HarperCollins Publishers

Manager

• Develop individual, targeted publicity campaigns for assigned titles, including specific key focus titles during each fiscal year.
• Write pitches, press materials, Q&As, and secure media coverage (long and short-lead) across multiple platforms - including cover reveals, interviews, reviews, round-ups, and award submissions.
• Report weekly on individual title PR successes via Marketing and Publicity updates (MPUs) using industry metrics such as Ad Value Equivalency, Reach, Circulation, and platform followers/subscribers.
• Actively develop and maintain media contacts, including national, regional, and local.
• Create a robust strategy for gift guide and feature coverage.
• Coordinate and manage logistics for both virtual and in-person national multi-city book tours at bookstores, festivals, event venues, and libraries.
• Manage the publicity budget for assigned titles and coordinate the activities of other personnel involved in each project.
• Research, negotiate with, and manage outside publicity firms as needed for certain projects.
• Coach and prep authors for media opportunities.
• Collaborate and initiate opportunities for the Harper Celebrate imprint and also for the Jesus Calling brand in trade outlets, such as sales milestones, publishing initiatives, etc.
• Present publicity strategy regularly during sales conference, acquisitions meetings, internal publishing meetings, etc.

Senior Publicity Manager

Marketing

• Develops and leads the overall marketing and brand strategy for HCR
• Manages marketing overall budget and ensures effective expenditures
• Oversees and assists in development of marketing strategy and plans for frontlist releases
• Focuses on promotions and marketing strategies for backlist
• Leads the marketing staff in executing plans and nurturing relationships with authors and agents
• Collaborates with sales leaders and retailers
• Oversees management and updates of HCR website and social media platforms
• Prepares and delivers special presentations for key authors and sales teams
• Experiments with new approaches to Bible study promotion tactics
• Directs consumer testing and research strategy to ensure customer voice is heard
• Drives strategic acquisition priorities in collaboration with the publisher.

Vice President of Marketing

• Manages the production of children’s titles for HarperCollins Christian Publishing division along with titles for Cider Mill and Applesauce imprints
• Develops new processes and procedures with other departments to improve day-to-day operations
• Supervises all phases of production between internal departments and outside vendors
• Works with vendors to maintain schedules, quality and pricing targets
• Issues Purchase Orders for first prints including but not limited to printing, binding, components, separations, sales material and ebooks
• Researches and Develops and prices special effects used on components for maximum effect in the most fiscally responsible manner
• Estimates titles for acquisition, spec approval and final pricing
• Triages technical, procedural and quality issues with staff
• Reviews proofs and printed materials for color correctness
• Maintains and oversees compliance to safety testing program
• Handles special projects as needed

Manager, Production – 4 Color

Growth Marketing

• Architect and own the company’s data-driven growth strategy
• Identify and activate untapped commercial opportunities
• Establish and own the P&L impact and ROI for growth initiatives
• Lead the development of AI-powered products to unlock new revenue streams
• Oversee the lifecycle of custom software and algorithms
• Direct the application of advanced analytics for retail and e-commerce optimization
• Lead and mentor a high-performing team across disciplines

Vice President, Growth & Analytics

Social Media Manager

• Own social media execution for a portfolio of brands
• Support strategic priorities to grow DTC brands’ footprint
• Use social analytics tools to monitor performance
• Communicate with external partners for campaign execution
• Create original short-form videos and adapt brand assets
• Support cross-functional campaigns aligning messaging and creative

Social Media, Partner Marketing Manager

IT Support

• Oversee the design, configuration, testing, and implementation of new warehouse systems including WMS and WCS
• Design, implement and optimize advanced warehouse management systems (WMS), warehouse control systems (WCS), and labor management systems (LMS)
• Partner with operations leadership to align warehouse operations with broader business objectives
• Collaborate with business, operations, and other technical teams to define and document new projects or change requests
• Communicate design requirements into systems’ proposals or enhancements
• Document, track, and resolve production issues with internal teams and 3rd party providers
• Post go-live, provide daily technical support to the operations team

Senior IT Manager, Warehouse Operations

Administration

• Coordinate all aspects of copyright registration process for a division of the Company
• Maintain Company’s paper author contract file room
• Various responsibilities as part of a team responsible for updating and maintaining Company’s Title Management System
• Additional responsibilities as assigned

Copyright and Contracts Administrator

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Develop periodic forecasts and annual budget analysis
• Assist in the monthly financial close: analyze results, research variances, generate reports and make journal entries
• Coordinate and manage the preparation of the monthly global vendor spend analysis
• Manage vendor rebate program: develop and communicate annual budget and analyze results
• Evaluate current business processes, eliminate duplications and coordinate information requirements to increase productivity
• Provide information to management by assembling and summarizing data; preparing reports; making presentations of findings, analyses, and recommendations
• Manage special projects on an ad hoc basis

