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At Egmont we are passionate about children's publishing. Our brand management team is recruiting for a 6 months+  maternity cover.

The position is responsible for managing a number of brands from the Egmont Publishing portfolio. You will have commercial responsibility for the profitability of these brands, and will be expected to manage the publishing programme for each of these brands on a day to day basis.

This role will also include budgeting and revenue projections for each brand, updating the brand plans, stock management, presenting titles at green light meetings and being the liaison point for Egmont with external stakeholders, including licensors. In addition, this role will be expected to meet with internal stakeholders for each brand including sales, marketing, production and the creative teams.

To be considered for this vacancy….

You must have publishing experience, ideally in brand management or marketing but this is not essential. You must be proactive, organised and task focussed and possess strong negotiation and influencing skills.

Above all you must be enthusiastic about children’s publishing!

If you would like to join the exciting world of children’s publishing at Egmont, please download an application cover sheet from our website www.egmont.co.uk and send with your CV to recruitment@euk.egmont.com or write to Recruitment, Egmont UK Limited, 239 Kensington High Street, London W8 6SA. Please ensure you state clearly which position you are applying for.

Strictly No Agencies

Closing date: Friday 4th December 2009

Egmont UK is part of the Egmont Group, one of Scandinavia’s leading media groups, encompassing weeklies, magazines, comics, books, films, TV programmes, cinemas, TV stations, interactive games & consoles and music. Egmont has activities in 30 countries and 4,400 employees reaching revenues of over EUR 1.5 billion in 2008.