Publicity and Promotions Associate (DCD)

DIAMOND COMIC DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

 

LOCATION:  Home Office – Hunt Valley, Maryland                              

DATE:  October, 2017

POSITION TITLE:  Publicity and Promotions Associate

DEPT:  Marketing

 

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Publicity and Promotions Associate performs a variety of public relations, marketing and writing tasks for Diamond’s online sites, e-newsletters and social media. The Publicity and Promotions Associate will be responsible coordinating and promoting Diamond’s in-store retailer events including Free Comic Book Day and Halloween ComicFest, as well as general PR duties for the company.

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Create press releases for Diamond, its products and services. Schedule and track releases, maintain media contacts database and online PR area.
• Responsible for writing and content management of various parts of Diamond’s websites, mainly freecomicbookday.com and halloweencomicfest.com event information
• Work in concert with consumer marketing team to maintain news and articles, provide consumer promotions for the sites, as well as help promote events via social media.
• Liaison with sponsoring publishers to meet event deadlines, assist in promoting their titles for the event, and provide support
• Assist in creation of emails and e-newsletters and sending emails out through email service providers and internal servers.
• Assist with coordination of promotions and sweepstakes to consumers.
• Additional writing duties as assigned.
• All other duties as assigned.

 

EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION, AND SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Public Relations, Advertising, Communications, or a related field.
• Strong writing and organizational skills.
• Knowledge of online content management systems and social media
• Ability to juggle multiple projects at once.
• Knowledge of Windows-based computers and programs (Microsoft Excel and Word).
• Adobe Dreamweaver skills preferred for HTML email design and creation
• Adobe Photoshop, photo re-sizing skills
• 1-2 years of public relations or marketing experience preferred.
• Knowledge of comics and related subjects preferred.
• Willing to work overtime as needed.