Penguin Random House | Marketing Assistant
Location: New York, NY
Position: Full-time
Experience: Entry-level
Penguin Random House is one of the Big 5 publishers and the leading publisher in adult and children’s publishing in North America, the United Kingdom, and many other regions around the world. It is “committed to quality, excellence in execution, and innovation throughout the entire publishing process: editorial, design, marketing, publicity, sales, production, and distribution.”
Penguin Random House is looking for a Marketing Assistant to join the editorial team at the Penguin Publishing Group (PPG) to support the Vice President of Marketing Strategy. The Marketing Assistant will assist with the execution of marketing processes and campaigns, conduct various research and reporting, and help with brand marketing projects. This is the perfect opportunity for anyone who is a creative and analytical thinker and is passionate about reading.
Responsibilities:
- Provide critical support for various marketing and promotional campaigns
- Update, organize, and maintain information in internal marketing database systems
- Assist the Vice President, Marketing Associate, and the projects team with various ongoing work and priority projects
- Liaise with the Sales and Imprint Marketing departments on key titles, authors and/or categories
- Monitor sales and metrics associated with marketing promotions
- Provide general administrative support including answering phones, scheduling, filing, handling mail, creating decks/reports, etc.
Requirements:
- Strong interest in marketing or publicity
- Genuine excitement for the book publishing industry
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organizational skills and excellent attention to detail
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects in a deadline driven environment
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and social media platforms
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A. N. Publishing | Social Media Intern
Location: Remote (Virtual)
Position: Internship (Unpaid)
Experience: Entry-level
A. N. Publishing is “the creator of quality content for influential contemporary audiences with a mission to inspire and enable them to improve the quality of their lives, while reaching their own potential.” It attracts millennials who are seeking luxury and status through its digital lifestyle media brands – Man Of The Hour, Modern Treatise, and Sommet Dame. As the “first digital media platform to target the upwardly mobile millennial consumer,” A. N. Publishing produces content that ranges from career, culture, entertainment, health, politics, style, and technology.
A. N. Publishing is currently looking for a Social Media Intern to increase its social media presence and build digital brand awareness through social media for A. N. Publishing Brands. This is a 6-month, unpaid virtual internship, so you will be interning from home. The ideal candidate will be able to start as soon as possible.
New York, San Fransisco, Seattle, Chicago, Miami, & Los Angeles residents are strongly encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities:
- Write marketing copy
- Create brand awareness via social media platforms (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest)
- Develop a successful social media strategy that builds an audience base across multiple platforms
- Write and distribute relevant content to social media
- Monitor and engage audiences via social media platforms
- Increase fans, likes, and follows
- Track social media engagement statistics
- Internet research to find and engage with social media communications
- Research and present new social media platforms
- Create and disseminate monthly newsletter
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Hachette | Publicity Assistant
Location: New York, NY
Position: Full-time
Experience: Entry-level
Hachette Book Group, one of the Big 5 publishers, is “a leading trade publisher based in New York and a division of Hachette Livre (a Lagardère company), the third-largest trade and educational publisher in the world.” Hachette is made up of eight publishing groups: Little, Brown and Company; Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Grand Central Publishing; Perseus Books; Orbit; Hachette Books; Hachette Nashville; and Hachette Audio. Some of its authors include: Stephen Colbert, Chris Colfer, Tina Fey, Newt Gingrich, Neil Patrick Harris, Joyce Meyer, Stephenie Meyer, and James Patterson.
Hachette is looking for a Publicity Assistant to work with the Deputy Director and Executive Director of Publicity at Grand Central Publishing (a division of Hachette Book Group). This is a great opportunity for anyone who is motivated and wants to work with bestselling authors. This includes building tours, publicizing a wide range of major front-list titles, and serving as a liaison between the division and all types of media, bookstores, and high profile authors and literary agents.
Responsibilities:
- Support Directors on a wide range of books by prominent authors in both Fiction and Non-Fiction (e.g., memoir, essay collections, cookbooks, diet books, science, advice, humor, etc.)
- Write press releases/pitch emails, create press kits, pull media lists
- Organize author tours and events, book travel/accomodations, maintain tour itineraries, and conduct appropriate follow-up
- Develop and maintain relationships with broadcast, pint and online media to secure coverage
- Serve as a liaison between the division and all types of media, bookstores, and other in-house departments – e.g., editorial, marketing, sales, etc
- Communicate with high profile authors and literary agents
- General administrative responsibilities include: mailing books, answering telephones, photocopying, filing, distributing in-house materials, appropriately handling invoices, and maintaining publicity databases
- Format and send daily internal email announcement of publicity successes (Hot Books)
Requirements:
- Interest in book publishing is essential – publishing experience or internships preferred
- College degree preferred
- Superb verbal and written communication skills and knowledge of the media are paramount
- Excellent computer skills, including familiarity with MS Word and Excel necessary
- Ability to multi-task and attend to details in a fast-paced environment, and determine priorities, while staying organized, are also essential
- Knowledge of Cision Media database a plus
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