Today we bring you our weekly sampler of cool youth media and marketing gigs. If your company has an open position in the youth media or marketing space, we encourage you to join the YPulse LinkedIn group, if you haven’t yet, and post there for focused career networking!
Social Media Manager at Abercrombie & Fitch
Industry: Marketing
Location: Columbus, OH
Description: A&F seeks a talented individual to help lead its growing social media marketing team. The ideal candidate is skilled in the science of data driven consumer-focused online marketing. The individual will have a broad, but tactical consumer-focused skill set and extensive experience developing and leveraging social media to drive customer engagement, acquisition, and revenue growth. He/she has a proven track record of leading a team in accomplishing meaningful and sustained profit growth over time, successfully balancing near-term requirements with long-term goals. (More via PR Daily)
Business Development Manager at Studentawards
Industry: Online media
Location: Toronto, Canada
Description: The Business Development Manager will be a member of the Studentawards Inc’s sales team and will be responsible for prospecting, developing, and closing new business opportunities for the company, primarily by developing marketing engagement solutions that leverage the company’s digital assets. The successful candidate must possess the drive to uncover new opportunities in the youth market segment and have the ability to cement relationships with organizations that target the youth demographic to achieve business objectives. (More via LinkedIn)
Senior Analyst, Consumer Insights at Strottman
Industry: Insights/Research
Location: Orange County, CA
Description: Strottman is looking for an overachiever that loves digging for information in all kinds of mediums, specifically a Senior Analyst, Consumer Insights, to attack the following: information and trend gathering by assisting the VP, Insights in keeping up-to-date on news and developments in the agency’s clients’ industries, including restaurants, consumer package goods, movies, television, toys, and consumer brand promotions; online survey design and analysis by becoming proficient in Qualtrics software application to be able to design, program, tabulate and extract actionable insights from nationally-representative online surveys; data archiving, by cataloging and organizing primary and secondary research data and product samples/images electronically; quarterly reports including: 1) QSR industry competitive review, 2) general consumer/product trends report, and 3) other ad-hoc reports as needed; social media & mobile apps/Web by becoming the agency’s primary resource on information and trends related to social media and mobile apps and regularly monitoring Facebook, Twitter, and blog activities, as well as mobile app introductions of QSR and major family-focused consumer and entertainment brands in order to pass along relevant information and updates to Agency clients and internal teams; client and new business pitch presentation support by assisting with all aspects of preparing client and new business presentations. (More via LinkedIn)
Associate Director of Marketing at Macmillan Children’s Book Group
Industry: Publishing
Location: New York, NY
Description: This is a senior-level marketing position in the Trade Marketing department of Macmillan Children’s Book Group. Primary responsibilities include: participating in the planning and execution of core marketing initiatives for MCPG; developing strategies for trade marketing in collaboration with other areas of marketing, publicity, and advertising/promotion; engaging and working with a variety of freelancers; working with editorial, sales, authors, illustrators, and agents to develop and present marketing plans for specific titles and series assigned by the Director. (More via Mediabistro, reg required)
Director of New Product Development at Highlights For Children
Industry: Publishing
Location: Honesdale, PA
Description: Highlights for Children is seeking a director who will be responsible for the development of new (non-digital) products for children, in support of Highlights’ editorial and branding strategies and overall publishing plan. This includes books and other merchandise that will be published under the Highlights Press imprint, products that are developed with licensees and other third-parties, and prototypes of product concepts that may go to research. (More via Mediabistro, reg required)
Senior Consumer Insights/Research Manager at Mattel
Industry: Insights/Research
Location: El Segundo, CA
Description: Mattel’s Worldwide Consumer Insights division is growing and has an opening for a new Senior Analyst position within Consumer Insights. Primary responsibilities include: coordinating and executing qualitative and quantitative research projects, including product development, brand strategy, communication, and usability research for all Mattel brands, as well as occasional special projects; working with research suppliers and internal research support services to plan and field primary research projects for all Mattel brands; analyzing research data that is gathered (qualitative, quantitative, and occasionally data from secondary sources), reporting research findings, and making insightful and actionable recommendations on behalf of Mattel brands. (More via Cynopsis)
Advertising Assistant/Coordinator at Penguin Young Readers Group
Industry: Publishing
Location: New York, NY
Description: This position supports all of our trade and consumer marketing initiatives, including online and print advertising, and works with a wide range of titles from picture books through Young Adult. The Assistant/Coordinator is responsible for writing ad copy, routing projects, securing approvals, and working closely with the creative design services team to oversee the design of promotional materials. Additionally, the Assistant/Coordinator plans the media for trade publications, newspapers, magazines, regional holiday catalogs, and online campaigns. This position is also responsible for tracking the budget and effectiveness of all advertising campaigns. (More via Bookjobs)
