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!
Senior Manager, Marketing at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Industry: Marketing, Publishing
Location: New York, NY
Description: The Senior Manager, Marketing plans and develops marketing strategies and objectives to promote assigned titles to all appropriate channels using traditional and e-tools, including advertising, promotion, sales support, bookseller/consumer outreach, and partnerships with sites and groups. The successful candidate will work closely with the VP Marketing Director, other Marketing Managers, Sales, Editorial, and Publicity to create and execute plans to help achieve revenue goals, building awareness of HMH Children’s frontlist and backlist and author relationships. He or she will work on online initiatives, including video trailers, online advertising and promotion campaigns, and specific book marketing campaigns. The Senior Manager, Marketing oversees all children’s book marketing efforts online, across imprints, including promotion and advertising and working with online retailers. (Via Publishers Marketplace)
Product Manager, Social at Sephora
Industry: Marketing, Online
Location: San Francisco, CA
Description: Sephora.com is passionate about delivering the best social experience. The Product Manager will assist in the social strategy and vision by leading the definition, management, and deployment of social programs for Sephora.com. Responsibilities include aspects of product development, including developing social product, feature, and function strategies; working with marketing to conduct research, competitive analysis and vendor vetting; identifying and developing product concepts into focused, prioritized functional requirements to drive those priorities through a cross-functional organization launch; and support overall team approach in “after launch” product analysis and development planning. Other responsibilities include aspects of product management. (LinkedIn via PR Daily)
Specialist, Social Media Marketing & Communications at Teach For America
Industry: Marketing, Online
Location: New York, NY
Description: Teach For America is seeking a Specialist in Social Media to join its Digital team. The Specialist will be primarily responsible for managing Teach For America’s ongoing national presence in social media, including but not limited to Facebook and Twitter. The candidate will be responsible for building engagement within and beyond Teach For America’s social media communities by fostering constructive conversations related to Teach For America and the broader movement to close the academic achievement gap and inspiring action among our supporters. The Specialist will also develop paid and unpaid online campaigns for various client teams across the organization, with a particular focus on recruitment. (Via Mashable)
Associate Editor at Lee & Low Books
Industry: Publishing
Location: New York, NY
Description: Lee & Low Books has an opening for an associate editor of picture books, both fiction and nonfiction. Candidate must have three to five years experience working with illustrated books. Major responsibilities will be acquisition, contract negotiation, editing, and complete development of book projects, including working directly with illustrators/photographers, art directors, and designers, plus preparation of related marketing and sales materials. The candidate should have a strong knowledge of children’s literature, excellent written and oral communication skills, and the ability to work independently, take initiative, and multitask on a daily basis. (Via Publishers Marketplace)
Social Media Manager at Guess
Industry: Online, Fashion
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: This position manages, develops, and implements social media strategies in order to meet company targets and objectives by identifying and interpreting media trends, creating content, monitoring social media engagement, and managing the social media coordinators. Primary responsibilities include: delivering a consistent marketing message that will strengthen the company’s position across various platforms; analyzing existing and potential media activities and engage in market research to determine potential business opportunities; identifying and interpreting social media trends; planning, managing, and implementing all new social media activities; collaborating with other departments and developing unique marketing strategies and partnerships for the brands online social media outlets; and more. (Via Socialmedia.org)
Associate Editor at Adventure Publishing Group
Industry: Publishing
Location: New York, NY
Description: Adventure Publishing Group is seeking a full-time associate editor for its trade publications that cover the toy and youth entertainment industries, as well as the licensing industry. The ideal candidate will be an organized, motivated self-starter with impeccable writing, editing, and social media skills, as well as the ability to meet weekly and monthly deadlines and multi-task. Layout skills are integral to the position; applicants should be proficient in QuarkXPress or InDesign, with a flair for creativity in layouts. Responsibilities include writing features, departments, and blogs; editing content; some editorial production; and layout of editorial pages. The position entails interviewing high-level executives and attending trade shows. (Via Mediabistro)
