Salary
💰 $50,000 - $60,000 per year
About the role
- Launch academic books to the North American market across Education, Psychology, Counseling, and Business & Management
- Set subject strategy and marketing plans for the financial year in conjunction with UK counterparts and stakeholders; monitor progress, spend and return through the year and adapt tactics accordingly
- Review copy for titles; provide suggestions to strengthen the positioning of titles, author bios, descriptive copy, and metadata
- Create academic journal review lists for academic titles; communicate with editors at journals to pitch books and report back to authors
- Respond to author inquiries in a timely manner
- Write, edit and deploy marketing materials and campaigns including email copy, flyers, social posts, and digital ads
- Contribute to the development of sales tools to support sales efforts for academic titles
- Assist with conference planning and promotion, including creation of digital and print content to support sales and textbook adoption efforts
- Coordinate with Editorial, Sales, Marketing, and Publicity teams to ensure consistent messaging and campaign alignment
- Support the creation and execution of integrated marketing campaigns for frontlist and backlist titles across digital and traditional platforms
- Other tasks, as needed
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- 2+ years of marketing or publishing experience, ideally in an academic or trade publishing environment
- Strong writing, editing, and communication skills
- High attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects at once
- Self-starter with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively
- Experience using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook); familiarity with platforms such as Biblio, Monday.com, Mailchimp, Salesforce, or similar tools a plus
- Willingness to travel occasionally for conferences and events