Associate, Multimedia Content

Macmillan Audio seeks a Multimedia Content Associate to lead the development and execution of innovative promotional assets. As a digital storyteller, you will create high-impact video and audio content—ranging from in-studio author interviews to behind-the-scenes event coverage—that brings our audiobooks to life across all digital platforms. This role will manage the entire content lifecycle, from initial concept to final post-production, reporting directly to the Marketing Director.

What You'll Do:

• Content Strategy and Execution: Lead the full lifecycle of content creation, including conceptualizing ideas, negotiating fees, coordinating shoots, capturing and editing content, and managing stakeholder approvals.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with audiobook producers, marketers, social media managers and editorial team to align multimedia assets with broader campaign goals.
• On-Site Content Capture: Execute end-to-end studio photoshoots by directing talent, managing logistics, and capturing high-impact visual content that aligns with brand standards.
• Project Management: Maintain calendars, track production assignments, and ensure all projects meet high standards for quality and brand consistency.
• Asset Distribution: Create and deliver optimized assets for social media, email marketing, and retail platforms, ensuring technical specifications are met for each outlet.
• Strategic Guidance: Act as an internal subject matter expert, providing guidance to colleagues on multimedia best practices, performance analytics, and digital trends.
• Innovation & Trends: Experiment with emerging formats, technologies, and storytelling techniques to keep Macmillan Audio at the forefront of digital trends.
• Process Optimization: Continuously improve production workflows and file management to increase team efficiency.

What You'll Bring:

• Technical Mastery: Proficiency in the Adobe Creative Cloud suite (Premiere Pro, Express, Photoshop, Lightroom, and After Effects), familiarity with DAWs (Reaper, ProTools, Audacity), and basic audio engineering skills.
• Visual Storytelling: Skills in photography and videography, including a strong eye for framing, lighting, composition and studio staging.
• Post-Production: Photo retouching and video editing skills, with a focus on creating "thumb-stopping" content for social platforms.
• Communication & Collaboration: Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across diverse departments.
• Platform Expertise: Understanding of social media platforms (TikTok, Instagram, etc.), specs,  and the specific content styles that drive engagement on each.
• Relationship Management: An approachable yet firm working style with a knack for building instant rapport; comfortable serving as the primary point of contact for talent and their representatives to negotiate terms and ensure a seamless creative experience.
• Organization: Detail-oriented with superb organizational and time-management skills; able to self-direct and manage multiple deadlines simultaneously.
• Industry Passion: A strong interest in the audiobook landscape and a knack for translating audio-first products into compelling visual stories.

Experience Needed:

• At least 2-3 years of professional experience in multimedia production, content creation, or a closely related field.
• College degree or equivalent professional experience required

This salary range for this role is $52,000 - $57,000.

This position is classified as remote but is tied to our New York, NY office located at 120 Broadway. Employment is subject to New York State tax withholding under applicable regulations. 

Macmillan Publishers is the U.S. trade company that is part of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned group of media companies headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's publishing companies include prominent imprints around the world that publish a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.

U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, companies in the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group publish under the Pan Macmillan name. The German publishing company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.

Macmillan is proud to be an equal opportunity employer consistently striving to foster a culture where everyone belongs. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and identities. Qualified applicants are evaluated without regard to race, color, religion, age, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, physical ability, neurodiversity, genetic information, protected veteran status, family and economic status and background or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We prohibit discrimination of any kind and will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law.

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