Senior Manager, Marketing

Flatiron Books, an imprint of Macmillan, is seeking a Senior Marketing Manager to work on a variety of nonfiction and fiction titles spanning: memoir and narrative nonfiction, pop science, smart thinking, psychology, wellness and self help, and cookbooks, as well as literary, LGTBQ+,  and women’s fiction. 

Reporting to the Senior Director, Marketing, the Senior Marketing Manager will be a key team member overseeing all aspects of developing and executing creative title marketing campaigns along with key imprint initiatives to drive book discovery and sales. The ideal candidate will be strategic and creative and must possess strong project management and presentation skills, attention to detail, and problem-solving skills. 

What You'll Do:

• Develop and execute innovative marketing and advertising campaigns for assigned titles (8-10 a year) to increase generate awareness and book sales, including managing budget and overseeing strategy
• Partner with and advise authors on leveraging their professional network and author channels (ie. newsletter, social, contacts) to drive awareness and sales
• Communicate and present marketing plans and updates to authors/agents, editors, sales, publicity, central teams, etc.
• Execute strategic online advertising campaigns to determine target audience. Work with ad vendors on bookings, write ad copy, create design briefs, and assess and analyze results and reporting.
• Oversee GoodReads advertising account relationship and submission of seasonal titles
• Establish strategic brand partnerships to co-market titles campaigns; exhibit proven track record of conceptualizing, pitching and executing co-brand marketing campaigns
• Attend and contribute to regular marketing, sales, title-specific meetings, and lead seasonal brainstorms
• Project and process manage the imprint’s seasonal influencer program from promotion to title selection to execution and overall organizational management within marketing department
• Oversee the imprint’s email marketing program including subscriber growth, retention, content, design and reporting
• Guide content strategy for imprint consumer newsletter and engagement and subscriber growth strategy
• Maintain imprint catalogs and manage bookseller promotions and relationships, including Indie Next outreach
• Monitor and report on sales and early reviewer buzz to identify seasonal marketing opportunities 
• Manage marketing intern, workload and assignments
• Lend support to the Senior Director, Marketing to participate in refining overall marketing strategy, evaluate process and workflow to meet department and imprint goals

What You'll Bring:

• A dedication to internal and external cross-collaboration, creativity, and learning
• Exceptional multitasking and organizational skills to manage and adapt priorities in a fast-paced environment
• A proven track record in project management, including overseeing and assessing processes, with strong attention to detail
• The ability to balance independent work with team collaboration
• Effective communication and presentation skills to engage a range of internal and external stakeholders, including authors and agents
• Proficient understanding of social media trends and influencer marketing
• The ability to plan, optimize, analyze, and report on digital ad campaigns
• Skill in industry networking and relationship building
• A strong sense of marketing design best practices, with solid photography and copywriting experience
• An interest in developing leadership experience and people management skills
• A proven history of working on bestselling fiction and nonfiction title campaigns
• Comfort working with celebrities and high-profile authors as well as debut authors
• 6+ years of marketing experience in trade book publishing or a related field (previous title marketing experience strongly preferred)
• Familiarity with Google Workspace, project management tools like Airtable and Basecamp, and marketing analytics tools
• Some management experience (intern management)
• A bachelor’s degree

Salary range: $85,000 - $90,000

Overtime eligible: Exempt

This position is classified as remote but is tied to our New York, NY office located at 120 Broadway. Employment is subject to New York State tax withholding under applicable regulations.

Macmillan Publishers is the U.S. trade company that is part of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned group of media companies headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's publishing companies include prominent imprints around the world that publish a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.

U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, companies in the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group publish under the Pan Macmillan name. The German publishing company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.

Macmillan is proud to be an equal opportunity employer consistently striving to foster a culture where everyone belongs. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and identities. Qualified applicants are evaluated without regard to race, color, religion, age, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, physical ability, neurodiversity, genetic information, protected veteran status, family and economic status and background or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We prohibit discrimination of any kind and will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law.