Job Description

Ingram Content Group (ICG) **** is hiring an Academic Marketing Manager to work with our Ingram **Academic & Professional **team in our NYC office. The Academic Marketing Manager develops and implements marketing plans, activities, and integrated brand communications targeting university press and commercial, academic publishers in the academic, trade, and library markets. The Academic Marketing Manager will build and execute a new social media strategy targeted to professors on behalf of Ingram Academic & Professional. In addition, this person implements marketing solutions that effectively position Ingram Academic & Professional client publishers in the marketplace promoting brand awareness, market share, and revenue growth. Finally, the Academic Marketing Manager supports the business strategies of the sales, marketing, and related business units and interfaces with various departments daily to execute projects, ensuring accurate, timely, and cost-efficient implementation.

The ideal candidate will have marketing experience with a publisher, preferably an academic publisher.

Do you have experience working with publishers? Have a passion for helping publishers be successful?

At Ingram, our publisher-facing business offers more than just traditional wholesale services. It offers fully integrated and relevant solutions for client publishers. Comprised of book printing, digital book, distribution, publishing sales and marketing services, this part of Ingram’s business helps publishers discover more ways to sell content in markets across the globe. Based in the Nashville area, New York, Berkeley and other locations, our teams are collaborative, innovative, dynamic, and passionate about the business.

The world is reading, and it is our goal to connect as many people to the content they want in the simplest ways. If you share that passion, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and want to contribute to a strategic part of the business that is evolving and expanding, we can’t wait to meet you!

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 4 years’ experience managing marketing programs in a small to medium sized company, or publishing company

Preferred Skills:

• Marketing experience with a publisher, preferably an academic publisher

Key Responsibilities:

• Works with client publishers to develop marketing services that promote and enhance the marketability and discoverability of publisher’s titles.
• Maintains the Ingram Academic & Professional website, ensuring clients titles are featured as agreed and website content is kept up to date.
• Consults with the client publishers under other Ingram distribution brands on academic marketing possibilities and, when agreed, helps them implement marketing plans directed toward higher education instructors.
• Works with client publishers to develop marketing services that promote and enhance the marketability and visibility of publisher’s titles.
• Maintains the Ingram Academic & Professional website, ensuring clients titles are featured as agreed and website content is kept up to date.
• Consults with client publishers on academic marketing possibilities and, when agreed, helps them implement marketing plans directed toward higher education instructors.
• Works closely with client publishers to develop and implement an academic marketing strategy in the UK.
• Plans, executes, and measures marketing plans and campaigns in the higher education market.
• Ensures the timely and efficient delivery of deliverables and goals.
• Manages the content of instructor and library newsletters.
• Manages direct response marketing for relevant client publishers.
• ** This list is not exhaustive**

Additional Information

Perks/Benefits:

• A highly competitive compensation package with generous benefits beginning first day of employment for Medical/Prescription Drug plans, HSA, Vision, Dental and Health Care FSA.
  • 15 vacation days & 12 sick days accrued annually and 3 personal days
  • 401K match, Life and AD&D, Employee Assistant programs, Group Legal, & more
• Avid reader?
  • Discounted offers to self-publish with IngramSpark®!
• Encouraged continued education with our tuition reimbursement program
• Financial and in-kind opportunities to engage with non-profits in your community
  • Company match program for United Way donations
  • Volunteer opportunities and in-kind drives for non-profits throughout the year
• Casual Dress Code

The world is reading, and Ingram Content Group (“Ingram”) connects people with content in all forms. Providing comprehensive services for publishers, retailers, libraries and educators, Ingram makes these services seamless and accessible through technology, innovation and creativity. With an expansive global network of offices and facilities, Ingram’s services include digital and physical book distribution, print-on-demand, and digital learning. Ingram Content Group is a part of Ingram Industries Inc. and includes Ingram Book Group LLC, Ingram Publisher Services LLC, Lightning Source LLC, Ingram Library Services LLC, Tennessee Book Company LLC, Ingram Content Group UK Ltd. and Ingram Content Group Australia Pty Ltd.

Ingram Content Group LLC is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, work related mental or physical disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetic information.

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