What are the responsibilities and job description for the Marketing Assistant - Bloom/Casablanca position at Sourcebooks?
Are you passionate about romance books and eager to kickstart a career in book publishing? Sourcebooks, home to Bloom Books and Casablanca, the top romance imprints in the US, is seeking a Marketing Assistant to join our best-in-class marketing team at our headquarters in Naperville, Illinois.
As a Marketing Assistant, you will play a pivotal role in supporting our digital, social media, and influencer marketing efforts, contributing to the success of our bestselling romance titles and authors. This is an exceptional opportunity for a dedicated individual who is enthusiastic about the romance genre and eager to gain hands-on experience in an innovative, reader-led publishing environment.
This role will be required to work from our Naperville, IL office at least 3 days a week to physically pack influencer boxes and mailings and more often as needed by request. There is some travel involved in this role to attend major industry events around the US throughout the year.
Marketing Assistant Responsibilities
- Organize and catalog promotional materials in the office storage.
- Track updates to the influencer database and organize contacts.
- Supporting publicity efforts such as trade submissions
- Monitor Goodreads and online retail product pages for accuracy as needed.
- Tracking and inputting shipments and author event information into shared databases.
- Contribute to community growth and management by engaging with readers and followers on social media.
- Create graphics and content for the Casablanca and Bloom marketing team, as needed.
- Draft impactful captions, headlines, descriptive copy, and other creative elements, as needed.
- Support influencer campaigns (Giveaways, VIP mailings, unboxings, etc.) by contributing ideas for merch and special packaging.
- Provide title marketing leads with photos of physical products and packed influencer boxes for quality checks by request.
- Facilitate author events, develop promotional graphics, coordinate itineraries, ship and ensure delivery of books and marketing materials.
- Attend and support local events, conferences, and book festivals to track materials, help with set up, handle line management, interact with readers, provide author assistance (flapping), and tear down including shipping unused materials back to the warehouse or office, as needed.
- Support the planning or key industry conferences in support of Casablanca and Bloom imprints and authors.
- Other marketing duties and support activities as assigned.
- 1-3 years of social media experience either from a marketing perspective or with growing an audience.
- Experience using consumer design software such as Canva.
- Be a self-starter. Exhibit initiative, enthusiasm, and a strong commitment to marketing books in this category.
- A willingness and ability to collaborate with others and thrive within a culture of shared ideas.
- Possess a talent for innovation and have the flexibility to change focus rapidly, multi-task, and be ahead of trends.
- Strong creative perspective including writing skills and visual instincts, an experimental mindset, and a drive to discover new ideas.
- A true love for books.
Full-time employees are eligible for our comprehensive benefits program. Our range of benefits include, but are not limited to, Medical/Prescription drug insurance, Dental, Vision, Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account 401(k), Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance, Life/AD&D Insurance, & generous paid time off.
We value the array of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.
Sourcebooks is a fast-growing entrepreneurial company seeking impact players and difference makers. We create books that transcend categories and defy odds; with hundreds of national bestsellers and awards to show for it. We are a company of enthusiastic, book-loving employees who are dedicated to connecting books to readers in new and innovative ways. Every day, we are transforming the publishing industry with bold thinking and unprecedented results. Story by story, book by book, we have touched over 100 million lives. Join us as we strive to change 100 million more.
Sourcebooks is a thriving entrepreneurial company that brings extraordinary authors to readers in the most dynamic, data-driven ways. We create books that transcend categories and defy odds, and we have been honored with hundreds of national bestsellers and awards. We are a company of enthusiastic booklovers passionate about connecting books to readers in new and innovative ways. Story by story, book by book, we have changed more than 100 million lives. Join us as we change 100 million more.
