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, Program Research at MTV
Industry: Television, Research
Location: New York, NY
Description: The Director of Programming Research works closely with the Vice President and a team responsible for the measurement of programming content across multiple platforms. The programming research team is the go-to source for metrics-based insights that help inform MTVs strategic programming initiatives. Combining his/her analytics experience and passion for TV programming and pop culture, the Director of Programming Research is the MTV expert on Millennial viewing trends in the evolving media landscape. (Via Mashable)
Assistant Manager, Integrated Marketing at HarperCollins Children’s Books
Industry: Publishing, Marketing
Location: New York, NY
Description: HarperCollins Children’s Books seeks an Assistant Integrated Marketing Manager to work under the supervision of an Integrated Marketing Director on a range of picture book, middle grade, and teen titles. Responsibilities include: collaborating with marketing team to brainstorm, develop, and execute trade and consumer marketing plans; acting as project manager for marketing campaigns and title-specific plans while meeting deadlines, demonstrating creativity, solving problems as they arise, operating on budget, and acquiring approvals; implementing seasonal promotional efforts by writing marketing and advertising copy, developing content and messaging, and providing design direction for print and online marketing materials, web/mobile sites and assets, apps, advertising campaigns, sales materials, mailings, and social media campaigns; taking a lead role in strategizing and executing title-specific and overall category digital opportunities and social media initiatives, including maintaining Facebook fan pages, planning community building and fan ambassador Facebook and Twitter campaigns, and devising other social media efforts across platforms; and more. (Via Bookjobs)
Social Media Editor at Cambio
Industry: Online
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: Cambio engages teens and young adults with celebrity news and video entertainment. The Social Media Editor’s responsibilities include: engaging and growing Cambio’s social media fan base, particularly on Facebook and Twitter, but also on emerging platforms; effectively driving traffic back to Cambio from social media outlets; driving awareness of Cambio in the celebrity and entertainment communities thru social media; creating new ways of conversing with Cambio’s users (contests, tournaments, you-name-it) in the social sphere; developing Cambio’s social strategy and being its biggest advocate in the social world; creating topical photo galleries on Cambio.com and all of its social platforms; delivering live coverage of red carpets and Hollywood events on Cambio’s social platforms. (Via SocialTimes)
Director, Property Planning & Marketing at Nickelodeon
Industry: Marketing, Television
Location: New York, NY
Description: Work with the Vice President on the creation and development of strategic marketing plans for the SpongBob SquarePants property. The Director is 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. He or she will provide comprehensive evaluations and recommendations for future property development. (Via MTV Careers)
