Company: Penguin Random House LLC 

Requisition ID: 37552 

The Random House Children’s Book’s Marketing Department seeks a Marketing Assistant to join our team. Reporting to the Senior Director of Trade Marketing and Strategic Development and the Executive Director, School & Library Marketing, the role offers the opportunity to work closely with an innovative group of marketers collaborating in a fast-paced environment and to support marketing initiatives for our titles and authors while helping champion our Random House Children’s Books frontlist and backlist to readers everywhere.
Random House Children’s Books is home to bestselling and award-winning trade authors and illustrators from Max and Suzanne Lang ( Grumpy Monkey ) and Emily Winfield Martin ( The Wonderful Things You Will Be ) to Nic Stone (author of Dear Martin ) and Karen McManus ( One of Us Is Lying ), Nicola Yoon ( Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star ), Holly Jackson ( A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder ) Christopher Paolini ( The Inheritance Cycle ) and renowned brands like Dr. Seuss and Richard Scarry.
The Marketing Assistant should be highly motivated, enthusiastic about publishing, and have an interest in children’s books. This role will work with colleagues in other departments within the division, especially our Publishing Office, Sales, Publicity, Book Design and Editorial groups. The Assistant will be a detail-oriented self-starter, a strong written and verbal communicator, and an organized multitasker who is comfortable asking for help when needed and wants to be an active participant on a collaborative team. If you can manage the details of urgent tasks immediately but also remember to step back, consider the big picture, and adjust your strategy when needed, you'll assume greater marketing responsibilities over time.
This hybrid position has occasional in-office responsibilities, including but not limited to in-office meetings, mailings, library and promotional collection management, and other daily ad hoc administrative projects. We will consider candidates who can work from a commutable distance to our offices at 1745 Broadway, which includes the tri-state area (NJ, CT, & PA)
Please apply using our ATS system by August 29, 2024, and include your resume and cover letter for consideration. Before applying for any role at Penguin Random House we recommend you review our applicant resources page and FAQs page.
The Role:

• Working closely with the Senior Director of Trade Marketing and Strategic Development as well as members of the Sales and Publishing teams to plan and optimize a schedule of seasonal key dates, with input from members across the Marketing teams
• Developing and maintaining the divisional seasonal title grid and all supporting documents
• Providing major support for our key seasonal meetings including scheduling, maintaining and communicating key moments and milestones, creating meeting invites and agendas, setting up and maintaining campaign plan documents, scheduling follow-up meetings and taking and disseminating notes
• Maintaining regular communication from Marketing to other divisional departments
• Working closely with the Senior Director of Trade Marketing and Strategic Development and the wider Marketing team to plan for and produce seasonal print and digital Sales materials, in partnership with Managing Editorial and Book Production
• Support the School & Library Marketing department in administrative needs including mailings, website updating, overall file and material storage and organization, invoicing, POS setup, and more
• Providing general administrative support to the Senior Director of Trade Marketing and Strategic Development, the Executive Director of School & Library Marketing, and the Senior Vice President of Marketing and the including managing meeting calendars, creating and sharing key documents, and providing support across the Marketing organization
  

The Essentials:

• An ability to communicate effectively, efficiently, and meet deadlines
• Strong sense of urgency with an ability to juggle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment and ability to think on their feet and address unexpected challenges
• Excellent writing and communication skills as well as being detail-oriented and organized
• Self-motivated with a desire to be a team player as well as work independently
• An ability to anticipate manager’s needs and the needs of the department
• A creative mindset with an enjoyment for being challenged and taking risks
  

The salary for this position is $48,000. All positions are currently eligible for annual profit award or bonus, subject to Company results.

Penguin Random House is the leading adult and children’s publishing house in North America, the United Kingdom and many other regions around the world. In publishing the best books in every genre and subject for all ages, we are committed to quality, excellence in execution, and innovation throughout the entire publishing process: editorial, design, marketing, publicity, sales, production, and distribution. Our vibrant and diverse international community of nearly 250 publishing brands and imprints include Ballantine Bantam Dell, Berkley, Clarkson Potter, Crown, DK, Doubleday, Dutton, Grosset & Dunlap, Little Golden Books, Knopf, Modern Library, Pantheon, Penguin Books, Penguin Press, Penguin Random House Audio, Penguin Young Readers, Portfolio, Puffin, Putnam, Random House, Random House Children’s Books, Riverhead, Ten Speed Press, Viking, and Vintage, among others. More information can be found at http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/.

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