Open Road Media Career and Intern Opportunities

Children's Acquisitions Editor

 

This position will develop the eBook acquisition program of Open Road Integrated Media Children's along with the Assistant Editor and the Advisor, Children's Books. The Children's Acquisitions Editor will evaluate and acquire authors and titles to further add to Open Road's fast-growing children's eBook list spanning Young Adult, Middle Grade, and Picture Books. The Acquisitions Editor will also be involved in the acquisition and publication activities for Open Road Publishing Partners and frontlist YA E-Riginal titles. The Acquisitions Editor will work in conjunction with cross-functional teams at Open Road to ensure acquisition goals and timetables are met in an innovative, fast-moving environment. 

Specific Responsibilities Include: 

• Liaison with agents, authors, estates, and other rights holders during the acquisition and publication of Open Road's ebooks 
• Manage the negotiation process of Author Brand contracts, in coordination with Contracts Associate and outside counsel 
• Research and evaluate potential title set acquisitions using BookScan 
• Coordinate with in-house Editorial and Managing Editorial team to ensure fast transition of titles from acquisition through production 
• Coordinate with in-house Video Production and Marketing teams to initiate marketing asset development and marketing plans for each author 

Qualifications: 

• 5 years of experience in editorial acquisition in children¹s book publishing, preferably in a commercial publishing environment
• Strong agent and author relationship skills
• Understanding and engagement in the digital publishing area 
• Ability to work toward individual and team goals in a rapidly changing, fast-scaling startup 

Reporting: 

• Will report to Advisor, Children's Books and work closely with Assistant Editor, Managing Editorial, Marketing, and Video Production teams. 

Location: New York, NY 

Compensation and Benefits: This is a full-time exempt position. Compensation includes competitive salary and medical, 401(k), and life insurance.  

Please send resume and cover letter to sstreger AT openroadmedia.com

Online Retail Manager 

Open Road Integrated Media is seeking an experienced candidate for the role of Online Retail Manager. Candidates with digital, ebook and/or e-retail sales experience who thrive on breaking into new businesses in a start-up paced environment. The successful candidate should have strong sales experience dealing with online retail, have a passion for selling, and be comfortable working with a variety of publishing lines including trade adult, children’s, digital first (E-riginals) and iconic ebooks. The ideal candidate will also have first class negotiating and communication skills. 

Responsibilities 

• Play a leading role in maximizing the sales performance of a growing list of titles from this premier ebook publisher 

• Retail management of a key range of online wholesalers, retailers, and educational suppliers in the ebook marketplace 

• Responsible for establishing, coordinating both with retailer and marketing team, all retail promotions for all e-retailers on an ongoing basis 

• Responsible for following up with managing editorial and retailers on all promotions 

• Overseeing contractual delivery of ebooks for authors as well as supplemental purchases 

• Working across all ORIM departments, including marketing, video production, business and operations 

• Staying up-to-date with new retail merchandising, promotional opportunities, and technological advancements 

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Required: 

• Candidate should have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and be highly motivated and outgoing. 

• At least 3+ years of book publishing experience in digital books and/or sales. 

• Experience in digital sales 

• Strong negotiating skills 

• Comfortable dealing with vendors and clients face-to-face 

• Must be familiar with online retail programs and offerings 

• Excellent organizational skills 

• Able to prioritize, manage projects, and meet deadlines 

• Ability to multitask 

• Self starter 

Educational Background Required: 

• Bachelor’s Degree 

Location: New York, NY


This is a full-time exempt position. Open Road Integrated Media offers a comprehensive benefit package, which includes medical, dental, 401(k), life insurance, and more.


Open Road Integrated Media is an equal opportunity employer.
 


Please send resume and cover letter to marketing AT openroadmedia.com.

Digital Marketing Manager

 

This position will help lead Open Road Integrated Media’s marketing and promotion efforts. The candidate will be responsible for developing and implementing online and offline marketing campaigns, creating marketing content for distribution, coordinating promotions with etailers, and working directly with authors.
Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to the following categories:

Marketing Plans and Campaigns

    •    Develop and implement marketing plans and projects for new and existing authors
    •    Work with team members on larger theme/holiday promotions including video
    •    Provide feature enhancement priorities for the ORIM marketing platform
    •    Create quarterly reports for ongoing campaigns

Social Media and Mobile Marketing

• Participate on ORIM social networking
• Create social media sites for participating authors and train authors in their use
• Keep abreast of emerging technologies and communities in the social media space and report back to marketing team on findings

Qualifications

• Background or passion about mysteries, thrillers, sci-fi/fantasy a plus
• Requires a bachelor’s degree. Master’s degree in related field a plus;
• 5+ years experience in a marketing, advertising or promotion role
• Must have experience using Photoshop and coding basic html
• Experience in all aspects of developing and maintaining marketing campaigns
• Experience with social media marketing (Facebook, Twitter, GoodReads, etc) and analytics
• Must have first hand knowledge of SEO and SEM campaigns

The successful candidate must have the following skills:

• Project planning is critical; individual must have the capability to document, communicate and integrate results into specific action plans and manage project plans for implementing marketing campaigns
• Ability to work closely with publishing and product development to deliver campaigns to market according to plan
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills required; must be able to present results and actions plans with professionalism, authority and credibility to all levels within the Company, as well as externally to prospects and clients
• Initiative and desire to work successfully in a fast-paced, small team environment, self-directing day-to-day activities and prioritization
• Strong attention to detail, with an ability to follow-up on items to ensure tight timelines and releases are met

Location: New York, NY
This is a full-time exempt position. Open Road Integrated Media offers a comprehensive benefit package, which includes medical, dental, 401(k), life insurance, and more.
Open Road Integrated Media is an equal opportunity employer.
 
