Marketing and Publicity Associate
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Job Location:
Nashville, IN - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
3 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Overview
Are you a creative visionary with a passion for beautiful books Do you know what it takes to market a bestselling inspirational market title If so we want you on our team!
At HarperCollins Christian Publishing our gift divisionsThomas Nelson & Zondervan Gift and DaySpring Booksare at the forefront of creating inspiring high-design Christian gift books that resonate with readers worldwide. We specialize in publishing a wide range of meaningful beautifully crafted titles including devotionals seasonal gift books lifestyle books and more. Our imprints are dedicated to publishing works that uplift and transform lives.
We are seeking a motivated and dynamic Marketing & Publicity Associate to provide support for the marketing and PR team across a wide sampling of marketing work and campaigns as we seek to bring life-changing messages to our readers. We are looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment is skilled at identifying trends and has the creativity and expertise to promote books that will inspire readers. The ideal candidate will be an avid book reader highly organized detail oriented tech savvy an active member of the team and possess a can-do attitude.
This is a hybrid position based out of our Nashville TN office.
Responsibilities
Essential Responsibilities:
- Execute support functions for the marketing and publicity team: process invoices set up new vendors in system monitor department email inboxes shoot lifestyle photos of books assist with sales conference videos.
- Create and manage promotions on Goodreads Net Galley and Edelweiss.
- Assist marketers with the creation of marketing plans and execution of those plans.
- Assist with digital marketing promotional efforts across Meta Amazon Google TikTok Spotify and YouTube.
- Assist PR team with media mailings galleys and other tasks to increase author awareness.
- Manage devotionals and reading plan content creation for YouVersion and other media outlets.
- Assist with coordinating virtual and in-person book launch and book signing events.
- Manage author/agent requests for advanced reader copies (ARCs).
- Organize and manage sample and influencer mailings and letters.
- Submit our books for consideration for internal promotional recommendations.
- Organize and package book assets (graphics video and content) to share with authors as well our online asset management platform (Cumulus).
- Work with design teams to create promotional kits for books as well as marketing materials for promotions and book tours.
- Under the direction of the Vice President of Marketing and in consultation with the title marketers develop and execute multi-title programmatic paid digital marketing campaigns for platforms such as Facebook Pinterest TikTok Google and YouTube. Identify online media outlets execute media buy setup target audiences budgets and bids. Provide input on digital marketing best practices to inform our marketing planning process and media selection.
- Create digital marketing assets (online ads emails web pages graphics ad images etc.) for internal and external email lists blogs affiliates paid search conferences and organic and paid social media marketing. Create video assets for example six-second YouTube bumper video ads Instagram and TikTok video ads and conference presentations that need videos included.
- Daily performance monitoring of roughly 10-15 paid social media campaigns; monitor and track progress and make real-time adjustments. Measure success trends and ROI of our marketing initiatives. Create UTM and tracking links for all paid ad placements. Produce monthly reporting.
- Works closely with Managing Editor to ensure proper organization and upkeep of office vault including newly published titles and replacing reprint editions as needed.
Qualifications
Knowledge/Work Experience: 0-2 years marketing experience required. At least one year of agency or in-house marketing experience preferred.
Education: Bachelors degree in advertising marketing communications digital communications or related discipline.
Industry Knowledge: Experience and/or interest in publishing a plus.
Skills:
- Collaborative team player.
- Strong organizational time management skills with attention to detail and ability to set priorities.
- Proficiency with Canva InDesign Photoshop and other Adobe Creative Suite applications (preferred).
- Must be able to work independently based on the outlined processes and procedures of the department.
- Strong communication skills to articulate needs provide status updates and work with cross-functional teams.
- Willingness to help and solve problems.
- Proven ability to develop and maintain strong professional relationships with colleagues and vendors.
HarperCollins Christian Publishing is an equal opportunity employer.
HarperCollins Christian Publishing is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application due to a disability email us at . Note: we will only respond to accommodation requests.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Digital Marketing
- Marketing
- MailChimp
- Business Management
- Constant Contact
- HubSpot
- Responsys
- Email Marketing
- Adobe Photoshop
- Social Media Management
- Copywriting
- Adobe Indesign
