Marketing Coordinator / NY4094

Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) is the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books and a leader in educational technology and children’s media. Scholastic creates quality educational and entertaining materials and products for use in school and at home, including children's books, magazines, technology-based products, teacher materials, television programming, film, videos and toys. The Company distributes its products and services through a variety of channels, including proprietary school-based book clubs and school-based book fairs, retail stores, schools, libraries, television networks and the Company’s Internet Site, www.scholastic.com

Position Description:

Act as key point person for Classroom Magazine presence at local and national conventions, more than dozen per year. Manage registration process and communication with outside convention contacts. Determine featured products, offers and promotional giveaways to drive booth traffic. Manage booth staffing and coordination with corporate conventions group. Includes travel for conventions, setting up, managing and working shows. Responsible for tracking and proper processing of department invoices within budget. Support marketing team on promotions including developing direct mail promotion matrices, pricing documents and competitive grids. Marketing Coordinator is involved in Marketing Planning meetings including coordination and scheduling. Work on special ad hoc projects such as monitoring competition and website analysis. Track customer service issue reports, looking for trends. Includes some admin duties such as: filing of magazine samples, setting up meetings, updating department calendar, etc.Position reports to VP of Marketing but works closely with Marketing Managers and Creative Services Managers as needed.

Qualifications:

College graduate with interest in marketing and promotion. 1-2 years previous office experience preferred. Must be proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel & Powerpoint.