Designer, Social Media & Content Marketing

 

 

Simon & Schuster (S&S) seeks a Designer, Social Media & Content Marketing to help promote new releases and backlist titles to drive book sales, audience growth and author awareness. 

This role will serve as an integral member of S&S’s Corporate Marketing team, contributing to the creative and visual excellence of our social media, website and events presence. You will also serve as a thought partner to S&S’s stable of award-winning imprints, helping to uplift their social media efforts and empower their authors to create engaging social media content.

This role requires someone with 4+ years of creative experience across graphic design, photography, and video production. Extra points for illustration and/or audio editing experience! The candidate should be a creative thinker and producer who is passionate about engaging audiences through visual formats. 

Responsibilities include:  

• Ideating and creating engaging video, graphics, motion content and visuals tailored for platforms like Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Threads, Pinterest, YouTuber and more

 

• Collaborating with the web/content team to create visually compelling e-commerce and digital assets for simonandschuster.com

 

• Designing on-brand print and digital creative for consumer events

 

• Manage the day-to-day design workflow, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget.

 

• Generating templates and best practices to assist S&S imprints and authors in creating engaging digital and social content

 

• Managing the ongoing development of the S&S’s visual identity system, ensuring brand consistency across corporate marketing touch points

 

• Attending and capturing content at film shoots and events

 

• Ideating, individually and collaboratively, on innovative content ideas designed to meet long-term goals for S&S’s website, social media platforms, audience growth and revenue generation

 

• Quickly identifying and executing on social trends and sharing user/community generated content that uplifts the S&S brand, its authors, books and imprints

 

• Staying current with industry trends, design trends, emerging technologies and tools, and best practices in social media, e-commerce, digital design

 

• Interpreting data to measure the effectiveness of design solutions and iterate based on insights

 

• Solid understanding of UI/UX principles for web/mobile/apps

 

• Maintaining approved style and brand guidelines

 

• Organizing, monitoring, and maintaining files on shared drives.

 

Preferred Candidates should have:  

 

• 5+ years of experience in a design or creative role, with a strong portfolio showcasing social media campaigns and website content

 

• Experience in creating engaging social media content across all major social media platforms including Instagram, Threads, Facebook, TikTok, Pinterest, YouTube, BlueSky, and more.

 

• Proficiency in design/video software such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects), Canva, CapCut and more.

 

• iPhone and DSLR photography, capturing and editing video, and motion graphics skills

 

• Ability to deliver production-ready, platform-optimized digital assets in a wide variety of formats

 

• Strong conceptual thinking and storytelling ability

 

• Experience working across multiple platforms, including digital, print, video, and social media.

 

• Excellent communication and presentation skills (written and verbal)

 

• Organized, detail-oriented, collaborative, and versatile to handle a range of projects

 

• An interest in, and understanding of, the ever-evolving social media landscape

 

• Ability to work nights and weekends, as needed

 

• Familiarity with HTML/CSS/Javascript a plus.

 

• Familiarity with with UI libraries and frameworks (e.g. Bulma) a plus.

 

• A love of books