Job ID: 2024-14078 Type: Division of Libraries (LB1082) # of Openings: 1 Category: Marketing/Advertising/Public Relations/Media/Video/Audio New York University
Overview
Direct the development and implementation of short- and long-term publication, sales, and marketing strategies to achieve maximum intellectual and financial viability of NYU Press and the NYU brand identity. Supervise five full-time staff in the development and execution of all marketing and sales programs and activities, including advertising, publicity, direct mail, exhibits, and online marketing. Develop and oversee seasonal and annual sales forecasts and re-forecasts, sales projections, and associated budgets. Improve and expand domestic and international sales through the management of third-party sales teams and agents as well as domestic and international warehouse and distribution service providers. Manage marketing and sales programs for the partner press distribution program currently inclusive of six presses. Supervise translation rights program predominantly via third-party agents. Contribute to an evolving press electronic publishing strategy inclusive of consumer ebook licensing, open access publishing, and online marketing and promotion. Serve as a key member of the Press leadership team.
Responsibilities
Required Education: Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience: Minimum 7 years experience directing and managing a book publisher's marketing and/or sales operations; additional senior-level experience in business/financial operations, fulfillment, licensing, ebook publishing, and staff management are all highly desirable.
Preferred Experience: 7+ years Experience in university press, commercial academic, college, and / or nonfiction trade publishing and/or library sales, international sales, special sales, and electronic publishing. Knowledge of book metadata driven publishing workflows. Experience with open access publishing.
Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities: Excellent planning, management, budgeting, and organizational skills. Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to anticipate collaborative needs of diverse organizational structures. Knowledge of standard office software. Job requires domestic and international travel.
Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Abilities: Knowledge of e-publishing technologies and programs, Acumen for accounting and Biblio for title management, software experience, high level Excel and other database (Filemaker, Access, etc) capability
Qualifications
In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is USD $120,000.00 to USD $160,000.00. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses, clinical compensation, or other items.
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New York University (NYU) is one of the top private universities in the United States, and NYU Tandon School of Engineering traces its roots back to 1854, building on an illustrious past as Brooklyn Poly and the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering. Our mission is to excel in research, teaching, and entrepreneurship and inspire and educate engineers for the 21st century — backed by an historic commitment of $1 billion to recruit new faculty, fuel groundbreaking basic and applied research in key areas, and expand the Downtown Brooklyn campus. NYU Tandon faculty are world renowned leaders in science and technology, with a strong commitment to research, innovation, and entrepreneurship that make a difference in the world. We lead and have ties to multidisciplinary centers in wireless technology, cybersecurity, urban informatics, data sciences, artificial intelligence, renewable energy, and health, among others. Our faculty and students are part of the high-tech start-up culture in New York City and in downtown Brooklyn, and we support three “future lab” business incubators that connect our students and faculty to today’s innovation economy. We are deeply committed to teaching and le...arning, and with NYU's unrivaled global network of campuses, we promote a truly global engineering education.
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