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Publication or Company Macmillan Audio
Job Title Marketing Director
Industry Book Publishing, Marketing, Audiobooks
Salary
Benefits 401K/403B, Dental, Health
Job Duration Full Time
Job Location New York, NY
Job Requirements

We are seeking a Marketing Director for a fast-growing and innovative audiobook publisher of adult, childrens and foreign language-learning titles. Develop and execute marketing strategies for 100+ titles per year for retail, wholesale, library and digital markets.


Major Responsibilities:



  • Develop marketing strategies for 100+ titles per year

  • Collaborate with marketing and advertising departments at print publishers to design co-promotion campaigns

  • Work with sales reps on all coop and in-store promotional opportunities

  • Provide sales and returns analysis for current and backlist titles

  • Key Liaison with distribution client

  • Consult with publisher and editorial director on acquisitions

Required Skills / Knowledge:



  • Sales analysis

  • Proficient with Microsoft office and other business database programs

  • Excellent written and oral communication skills

  • Excellent presentation skills

  • Broad network of publishing industry contacts

Experience Needed:



  • 5 years+ senior level sales and/or marketing experience within book publishing

Educational Background Required:



  • Bachelors Degree
About Our Company Macmillan Audio (formerly Audio Renaissance) was founded in 1987, published its first titles in 1988, and was acquired by Holtzbrinck in 2001. In 2007, it launched its childrens program, newly named Macmillan Young Listeners, to publish audio editions of exciting new and classic childrens literature from among the Macmillan young readers publishers. Macmillan Audio offers titles both abridged and unabridged both on physical media and by digital delivery. The division was honored with prestigious Audie Awards in three categories in 2007, and has Pulitzer Prize-winning authors and Academy Award-winning narrators on its list. Macmillan Audio publishes audio editions of the best fiction and non-fiction books for adults and children, from among the Macmillan trade publishers including Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Feiwel and Friends, Henry Holt and Company, Picador, Roaring Brook Press, Square Fish, St. Martin's Press, and Tor Books, and it acquires titles from outside publishers as well. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.


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