywriting and proofreading skills: press releases, ad copy, social media copy, awards submissions, etc.
● A great eye for design including using various design software such as Canva and Photoshop and new technology.
● Experience creating ads and/or videos (.gifs/.jpegs, etc.), and other publicity materials, using a variety of tools.
● The ability to work collaboratively within a team and to communicate with authors, agents and the Joffe Books team effectively and straightforwardly.
● Proactive and resourceful with the ability to work independently and manage multiple projects.
This full-time position is based at the Joffe Books office in Shoreditch, London, with a hybrid working pattern of working in the office (3 days) and working from home (2 days). If this sounds exciting, we would love to hear from you!
Our benefits include:
· 10 a.m.–4.30 p.m. office hours, great for work/life balance.
· Hybrid working pattern, with 3 days in the office.
· 25 paid holidays per year + bank holidays.
· Up to 3 wellness days a year.
· Health insurance.
· Pension scheme.
· Company culture! Including staff-nominated charitable giving, access to publishing resources, access to professional training and development, publishing events, being heard and encouraged to innovate, and a shared love for pets, pizzas and pastries and doughnuts.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from anyone of any background, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, genre identity, age, ability or socio-economic status. We strive to be a company where you will thrive.
To apply - Email work@joffebooks.com with:
· Your CV
· A 100-word blurb about who you are and why you’re right for the job in the body of the email
· Design a Facebook ad for yourself using a static image and one catchy line why you’re the right person for this job + write no more than 100 words about your favorite book
· Job reference ‘JB DIGITAL MARKETING ASST/EXEC’ and your name in the subject line of the email
Deadline: 26th of September 2025 (Priority for interview will be given to early applicants. Ideally to start ASAP.)
Contact: Hanna Myers
Salary: £25–32k, based on experience and role
PROJECT EDITOR
Joffe Books is looking for a dynamic and detail-driven Project Editor with a passion for commercial genre fiction and a great eye for packaging.
Joffe Books is one of the UK’s leading independent publishers, known for bold, ambitious, digital-first publishing and a deep commitment to authors and readers.
This is a great opportunity for someone looking to take their next step in publishing, work across a wide range of commercial fiction genres, and hone their digital publishing skills.
This is not a commissioning role.
In this role, you’ll project manage backlist and previously-published titles, handling everything from manuscript prep and cover design to copywriting and scheduling, and working closely with the rest of the team to articulate a book’s publishing strategy.
Your mission? To make great books discoverable and compelling for a 21st-century digital audience.
The ideal candidate will be highly organized and fleet-footed, with high attention to detail and excellent copy-writing skills. They will be deeply familiar with commercial genre fiction and the digital eBook market, and have a great eye for commercial packaging.
Salary: £27–32,000 depending on experience
Key duties include but are not limited to:
● Oversee republishing projects from manuscript to launch, meeting all key deadlines
● Format manuscripts and prepare files for production
● Write compelling blurbs and metadata that drive sales
● Brief and commission commercially effective covers
● Liaise with freelancers (editors, proofreaders, designers) and external suppliers
● Coordinate with marketing, editorial, and production teams on publishing strategy and schedules
● Build and maintain strong, supportive relationships with authors
● Provide ad hoc support to editorial and publishing directors
● Undertake copy-editing and proofreading as necessary
Experience/skills required:
● A deep knowledge of commercial genre fiction
● A critical eye for where a book sits both within its genre and within the market
● Excellent Word formatting skills (setting styles, using wildcards, macros, etc.)
● Meticulous copy-editing, proofreading and research skills
● Excellent copywriting skills, with the ability to pinpoint a hook and write punchy, effective blurbs
● Outstanding attention to detail
● Excellent communication
● Proven ability to work autonomously, juggle competing priorities and work to tight deadlines
● A proactive can-do attitude and a great team player
● Editorial or project editing experience in trade publishing preferred
● Understanding of digital publishing and online retail environments
● Familiarity with digital-first publishing is a plus
Benefits:
● 10 a.m. – 4.30 p.m. office hours; great for work/life balance
● Hybrid working pattern with 3 days in the office
● 25 days paid holidays per year, plus bank holidays
● Up to three wellness days per year
● Medical insurance
● Pension scheme
● Company culture - Including staff-nominated charitable giving, access to publishing resources, access to professional training and development, publishing events, being heard and encouraged to innovate, and a shared love for pets, pizzas and pastries!
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from anyone of any background, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender identity, age, ability or socio-economic status. We strive to be a company where you will thrive.
Please email your CV and cover letter to work@joffebooks.com, stating the job reference in the subject line ‘PROJECT EDITOR’ by Monday 25th August 2025.
Priority for interview will be given to early applicants.
ABOUT JOFFE BOOKS
Joffe Books is one of the UK’s leading independent publishers, specializing in crime fiction, with a huge international audience. We really care about our authors and our readers, and have built a company defined by those relationships. We are proud to publish talented first-time authors, as well as established writers whose books we love introducing to a new generation of readers. Everyone at Joffe Books loves reading and we never forget that it all begins with the magic of an author telling a story. We won Trade Publisher of the Year at the Independent Publishing Awards in 2023 and Best Publisher Award in 2024 at the People’s Book Prize. We have been shortlisted for Independent Publisher of the Year at the British Book Awards for the last five years, and were shortlisted for the Diversity and Inclusivity Award at the 2022 Independent Publishing Awards. In 2023 we were shortlisted for Publisher of the Year at the RNA Industry Awards, and in 2024 we were shortlisted at the CWA Daggers for the Best Crime and Mystery Publisher.
Joffe Books is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the varied communities that read our books across the world. We encourage applications from all individuals, regardless of age, religion, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality or social background.