Marketing Assistant

Job Description

The Putnam imprint in Penguin Random House is seeking a Marketing Assistant to assist the Associate Publisher, Director of Marketing and the marketing department. The position provides an opportunity to immerse yourself in a department that plans campaigns for fiction and nonfiction books and works collaboratively across departments. We work directly with authors and agents, coordinate internally with our editorial, sales, and publicity colleagues, and work creatively to present our books directly to consumers. This position requires excellent communication and organizational skills, and the ability to prioritize and work independently in a fast-paced department.

The Marketing Assistant will be part of the early campaign planning stages and will brainstorm creative promotions, prepare meeting documents and coordinate meetings, assist with mailings, research new promotional opportunities, provide social media support, and help traffic design and sales requests. In addition to providing administrative support, the assistant will regularly liaise with the sales team, editors, designers, publicists, and other marketers, in order to facilitate the timely execution of marketing campaigns.

Specific responsibilities include:
• Supporting title-specific marketing and promotional campaigns.
• Updating, organizing, and maintaining information in internal marketing database systems.
• Performing consumer research and contributing to Putnam's social media platforms, which include Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Goodreads.
• Coordinating category specific promotions and sweepstakes.
• Coordinating materials in preparation for sales meetings.
• Assisting the Sales, Editorial, Managing Editorial, and Art departments with incoming requests.
• Assembling reports to monitoring sales and other metrics associated with marketing promotions.
• Providing general administrative support including answering phones, scheduling, filing, mailings, coding invoices, etc.

Please apply to join us if you meet the following requirements:
• Strong interest in marketing and book publishing
• 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
• Photoshop knowledge (even a little bit!) is a plus

Salary for this position is $45,000. Full-time employees are eligible for our comprehensive benefits program.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d889q9-3-14-142-115-42 in your application.