Audio Marketing Manager

About the role

Sourcebooks, the fastest growing and most innovative publisher in the industry, is searching for an Audio Marketing Manager to help power the next phase of growth for Sourcebooks Audio. Our audio program is in full-on growth mode, and we’re looking for a strategic, creative marketer who lives and breathes audiobooks, understands digital trends, and is excited to build outside-the-box campaigns that connect listeners with incredible stories. You’ll be the lead marketer for audio and thought partner across the organization—developing innovative, audio-first campaigns and also working closely with our imprint, vertical, library, international, and audience development teams to amplify and extend the reach of our titles and authors. You’ll have a seat at the table, a voice in decision-making, and the opportunity to shape how Sourcebooks shows up in the audio space. This position can be hybrid in Naperville or NYC, or fully remote in the following states ONLY: Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington D.C., and Wisconsin. Occasional travel to studios, trade shows, training opportunities, in-person events, and author recordings is required. Sourcebooks is a thriving entrepreneurial publisher driven by our mission to change lives through books. The fifth-largest publisher in the U.S. by print units sold, we bring extraordinary authors to readers in dynamic, data-driven ways, leading to hundreds of national and international bestsellers. Our insight-driven approach has earned us recognition from Fast Company as a Most Innovative Company, a Best Workplace for Innovators, a Most Loved Workplace by Newsweek, a Best Workplace by Inc., and Publishers Weekly’s nod as “the most successful self-made publisher operating in the 21st century.”. Story by story, book by book, we have changed more than 300 million lives. Join us as we change 300 million more!

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute audio-first marketing plans for key frontlist, backlist, and author initiatives, including clear timelines and plug-and-play guidance for authors
• Lead audio marketing execution across channels—studio content, social campaigns, digital ads, trade outreach, and backlist re-promotion driven by sales and