Marketing and Publicity Manager, MBS, Health & Pop Culture

Beverly, MA (On-site)

$55K/yr – $60K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive marketing and publicity campaigns for 40–50 titles yearly, focusing on MBS, health, and pop culture.

  • Own end-to-end campaign planning and cross-functional collaboration with authors, agents, and internal teams.
  • Must-have: 3+ years in marketing/publicity, publishing experience.
  • Standout: Experience building media relationships and a track record of securing strategic coverage.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute dynamic, creative, and results‑driven marketing and publicity campaigns for 40–50 titles per year, with a focus on MBS, health, and pop culture.
  • Create tailored marketing and publicity plans with clear goals at both the title and list level.
  • Confidently pitch lead titles to targeted media outlets and cultivate strong relationships with key print, online, and broadcast media contacts.
  • Collaborate with external publicity partners when appropriate.
  • Write press releases, build media lists, develop media kits, and secure meaningful and strategic PR coverage.
  • Communicate media coverage to authors, agents, and internal teams in a timely, enthusiastic, and professional manner.
  • Lead audience‑focused marketing strategies for wellness communities, pop culture fandoms, and trend‑driven enthusiast groups.
  • Foster and grow engaged communities around core MBS, health, and pop culture categories.
  • Build strong relationships with authors, agents, influencers, and internal stakeholders to generate excitement for upcoming titles.
  • Develop and oversee paid and organic social media strategies for assigned titles.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree preferred.
  • 3+ years of experience planning and executing marketing and publicity campaigns, preferably in publishing.
  • Strong knowledge of media, public relations, and book publishing practices.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
  • Highly organized with excellent time‑management and multitasking abilities.
  • Proven ability to work collaboratively with Publishing, Sales, and Author teams.
  • Experience supporting author care and communications.
  • Creative thinker with a strong interest in digital marketing and innovative campaign execution.
  • Willingness to learn, adapt, and evolve with organizational and industry changes.

Nice To Have

  • Familiarity with Mind, Body, Spirit, health, and pop culture communities and audiences.
  • Knowledge of the art, craft, and design market.
  • Experience with enthusiast or fandom‑driven audiences.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Cloud, Canva, Cision, Edelweiss, and Box/Dropbox.
  • Relationships with independent bookstores a plus.

Benefits

  • Generous paid time off, paid holidays, and summer Friday afternoons.
  • Generous health benefits, including medical insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, flexible spending accounts for healthcare, dependent care and commuter, and more.
  • 401(k) benefit plan with discretionary contribution matching by employer.
  • Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance, Life/AD&D Insurance.
  • Full-time employees are eligible for our comprehensive benefits program.
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The Quarto Group (LSE: QRT) is the leading global illustrated book publisher. Our mission is to make and sell great books that entertain, educate and enrich the lives of adults and children around the world. Quarto creates and owns proprietary content, publishing books from a diverse portfolio of imprints that are creatively independent and expert in developing long-lasting content across specific niches of interest.We sell books across 50 countries and in 40 languages through a variety of traditional and non-traditional channels, while constantly looking for new ways to create and deliver content that people need.Quarto employs c. 330 talented people in the US, UK and Hong Kong. The Group was founded in London in 1976. It is domiciled in the US. For more information, visit www.quarto.com or follow us on Twitter at @TheQuartoGroup.

Founded in 1976
London, England, GBR
374 employees (247 in marketing)
37% recommend to a friend
59% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
115.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
48.9%
Direct
36.5%
Referral
9.6%
Social
3.9%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~372

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
195 (52% of company)