The Morrow Group, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, is seeking a creative, organized, and dynamic Marketing & Publicity Manager to lead and execute fully integrated publicity and marketing campaigns for frontlist and backlist nonfiction titles published by Morrow Group imprints (including William Morrow, Mariner, Dey Street, and Harvest).

This is an incredible opportunity to join an enthusiastic, dedicated team that works on a variety of books and brands by authors who are thought leaders, celebrities, journalists, athletes, chefs, influencers, and innovators in a wide range of subject areas that help shape the cultural conversation.

This position is based out of NYC on a hybrid schedule.

• Conceives, develops and executes integrated, cohesive publicity and marketing campaigns for 5-8 books per season.
• Creates a unified message for each campaign with the goal of securing media coverage as well as consumer and influencer activation through content creation, social media, newsletters, advertising, event opportunities and traditional marketing tactics.
• Collaborates with Morrow Group imprint leads on marketing and publicity campaign strategy.
• Communicates detailed campaign updates directly to key stakeholders both internally and externally.
• Oversees budgets for assigned titles.
• Offers feedback to the editorial group on select author proposals and represents the imprint in acquisition meetings with prospective authors.
• Fosters and maintains functional relationships with key influencers, broadcast, print, and digital media contacts.
• Regularly presents at sales and marketing meetings
• Guides opportunities to promote backlist books, including developing cost-effective campaigns, leveraging current trends.

• College degree or equivalent work experience
• A minimum of 3-5 years of publicity experience is required (trade book publicity is a plus); some marketing experience preferred
• Excellent skillset in project management, communication, organization, working independently, and presenting campaign plans and updates
• Ability to work cross-functionally across the division and within the company
• Exceptional written and oral communications skills, positive attitude, and a high level of professionalism, creativity, and attention to detail
• Demonstrated knowledge of social media best practices and how they apply to books as a marketing and sales tool
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite required; experience with Canva and/or Adobe Creative Suite or similar design programs preferred; social media knowledge and skills, including any content creation experience, is a plus
• Must be a resourceful self-starter who can take initiative and independently solve problems
• Knowledge and passion for nonfiction books, particularly an awareness of current trends in popular culture and politics

HarperCollins Publishers is a company full of people who are passionate about books. When you apply for a position, we want to know why you want to work here, and why you are interested in the job. That’s why cover letters are strongly preferred

The salary range for this position is $70,000- $75,000. We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.  

In addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.   

HarperCollins Publishers is an equal opportunity employer.