HarperCollins Publishers

Recruitment

• Support the Vice President, People and the Talent Acquisition team, primarily for HarperCollins Christian Publishing
• Coordinate People team processes, recruitment, and onboarding
• Build relationships with employees, candidates, hiring managers, People partners, and cross-functional teams
• Provide administrative and project coordination support across the employee lifecycle
• Prepare and maintain documentation, coordinate meetings and timelines, and track follow-up actions
• Coordinate performance management, talent planning, employee engagement, organization changes, and other People team initiatives
• Support employee relations and performance management processes
• Respond to routine employee and manager questions and escalate sensitive or complex matters
• Create and post open roles on career pages, LinkedIn, and relevant job boards
• Coordinate high-volume interview schedules and onsite logistics
• Serve as primary candidate contact and provide recruitment updates and feedback
• Ensure recruitment compliance with company policies and employment laws
• Prepare and track offer letters and new-hire documentation
• Coordinate HCCP campus recruiting and internship programs, including event logistics, catering, technology setup, materials, onboarding, and communications
• Manage the team’s shared inbox with the New York-based coordinator
• Track recruitment processes and manage referrals
• Oversee onboarding for full-time employees and interns, including background checks, documentation, equipment, system access, workspace setup, security access, and orientation
• Support new hires and managers during onboarding
• Help new employees navigate company systems, policies, and procedures

Coordinator, People & Recruiting

• Serve as the primary talent acquisition partner for HarperCollins Christian Publishing
• Support HarperCollins Publishers based on hiring volume and business priorities
• Partner with the Senior Director of Talent to evaluate hiring processes and integrate best practices across North America
• Identify talent needs and develop targeted recruitment strategies and initiatives
• Manage full-cycle recruitment from entry-level to senior-level roles, including sourcing, resume review, phone screens, interviews, offers, and candidate closing
• Provide an exceptional candidate experience from initial contact through onboarding
• Partner with hiring managers to understand talent needs and provide data-informed recruitment guidance
• Build relationships with hiring managers, People partners, candidates, and cross-functional stakeholders
• Manage internship program planning and execution, including group placement, orientation, professional development, networking, and mentoring opportunities
• Monitor intern performance and collect feedback to improve internship programs
• Maintain relationships with former interns and develop entry-level talent pipelines
• Build relationships with local university career centers, student organizations, and diversity organizations
• Maintain accurate candidate records in the ICIMS applicant tracking system
• Develop and analyze recruitment reports and metrics
• Translate recruitment insights into recommendations and action

Recruiter

Art Director

• Lead and refine the cover development process
• Design and art direct a list of romance and women’s fiction books
• Collaborate with and manage illustrators, in-house designers and freelance designers
• Keep creative contributors on schedule to meet printer dates
• Contribute independently and collaboratively to department goals
• Prioritize, multitask and manage resources across multiple projects
• Meet deadlines and manage budgets for assigned titles
• Regularly check in with Publishers and the Creative Director

Senior Director, Art

Vice President

• Serve as HarperCollins Christian Publishing’s lead consultative human resources business partner
• Shape the division’s people strategy, organization design, and employee relations approach
• Provide consultative counsel to divisional leaders
• Translate business priorities into people strategy and organization solutions
• Advise divisional leadership on business and people priorities
• Lead organization design, workforce planning, change, and talent strategies
• Lead complex employee relations, performance, and workplace matters
• Assess organizational capabilities and strengthen succession pipelines
• Advance talent development and retention priorities
• Advise senior leaders on team effectiveness, performance, leadership capability, and organizational health
• Collaborate across the People Team and broader organization to align divisional needs with enterprise programs, policies, and best practices
• Report to the SVP, Deputy CHRO

