Digital Marketing Assistant, Simon & Schuster Children's Books

Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing is looking for a Digital Marketing Assistant to assist in the execution of marketing plans and provide departmental support for our Simon & Schuster Books Children’s Digital Department and Digital Director. The ideal candidate will be detail oriented, forward-thinking, social media savvy, excited, and innovative, with a passion for children’s books and digital media. Reporting to the Director of Marketing, this position will help work on a wide range of acclaimed and bestselling titles across picture book, middle grade, and YA categories.
Specific duties include:

• Own sweepstakes process across Kids and Teen
• Assisting in the development and execution of digital marketing plans each season.
• Compiling social analytics, including trending topics and titles
• Managing director’s calendars and act as a liaison/gatekeeper between Director of Digital, the digital team, and outside Children’s departments
• Reading selected seasonal titles, became the go-to expert on books assigned.
• Digital marketing research into new and emerging platforms
• Assist in copywriting for social posts, sweepstakes, and newsletters.
• Maintaining team production schedule and marketing plans
• Working with marketing coordinator on asset production and routing
• Scheduling social media posts across our Simon Teen and Simon Kids channels
• Providing general administrative support for Director
• General team support such as coordinating and executing mailings, creating agendas for and scheduling meetings, note-taking during meetings, including post-mortems, next steps, and follow-up tasks/emails, tracking and submitting invoices for approval, assisting in creating marketing decks and materials, and taking on additional marketing projects as assigned

Required skills / knowledge:

• Creative and digitally savvy, with the ability to spot emerging trends, enjoys storytelling, and eager to assist in creating engaging, fresh content
• Familiarity with and interest in children’s books preferred
• Experience in Canva and other online marketing design platforms
• Previous admin experience a plus
• Organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to prioritize in a deadline-driven environment.
• Familiarity and comfort with social media platforms including Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube
• Creative approach to problem solving
• Strong communication and writing skills

Simon & Schuster has been named to Forbes magazine list of “America’s Best Mid-Size Employers 2022.”
Simon & Schuster is a global leader in general interest publishing, dedicated to providing the best in fiction and nonfiction for readers of all ages, and in all printed, digital and audio formats. Its distinguished roster of authors includes many of the world’s most popular and widely recognized writers, and winners of the most prestigious literary honors and awards. It is home to numerous well-known imprints and divisions such as Simon & Schuster, Scribner, Atria Books, Gallery Books, Pocket Books, Adams Media, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing and Simon & Schuster Audio and international companies in Australia, Canada, India and the United Kingdom, and proudly brings the works of its authors to readers in more than 200 countries and territories.
For more information visit our website at www.simonandschuster.com.
Additional Information
The annual salary for this position is $50,000.00 - $50,000.00
The hiring salary range for this position applies to New York City, California, Colorado, Washington state, and most other geographies. Starting pay for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. The benefits available for this position include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance coverage, disability benefits, tuition assistance program and PTO or, if applicable, as otherwise dictated by the appropriate Collective Bargaining Agreement.
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