Senior Marketing Manager

New York City, NY

$86K/yr – $91K/yrSenior Level5+ years exp

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and choreograph trade marketing for 20–30 titles per year, driving author collaboration, budget management, and multi-channel promo execution from copy to creative to distribution.

  • Campaign leadership across titles, with clear ownership of messaging, channels, and milestones for reader buzz and sales.
  • Author liaison workstream: leverage networks, newsletters, social, and contacts to lift awareness and preorders.
  • Cross-functional partnerships with editors, sales, and central teams to align plans and track results.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute innovative marketing and advertising campaigns for 20-30 assigned titles a year to increase reader buzz and sales
  • Advise authors on leveraging their professional network and author channels (ex. newsletter, social, contacts) to drive awareness and preorders
  • Communicate marketing plans and updates to authors/agents, editors, sales, central teams, etc.
  • Track expenses and manage budgets for assigned titles and projects
  • Oversee creation and delivery of marketing and advertising materials, including copywriting, design coordination, and final delivery
  • Coordinate and execute galley and finished copy outreach/mailings and giveaways
  • Attend and contribute to regular marketing, sales, title-specific, library and academic marketing, and seasonal positioning meetings
  • Contribute to the content strategy and growth of Holt’s newsletter, influencer program, and social platforms, with support in creating, scheduling, and publishing promotional content as needed
  • Monitor and report on sales and early reviewer buzz to identify seasonal marketing opportunities
  • Collaborate with marketing colleagues as a co-marketer on shared assignments and act as a peer mentor to junior staff and seasonal marketing intern

Requirements

  • 5+ years marketing experience in trade book publishing or related field (previous title marketing experience strongly preferred)
  • Familiarity with Google Business Suite, project management tools like Airtable and Basecamp, and marketing analytics tools
  • Experience in writing creative briefs, design routing, and tools like Canva
  • Some management training and/or experience
  • Proven social media account management experience
  • College degree or equivalent work experience

Preferred

  • Interest in developing leadership experience and people management skills
  • Comfort working with celebrities and high-profile authors as well as debut authors
  • Interest in working in a collaborative team at a growing imprint
  • Some management training and/or experience