Vice President, People

Marketing

• Conceive and execute marketing campaigns for an assigned list of children’s books
• Develop campaign visions including audience segmentation, promotional timelines, and key tactics to drive sales
• Use internal and external analysis and data management tools to make strategic, data-driven decisions
• Evolve promotional plans based on marketplace trends, emerging opportunities, imprint results, and campaign results
• Identify promotional backlist opportunities for titles and authors
• Collaborate with Editorial, Marketing, Art, Sales, publicists, publishers, agents, and authors
• Manage budgets for assigned titles and track performance to budget
• Communicate detailed campaign updates and present campaigns in key meetings
• Advise authors on building and optimizing social media presence and overall platform
• Develop campaign content including social media copy and images, infographics, and consumer email copy
• Participate in imprint-wide marketing discussions and seasonal sales meetings
• Coordinate marketing efforts with publicists
• Secure title-specific and imprint-wide cross-promotional partnerships with third-party brands and companies
• Occasionally attend industry trade shows and book tour events

Senior Marketing Manager, Children

Manager

• Manage contracts and amendments for imprints within the Children’s and Trade publishing groups
• Manage inbound brand and content licensing agreements from request through execution
• Draft, negotiate, and finalize contracts and amendments within established guidelines
• Prepare, draft, negotiate, and finalize publishing agreements and amendments, including author, illustrator, and contributor agreements
• Review Editorial contract requests for completeness, accuracy, approvals, and alignment with agreed business terms
• Partner with Editorial, Royalties, Publishing Operations, Finance, and Legal to support timely contract execution and effective administration
• Review and communicate key business and legal terms, including advances, royalties, approvals, territories, formats, exclusivity, term, renewal, and termination rights
• Identify and escalate material legal, financial, or business risks
• Track contract status, approvals, obligations, and deadlines, and maintain accurate records in contract-management systems
• Interpret contract terms and provide guidance to internal stakeholders and third parties
• Advise on author estate matters as required
• Support contract templates, workflow improvements, special projects, and other Contracts Department responsibilities

Senior Manager, Contracts

• Manage inbound brand and content licensing agreements from request through execution
• Draft, negotiate, and finalize contracts and amendments
• Prepare, draft, negotiate, and finalize publishing agreements, including author, illustrator, and contributor agreements
• Review Editorial contract requests for completeness, accuracy, approvals, and alignment with business terms
• Partner with Editorial, Royalties, Publishing Operations, Finance, and Legal
• Review and communicate business and legal terms, including advances, royalties, approvals, territories, formats, exclusivity, term, renewal, and termination rights
• Identify and escalate material legal, financial, or business risks
• Track contract status, approvals, obligations, and deadlines
• Maintain accurate records in contract-management systems
• Interpret contract terms and provide guidance to internal stakeholders and third parties
• Advise on author estate matters
• Support contract templates, workflow improvements, special projects, and other Contracts Department responsibilities

• Manage contracts and amendments for imprints within the Children’s and Trade publishing groups
• Manage inbound brand and content licensing agreements from request through execution
• Draft, negotiate, and finalize contracts and amendments within established guidelines
• Prepare, draft, negotiate, and finalize publishing agreements and amendments, including author, illustrator, and contributor agreements
• Review contract requests from Editorial for completeness, accuracy, approvals, and alignment with business terms
• Partner with Editorial, Royalties, Publishing Operations, Finance, and Legal
• Review and communicate business and legal terms, including advances, royalties, approvals, territories, formats, exclusivity, term, renewal, and termination rights
• Identify and escalate material legal, financial, or business risks
• Track contract status, approvals, obligations, and deadlines
• Maintain accurate records in contract-management systems
• Interpret contract terms and provide guidance to internal stakeholders and third parties
• Advise on author estate matters
• Support contract templates, workflow improvements, special projects, and other Contracts Department responsibilities

• Create digital ads, social media content, and other marketing materials promoting teen, young adult, and romance books
• Design trade and consumer advertisements
• Design social media marketing content
• Make revisions on active design projects
• Animate digital ads and book covers
• Download assets from DAM for various projects

