Marketing Director

Marketing Director

HarperCollins Christian Publishing is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and highly values diverse backgrounds and insights that fuel our innovation. Are you a creative visionary with a passion for beautiful books? Do you know what it takes to market a bestselling, inspirational market title? If so, we want you on our team! At HarperCollins Christian Publishing, our gift divisions Thomas Nelson & Zondervan Gift are at the forefront of creating inspiring, high-design Christian gift books that resonate with readers worldwide. We specialize in publishing a wide range of meaningful, beautifully crafted titles including devotionals, seasonal gift books, lifestyle books, and more. Our imprints are dedicated to publishing works that uplift and transform lives. We are seeking a motivated and dynamic Marketing Director who thrives in a fast-paced environment, is skilled at identifying trends, and has the creativity and expertise to promote books that will inspire readers. The ideal candidate will be an avid book reader, highly organized, detail oriented, tech savvy, an active member of the team, and possess a can-do attitude. This is a hybrid position based out of our Nashville, TN office.

Responsibilities :

• Develops and leads the title and brand marketing for 12-14 projects with the goal of meeting or beating the revenue and profit goals for each fiscal year.
• Constantly innovates HCCP marketing strategy and practice to meet the demands of a rapidly changing marketplace, keeping up with the latest marketing trends, reaching consumers in both the faith-based and general markets.
• Manages author relationships and ensures clear, effective project management across author and agency team members
• Develops objectives and strategies to reach desired target markets through a variety of marketing and digital tactics.
• Coordinates promotions with all sales channels and national retailers.
• Manages budget development and expense projections for assigned campaigns.
• Leverages best practices in digital (social media, search, email, etc.) and traditional (advertising, promotion, events) marketing methods to maximize unit sales and revenue for assigned front and backlist titles.
• Organizes national author tours and special events for major releases.
• Directs development of creative and sales assets to meet communications goals of marketing plans.
• Analyzes marketing campaign data and makes recommendations for adjustments and key learnings based on those results to ensure campaign success.
• Assists in the planning and preparation for all sales conferences, as well as presenting the marketing portion of certain titles during the conference.
• Works with internal publicity to prepare marketing and publicity updates for distribution to internal stakeholders and manage external publicity firms.
• Additional team responsibilities as assigned.
• Some travel may be required.

Qualifications :

HarperCollins Christian Publishing is an equal opportunity employer. HarperCollins Christian Publishing is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and / or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at TalentManagement@harpercollins.com. Note : we will only respond to accommodation requests.

Job Locations US-TN-Nashville Category Marketing