Financial Analyst/Senior Financial Analyst

Director

• Develop individual, targeted publicity campaigns for each assigned title and set measurable goals for success.
• Write press releases and creative pitch letters for each campaign.
• Pitch and book media coverage for author/titles to print, radio, online/digital, podcasts and TV outlets.
• Actively develops and maintains media contacts, including national, regional, local, and online to secure book coverage.
• Develop, manage schedule for, write and distribute Marketing and Publicity updates (MPUs).
• Work closely with marketing, sales, online marketing, and editorial.
• Attend editorial and sales pub board and key sales meetings as needed.
• Continuously research and develop relationships with new outlets for possible coverage.
• Create PR plans and updates, sales presentations and sales conference materials as needed.
• Represent Zondervan Books Publishing at key industry events, conferences, media pitching trips, author media appearances and/or book signings.
• Schedule and attend author media tours.
• Maintain strong relationships as part of marketing and publicity teams across HCCP.
• Research, negotiate with, and manage outside publicity firms as needed for certain projects.
• Identify news/opportunities into which our authors/books may be inserted and thus exposed to consumers via various media outlets and crafts pitches appropriate for each outlet.
• Speak into projects early in development to help determine potential for success based on author platform, likely media interest, and opportunities for exclusive content.
• Measures, analyzes, and reports on media effectiveness as appropriate.
• Tracks media activities and clippings for updates to the HCCP sales team, authors, agents, and internal personnel.

Publicity Director

Sales

• Report to Senior Manager, Sales Ops and 360 Children’s
• Manage flow of metadata and title information from international affiliates into HCUS systems
• Liaise with affiliate offices to ensure timely ordering and maintenance of inventory for frontlist and backlist titles
• Collaborate with affiliates to create and track schedules that support Sales deadlines and timely delivery to market
• Coordinate sales and marketing materials (cataloging, galleys/egalleys, fact sheets, PowerPoints)
• Analyze rate of sales and inventory levels to estimate replenishment needs and resolve inventory issues
• Monitor and maintain warning levels in inventory planning system, factoring lead times and minimum reprint quantities
• Prepare and track bindery shipments to select customers
• Initiate warehouse work orders for displays, promotions, and stock maintenance
• Attend pub schedule review, launch and positioning, monthly imprint reviews, quarterly children’s brainstorm and special markets updates
• Provide support with the children’s marketing plans and budgets

Senior Sales Support Associate

• Supports our creative media plans with ideas, research, and outreach
• Provides general administrative support for the department, including social media scheduling and monitoring and helping with digital campaigns and administration
• Works closely with other members of the marketing team and manages elements of campaigns where relevant
• Aids with influencer outreach and fulfills mailings to tastemakers
• Opportunity to feed ideas into and create content for some of the social channels within the imprint

Marketing Intern

• Assist in the strategy, nomination, and tracking of Amazon merchandising
• Support Print and Ebook Deals through deal monitoring, screenshots and results analysis
• Track and review distribution client sales opportunities on Amazon
• Engage in Trends & Backlist Opportunity Projects
• Help create account marketing materials, such as regular newsletters and publicity updates for retail and library accounts
• Spotify and Digital Audio Account Support and projects
• Prepare online catalog (Edelweiss) collections, sales presentations, list catalogues, and seasonal title presentations to accounts
• Support the Online & Digital Sales team with day-to-day tasks and other projects (collecting manuscripts, sales conference prep, pulling promo codes for digital accounts)

Intern, Online and Digital Sales

• Provide ongoing administrative support including mailing books, entering data, routing invoices, etc.
• Assist with the creation of promotional materials like press releases, sell sheets, and giveaway forms
• Assist with the creation of content and captions for social media
• Contribute to research projects
• Assist with outreach to media and social media creators
• Participate in various staff meetings and give opinions and ideas regarding promotional strategies for books
• Attend and listen into meetings with authors and agents
• Request specific projects of interest throughout the internship

Marketing and Publicity Intern

Business Analyst

• Learn by doing: partner with senior analysts and stakeholders to understand how business requirements are identified, documented, and translated into solutions
• Support reviews of current processes and contribute ideas for streamlining workflows and enhancing productivity
• Contribute to creating and maintaining business artifacts such as requirements documents, process maps, and user stories
• Assist with analyzing data and preparing recommendations that highlight opportunities for improvement
• Participate actively in project meetings—capture notes, follow up on action items, and ensure progress is communicated clearly
• Support testing and validation activities to confirm solutions meet business needs
• Help prepare presentations, dashboards, and status updates to share insights and outcomes with stakeholders
• Develop proficiency in industry-standard tools and methods (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, BABOK, Excel) through hands-on experience

Junior Business Analyst Intern

• Create digital ads, social media content, and more to promote teen, young adult, and romance books
• Design trade and consumer advertisements
• Design social media marketing content
• Make revisions on active design projects
• Animate digital ads and book covers
• Download assets from DAM for various projects

Marketing Design Intern

Operations

• Oversee day-to-day customer operations for the division, including order management + consolidation, freight + shipment processes, vendor set up + compliance, and digital operations + workflows.
• Spearhead operational efficiency projects with internal stakeholders and our customers to streamline workflows to support accounts.
• Develop + implement operational best practice processes and documentation for our customers, including needs around freight management, affidavits, carton packaging and other key functions.
• Partner with customer service and logistics teams for best practices to support customers including management of returns, damages, online ordering, and customer engagement.
• Develop + execute reporting around key account orders to identify workflow issues, waste management, and best practices around order types.
• Develop and analyze reporting from our Inventory and Sales teams to identify cost savings and operational opportunities with an eye for innovation.
• Project manage new initiatives for customer operations, including managing schedules, requirements, and deliverables.
• Serve as customer operations liaison with IT/Solutions team for systems needs, improvements and opportunities.