What are the responsibilities and job description for the Marketing Assistant, Little, Brown for Young Readers position at Hachette Book Group?
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, a division of Hachette Book Group, seeks a Marketing Assistant to join our collaborative and enthusiastic Integrated Marketing team. This role reports to the Senior Marketing Manager.
Responsibilities:
- Support Senior Marketing Manager and VP, Executive Director of Marketing
- Contribute to marketing campaign brainstorming and content creation
- Project manage, write copy, and craft creative briefs for marketing collateral, including promotional items, advertising, graphics, downloadable resources, and e-newsletters
- Assist with planning and execution of retailer assets, metadata, influencer campaigns, competitive analysis, industry data tracking, and mailings
- Contribute to the NOVL YA community and LBYR social media channels by participating in videos, podcasts, in-person events, and other fan engagement efforts
- Write posts, quizzes, and other content for the NOVL and LBYR blogs
- Photograph books for social media and retailer websites
- Manage publisher-owned Amazon marketing, including asset uploading, module creation, and metadata auditing
- Update the division’s websites: LBYR.com, theNOVL.com, LBArtistAward.com, Kids.JamesPatterson.com, ToddParr.com, and brand sites
- Partner with other teams and departments, including Creative Services, Publicity, School & Library, Editorial, and Sales
- Organize, prepare materials for, and actively participate in meetings
- Handle administrative responsibilities for the team
Qualifications:
- Interest in book publishing, with a particular enthusiasm for children’s and young adult books
- Proficiency in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop), and photography
- Additional experience beneficial with video editing (Premiere), CMS (Wordpress, Squarespace), or other relevant tools
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Comfortable being on camera and on social media talking about children’s and young adult books
- Self-starter with an ability to work within a fast-paced, deadline-observant, and collaborative environment
- Proactive problem solver who is creative, positive, goal-driven, and detail-oriented
How to Apply: To be considered, please submit both a resume AND a cover letter. We ask for a cover letter so that we can understand how your skills or experience can apply to our open role.
As a leading book publisher, we believe that including and representing diverse voices in all aspects of our business is fundamental to what we do. Our publishing programs must reflect the broad range of backgrounds, experiences, political views and ideas that shape our society and publish books for all readers.
Hachette Book Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
The compensation for this position is $47,500. There may be times that you will be required (or requested) to work overtime due to the nature of your role or exceptional workload issues or special projects.
The following benefits are offered by the company: medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life, short-term and long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment, critical illness, hospital indemnity, long-term care, health and dependent care FSA, commuter benefit plan, employee assistance program, tuition reimbursement, travel assistance, 401(k), discretionary bonus program, PTO (15 vacation days, 3 personal days, 10 holidays and generous sick leave) and group discounts on auto and home insurance and legal services. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification, hours worked and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms.
Salary : $47,500
