Marketing and Publicity Associate (Hybrid)

Do you love reading books from Christian authors? The Marketing & Publicity Associate provides support for the Nelson Books marketing and PR team across a wide sampling of marketing work and campaigns as we seek to bring life-changing messages to readers. • Coordinate support functions for the marketing team: process invoices, set up new vendors in system, manage department calendar and email inbox, send out book mailings, and assist with sales conference videos • Assist marketers with the creation of marketing plans and execution of those plans • Assist with digital marketing promotional efforts across Meta, Amazon, Google, TikTok, Spotify, and YouTube • Assist PR team with media mailings, galleys, and other tasks in order to increasing author awareness • Pitch a wide array of media on publicity opportunities for our backlist titles • Manage devotionals and reading plan content creation for YouVersion and other media outlets • Assist with coordinating virtual and in-person book launch and book signing events • Work in industry systems, such as Edelweiss, to add and update book and marketing data • Manage author/agent requests for advanced reader copies (ARCs) • Organize and manage sample and influencer mailings and letters • Submit our books for consideration for internal promotional recommendations and external book award programs • Organize and package book assets (graphics, video, and content) to share with authors as well as store in our online asset management platforms (Cumulus) • Work with design teams to create promotional kits for books as well as marketing materials for promotions and book tours Knowledge/Work Experience: 1-2 years marketing or PR experience required with at least 1 year agency or in-house marketing or publicity experience preferred. • Must be able to work independently based on the outlined processes and procedures of our department • Strong communication skills to articulate needs, provide status updates, and work with cross-functional teams • Willingness to help and solve problems • Proven ability to develop and maintain strong professional relationships with colleagues and vendors • Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment • FinalCut Studio, Premier Pro, iMovie, or other video editing and creation software, experience is a plus but not required