Marketing & Operations Associate – Social Commerce

Hachette Livre; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 34,000 - 49,000; Part time

Job summary

Hachette Book Group seeks an entrepreneurial marketing & operations associate to support our social commerce revenue streams. The role coordinates influencer marketing, price promotions, and sales operations across rapid-growth channels in a part-time, 15-20 hour weekly schedule in New York City.

You will build reports, manage seasonal promotions, and collaborate with imprint teams and external partners to drive sales.

Qualifications

• Proficient in MS Office tools, especially Excel.
• Experience building reports and making data digestible and actionable.
• Experience creating, editing, and posting organic content on TikTok.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate seasonal title promotions by pulling title lists and monitoring profitability.
• Project manage large-scale marketing and merchandising efforts with Directors and media partners.
• Reserves, inventory, and demand management for social commerce products.
• Monitor & report on sales trends and communicate updates to imprint teams.
• Build and maintain digital storefronts with new, seasonal, and trending titles.
• Assist with ideation and production of new-to-market products and bundles.
• Manage sales-focused advertising campaigns.
• Collaborate with internal and external agencies on organic TikTok content.

Skills

Excel

Data reporting

Communication

Project management

Influencer marketing

E-commerce

Tools

TikTok

Meta

Job description

Hachette Book Group is seeking an entrepreneurial and ambitious marketing & operations associate to support our growing social commerce revenue streams. The associate will help in the coordination of influencer marketing efforts, price promotions, and sales operations.

The ideal candidate is passionate about new business growth and has experience with e-commerce operations. They are an excellent problem solver, have strong communication skills, and are excited to learn and grow in this new space.

This position will report to the Director of Advertising & Social Commerce.

Essential duties & responsibilities

• Coordinate seasonal title promotions by pulling title lists, monitoring profitability, tapping influencer contacts, and interacting with key imprint stakeholders
• Project manage large-scale marketing and merchandising efforts in collaboration with the Director of Social Commerce and media companies such as Meta & TikTok
• Reserves, inventory, and demand management for social commerce products
• Monitor & report on sales trends and developments, communicate sales updates to imprint teams
• Build and maintain digital storefronts with new, seasonal, and trending titles
• Assist with the ideation and production of new-to-market products and bundles
• Manage sales-focused advertising campaigns
• Collaborate internally and with external agencies on organic TikTok content

Requirements

• Proficient in MS office tools, specifically Excel
• Experience building reports & making data digestible and actionable
• Experience creating, editing, and posting organic content on TikTok
• Strong project management and communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Passionate about e-commerce and/or book publishing
• Ambitious when it comes to actioning opportunities and driving sales
• Appetite to work within a fast-growing and highly complex environment

This is a part-time role, 15-20 hours per week.

Location

New York City - three days per week in the office

About Hachette Book Group

Hachette Book Group (HBG) is a leading book publisher based in New York and a division of Hachette Livre, the third-largest publisher in the world. The mission of Hachette Book Group is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment, and opportunity. At HBG, we are guided by four core pillars: Understanding Consumers, Changing the Story, Owner Mentality, and Growth Mindset.

As a leading book publisher, we believe that including and representing diverse voices in all aspects of our business is fundamental to what we do. Our publishing programs must reflect the broad range of backgrounds, experiences, political views and ideas that shape our society and publish books for all readers.

Hachette Book Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

The compensation for this position is $30 per hour. Salary can vary based on a number of factors including skills, experience, and location - talk with your recruiter to learn more. There may be times that you will be required (or requested) to work overtime due to the nature of your role or exceptional workload issues or special projects.