Marketing Design Intern

Marketing Operations

• Support digital marketing operations across email marketing, SEO, social media, paid advertising, data analytics, Amazon marketing, and related areas
• Gain digital marketing knowledge and earn multiple platform certifications
• Use SEO platforms to analyze websites and identify actionable insights
• Attend editorial, marketing, and titling meetings to learn the publishing lifecycle
• Assist with social media strategies, social listening, and content planning
• Research marketing and consumer trends for publishing imprints
• Explore Amazon marketing options and metadata optimization
• Present data analytics and reporting to key stakeholders to support decision-making
• Collaborate with authors, editors, sales teams, and marketers across publishing divisions

Summer Internship – Marketing Operations

• Help implement direct-to-consumer marketing campaigns across email, social media, web, and other digital channels
• Draft and edit email content, blog posts, social media captions, advertising copy, product messaging, and promotional materials
• Create inspirational social media content and basic marketing assets
• Support campaign planning and execution for new book launches, seasonal promotions, and evergreen products
• Research bloggers, influencers, media outlets, audience trends, and competitive titles
• Develop media kits, press materials, media lists, and other publicity resources
• Assist with promotional mailings and distribution of books or advance copies
• Compile and analyze marketing data and campaign results
• Attend team and cross-functional meetings involving Marketing, Public Relations, Sales, and Editorial
• Develop a marketing campaign proposal targeting 18–22-year-old consumers with devotional content
• Provide project and administrative support, including proofreading, research, meeting notes, spreadsheets, and campaign-material organization
• Perform other duties as assigned

Summer Internship – Marketing

Editor

• Assist the Senior Managing Editor with setting up titles internally, updating the title plan, and inputting sales conference materials
• Prepare notes and trackers for editorial team meetings and assist with mailings
• Support Production Editors with copyediting, reviewing proofreader’s marks, checking corrections, preparing manuscripts for interior design, and performing formatting proofs
• Fact check citations, Scripture references, quotations, and sourced material
• Copyedit and proof back cover copy, review final jackets before printing, and update reprint corrections
• Review proposals and provide feedback on concept, writing, and marketplace analysis
• Assist with sales conference preparation, initial manuscript reads, and team meetings

Summer Internship – Editorial

• Assist all Thomas Nelson fiction editorial and marketing activities
• Attend titling, staff, title alignment, production, editorial, marketing, and sales conference meetings
• Manage the proposal log, including tracking and distributing proposals from agents and authors
• Assist with filing for CIP data and copyrights
• Shadow and assist with page proofs, final pass proofs, manuscript styling, and basic application
• Gain experience drafting and reviewing catalog and back cover copy
• Optimize retailer copy for backlist and frontlist titles
• Help implement promotional campaigns
• Gather author input for PR pitches
• Manage Librarian and Reviewer requests through NetGalley
• Help create and distribute ARCs to reviewers, media, authors, and sales
• Research marketing trends
• Assist with mailings
• Perform clerical work including photocopying, printing, binding manuscripts, filing, email, and note taking

Editorial and Marketing Intern

• Help develop a marketing campaign plan targeting 18–25-year-olds with Bible study content
• Write and edit book hooks, positioning statements, and sales-team talking points
• Design and proofread marketing plans to maintain quality and brand consistency
• Assist with influencer and church mailings for book launches and brand campaigns
• Participate in author calls and brainstorm marketing ideas and creative concepts
• Upload video Bible study content to YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok
• Brainstorm and test content across TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and LinkedIn
• Write emails and blog posts for marketing channels
• Upload lifestyle photos to Amazon, the website, social media, and other sales channels
• Analyze market research, trends, opportunities, and audience insights
• Review trend reports and share takeaways to inform marketing strategy
• Track campaign performance and report on results
• Collaborate with the marketing team to execute campaigns from start to finish
• Manage multiple projects while meeting deadlines and maintaining attention to detail

• Gain in-depth digital marketing knowledge and earn multiple platform certifications
• Use SEO platforms to analyze websites and identify actionable insights
• Attend editorial, marketing, and titling meetings to experience the publishing lifecycle
• Assist with social media strategies, social listening, and content planning
• Research marketing and consumer trends for publishing imprints
• Explore Amazon marketing options and metadata optimization
• Present data analytics and reporting to key stakeholders
• Collaborate across publishing divisions with authors, editors, sales teams, and marketers