Manager, Marketing Operations

About the role

Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers, is seeking a Manager, Marketing Operations to join our team. The Manager will oversee various operational tasks including managing the seasonal schedule, promotional budget and expenses, and internal workflow processes.

Responsibilities

• Spearhead seasonal calendar creation process and orchestration of internal deadlines for the marketing department, including coordinating reminders and communication of deadlines to the entire MCPG marketing team.
• Manage planning process for seasonal Sales Conference meetings: scheduling, organizing, vetting materials, recording presentations.
• Act as key liaison with the Sales, Design, Managing Editorial and Production departments in the US to manage coordination of sales materials, maintain grids, monitor and ensure allocation.
• Create and implement MCPG’s promotional budget tracking system, including: developing a cross-departmental workflow, collaborating with cross-functional colleagues to ensure expenses are accounted for consistently across systems, creating and communicating monthly reporting for the marketing department.
• Develop and maintain additional budgetary and financial processes for marketing, department, including: Setting up new vendors for payment, tracking seasonal, round-up, and miscellaneous expenses with department heads.
• Organize cross-departmental initiatives as assigned.

Requirements

• Confidence handling financial and budgetary information.
• Experience developing new workflows.
• Print production experience.
• Ability to learn new systems and processes.
• Ability to collaborate with multiple teams concurrently.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to proactively communicate effectively across departments and seniority levels.
• Strong knowledge of Airtable, Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc) and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc).
• 5+ years in marketing operations or related field.

Qualifications

• A love of children’s publishing is a plus but not required.

Skills

• Ability to handle financial and budgetary information.
• Experience developing new workflows.
• Print production experience.
• Ability to learn new systems and processes.
• Ability to collaborate with multiple teams concurrently.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to proactively communicate effectively across departments and seniority levels.
• Strong knowledge of Airtable, Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc) and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc).

Benefits

A love of children’s publishing is a plus but not required.

Pay

The salary range for this role is $70,000 - $80,000.

Schedule

This position is classified as remote but is tied to our New York, NY office located at 120 Broadway.

Employment

Employment is subject to New York State tax withholding under applicable regulations.