Assistant Director, Marketing, Vintage Books (Hybrid)

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$87K/yr – $95K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own integrated title marketing campaigns that blend data driven insights with creator and retailer partnerships to grow awareness and sales for multiple titles, while stewarding budgets and cross functional collaboration.

  • Campaign ownership across advertising, social, and influencer programs for multiple titles feeding awareness, engagement, and sales.
  • Cross functional coordination with Publicity, Editorial, Creative, Sales and authors to deliver cohesive promotions within budget.
  • Market awareness and experimentation to test new channels with consumers, influencers, and booksellers.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Create and lead innovative title-marketing campaigns based on market data and consumer trends to drive awareness, engagement, and sales of upcoming publications
  • Manage title-marketing strategies, advertising campaigns, analytics, creative partnerships, and budgets to help maximize ROI on numerous lead titles per year
  • Liaise with Publicity, Editorial, Creative, and Sales, and their larger teams to implement cohesive campaigns and promotions, while communicating with authors, agents, estates and other stakeholders as needed
  • Manage Vintage’s Instagram, Facebook, and X accounts, including day-to-day photography onsite at our office and daily posting of content, as well as long-term brand-building, data analysis, and channel optimization for Instagram, Facebook, X, and TikTok accounts
  • Maintain awareness of the adult book market and publishing industry and suggest new and innovative ways to market titles to consumer, influencers, and booksellers.

Requirements

  • 7-10 years of experience in marketing or public relations, including at least 5 years in book marketing or publicity, with demonstrated presentation skills and proven experience to create strong integrated (advertising, social, influencer) campaigns, as well as at least 3 years’ experience managing budgets
  • 5 years’ experience working in social media, including minimum 3 years owning social media channels, maintaining social calendars, and managing end-to-end content development using analytic tools to optimize strategy and messaging
  • Strong photography and copywriting abilities; video capabilities a plus
  • Ability to set and meet goals under an established budget
  • Strong interpersonal skills, including demonstrated experience working with editorial, publicity, and sales, as well as working with authors and agents
  • Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and other key stakeholders, both in writing and verbally
  • Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to multi-task, prioritize, and thrive in a deadline driven working environment
  • Ability to work cross-functionally across the division and within the company
  • Results-oriented, motivated, resourceful, and able to work independently

Benefits

  • Full-time employees are eligible for our comprehensive benefits program.
  • Medical/Prescription drug insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
  • Health Savings Account
  • Pre-Tax and Roth 401(k)
  • Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • Life/AD&D Insurance
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Student Loan Repayment Program
  • Educational Assistance & generous paid time off.
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Our mission is to ignite a universal passion for reading by creating books for everyone. We believe that books, and the stories and ideas they hold, have the unique capacity to connect us, change us, and carry us toward a better future for generations to come.Penguin Random House, the world’s largest trade book publisher, employs more than 11,000 people globally. With more than 300 imprints and brands on six continents, Penguin Random House comprises adult and children’s fiction and nonfiction print and digital English- German- and Spanish-language trade book publishing businesses in more than 20 countries worldwide. With over 16,000 new titles, and more than 700 million print, audio and eBooks sold annually, Penguin Random House’s publishing lists include more than 80 Nobel Prize laureates and hundreds of the world’s most widely read authors.Penguin Random House was formed on July 1, 2013, upon the completion of an agreement between Bertelsmann and Pearson to merge their respective trade publishing companies. As of April 1, 2020, Bertelsmann is full owner of the company. Visit http://global.penguinrandomhouse.com/

Founded in 2013
New York, New York, USA
9.6K employees (5,098 in marketing)
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83% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
4.3M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$16.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
47.1%
Direct
36.5%
Referral
12.8%
Social
2.8%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~9.7K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
4,181 (43% of company)

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