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!
Director, Property Planning & Marketing at Nickelodeon
Industry: Marketing, Television
Location: New York, NY
Description: The Director will work with the Vice President on the creation and development of strategic marketing plans for the SpongBob SquarePants property. The successful candidate will be responsible for the development and execution of cross-business marketing programs to support key initiatives, including consumer products. The Director will interface with all external and internal resources, ensuring strategic and creative consistency across all departments and lines of business. The Director will provide comprehensive evaluations and recommendations for future property development. (Via MTV Careers)
eMedia Sales Specialist at W.W. Norton
Industry: Sales, Publishing
Location: Northeast U.S.
Description: W.W. Norton’s college division is hiring an Electronic Media Sales Specialist. The primary duties of the eMedia Sales Specialist will be to assist Norton’s college sales reps in winning adoptions where digital media is an important consideration and to train faculty on the implementation and use of Norton’s digital media products. Other responsibilities include: training college sales reps on emedia in person, at sales conferences, and via webinars; participating in or conducting presentations to faculty; creating custom service websites for faculty; conducting implementation workshops, including early- and late-summer workshops; and collaborating with the emedia, marketing, and sales groups to develop on-the-ground digital strategy for existing and forthcoming digital media. (Publishers Marketplace)
Programming & Audience Manager, YouTube Channels at Vice
Industry: Online
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Description: Vice is building a network of owned & operated digital media channels across categories, each with several cross-platform integrations. The Programming & Audience Manager for YouTube will manage our presence across Vice’s YouTube channels, uploading, writing, and optimizing content. In addition, the manager will be responsible for developing and executing strategies to effectively build our audience within the YouTube platform. Responsibilities include: writing headlines and descriptions cognizant of keywords, SEO, clickability, and brand alignment; video organization and building playlists; working with design to update channel skins and other marketing collateral; working with marketing to create strategies to blow pieces up; building weekly reports on channel success and the competitive landscape using YouTube Analytics; and more. (Via Mashable)
Editorial Assistant at Grosset & Dunlap
Industry: Publishing
Location: New York, NY
Description: The Grosset & Dunlap/Price Stern Sloan editorial department is currently seeking an Editorial Assistant. This person will assist the Editor-in-Chief in all stages of the editorial process from pre-production to publication and work with the rebranding of our leveled reader program, the Almost Identical series, and other classic series including Hank Zipzer, Katie Kazoo, Dick and Jane, and more. Responsibilities include: assisting the Editor on various book series; following books through from acquisition to publication; writeing cover copy, catalog copy, and title information sheets; reviewing manuscripts and writing notes and art suggestions; and reading unsolicited manuscripts and writing editorial letters. (Via Bookjobs)
Web Designer at LeapFrog
Industry: Online
Location: Emeryville, CA
Description: LeapFrog’s Web Design Team creates website/microsites and other exciting campaign elements for an innovative children’s toy and gaming company. The Designer is responsible for creating visual web-based marketing and product solutions that speak to LeapFrog’s customers, parents and children. More specifically, the Designer will develop and refine visual design concepts, present his/her work independently, participate in critiques, and contribute toward the larger department’s goals of creating high-end commerce-driving solutions. Whether for the ecommerce site, marketing communications, or CRM programs, the Designer will have his/her hands in many exciting projects! (Via Creative Hotlist)