Please send resume and cover letter to marketing AT openroadmedia.com.

Proofreaders

Open Road Integrated Media has openings for part-time freelance proofreaders to work with its managing editorial department to take on 1–2 projects per week (flexible). 

Proofreaders will assist the managing editorial department in finding and correcting all conversion errors and applying typographic and grammatical consistency to backlist titles across a variety of genres.

This is a fast-paced, high-profile startup—details and deadlines are of the essence. 

Requirements

• Strong attention to detail
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Word and track changes feature
• Ability to meet firm deadlines
• Knowledge of ebooks is a plus

 

To apply, please send resume and cover letter to Rebecca Butcher, Digital Production Editor, at rbutcher@openroadmedia.com.

General Internships

Founded by former CEO of Harper Collins Jane Friedman and Producer Jeff Sharp, Open Road Media looks to have strong minded, focused, and willing to do what it takes to get the job done interns for Summer. This internship program is offered for credit only, and offers unique options for students.

You may apply for a general internship where your will have the opportunity to work in all departments. For those who already have a focused interest are encouraged to apply for a specific internship in our editorial, publishing, production, or marketing departments.

Our program includes monthly walk-throughs of the company's agenda and workflow. Giving students the opportunity to not only step into the middle of projects, but to understand where it all starts and finishes. There are bi-weekly intern discussion groups where overall progress is discussed. This also offers
An open and safe place to discuss intern projects and expectations.

This is an extremely competitive internship with only 10 slots available. Only serious and determined applicants need apply. Extreme interest and background in literary fields and post production are a

 

Digital Marketing Intern

The marketing department accepts applications for internships on a rolling basis. Internships can be for credit or job training.

Skills Needed:

The ideal candidate will be highly motivated and have an interest in marketing and ebooks, as well as online experience or an equivalent facility with new media and social networking. A strong writing background will be helpful, as will experience in advertising/promotions or publicity. Undergraduate degree required. Must be able to receive school credit.

Projects and Responsibilities May Include:

• Assisting with marketing strategy and execution by crafting marketing materials and publicity pitches to promote Open Road authors and books
• Writing copy for advertisements, retailers, blog posts, and other outreach
• Working closely with marketing team and CMO to form retail strategies for major online retail outlets
• Engaging with Open Road and Open Road authors on social networks
• Monitoring social networks for author stats and activities
• Building blog and website outreach lists
• Assisting with business development research: analysis of web presence of potential clients
• Conducting traditional and non-traditional advertising research

Managing Editorial Intern

Open Road Integrated Media has openings each semester for two unpaid (school credit) interns to work 15 to 20 hours per week in its managing editorial department.

The managing editorial intern assists the managing editorial department in a number of tasks related to ebook and POD production, including data entry, preparing hard copy files for digitization, device QA, departmental administrative tasks (mailing, scanning, etc.), and some proofreading.

This is a fast-paced, high-profile startup—details and deadlines are of the essence. The right individual will have the unique opportunity to experience all aspects of managing editorial in a next-generation publishing environment.

Primary Responsibilities

Enter descriptive copy and other metadata as needed in title management system

• Create copyright pages
• Prep books for digitization
• Proofread POD files
• Perform quality assurance of Open Road titles on major reading devices (iPad, Kindle, and others)
• Check current Open Road titles on Apple, Amazon, and other major etailers to ensure they are active and display the correct metadata
• Proofread website homepage
• Generate POD cover templates

Requirements

• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to juggle multiple and varied tasks
• Demonstrated interest in managing editorial and next-generation publishing
• Knowledge of ereader devices and social media helpful

Interactive Production Intern

Open Road Media looks for at least one digital production intern each semester. The ideal candidate will be highly motivated and have an interest in the production end of ebooks, ebook marketing and content management, as well as online experience and facility with new media and social networking.

Projects and Responsibilities May Include:

• Developing content for ORIM website and internal use, including video and photos.
• Overseeing project development, scheduling and deployment of online content.
• Processing marketing material for promotional/advertising use.
• Assisting in metadata upload to internal database.
• Monitoring campaigns for Social Networking outlets (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo, etc.)

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree
• Interest in ebook design and development
• Ability to juggle multiple and varied tasks
• Knowledge of ereader devices and social media helpful
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and basic HTML a plus

FOR ALL INTERNSHIPS:

Please send cover letter and resume to:

Jamie Andrew

Open Road Media

180 Varick Street, Suite 816

New York, NY 10014