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The Marketing and Events Coordinator

Work with the Owner and the Marketing Team to support the store’s social media, subscriptions, partnerships, and other marketing initiatives as well as leading and promoting events. They are heavily involved in maintaining MonkeyKat’s public-facing brand and communicating store initiatives to staff and to relevant community partners. Throughout a given week, responsibilities include compiling weekly newsletters, updating the content calendar, updating the website, posting to various social channels, facilitating author signings, rolling out partnership initiatives, and generally supporting the store with projects as they arise, as well as pitching and contributing to projects of their own. The Marketing and Events Coordinator needs to be able to go with the flow of things happening at any moment but stay hyper organized.

Daily Tasks:

• Bringing creative ideas to capture customer engagement in store and online.

• Communicating with the Owner, Marketing Team, and other staff to maintain an appropriate balance between marketing work and working the floor as a bookseller (shelving, answering phones, customer checkout + recommendations).

• Compiling weekly/monthly newsletters

• Posting to Instagram, as well as posting to other social media channels professionally and regularly.

• Website maintenance

  • Build new web lists or pages as needed for displays, fundraisers, and partnerships

• Supporting pre order campaigns and author signings

  • Communicating with floor staff about what campaigns are ongoing and when signings will take place

    • Staying up to date on the Preorders spreadsheet

  • Helping to facilitate and promote the MonkeyKat subscription program

  • Communicating new and ongoing partnerships to customers, via social media and in-store signage and displays

  • MonkeyKat blog support

    • Generate original blog ideas

    • Copy-edit, draft, and publish blog posts via Wix

  • Leading evening events in-store and offsite, and assisting with kids events as needed

  • Help to plan and implement celebrations + non-author specific events such as Independent Bookstore Day, Banned Books Week etc.

  • Supporting staff in facilitating open/close.

  • Being an approachable and knowledgeable person for booksellers to go to for questions or with content ideas.

Weekly Flow:

Office days will happen as scheduled by the owner. When staffing needs arise on these days, the Marketing Coordinator should communicate with staff to support the floor during critical moments.

Events and Marketing meetings will happen weekly on Wednesdays.

Marketing meetings will be held as scheduled with the Marketing Team to build out the upcoming content calendar and delegate tasks.

Compensation: $15-25 per hour, based on experience, benefits include a 20% discount, free ARCs & ALCs, access to amazing authors, and more bookish fun!

To apply please send a resume and a cover letter to kat@monkeykatbooks.com. Please include “Marketing and Events Position” in the subject line of your email.

MonkeyKat Books is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to fostering a work environment based in mutual respect and inclusion. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

About MonkeyKat Books:

MonkeyKat is a woman-owned independent bookstore in Sanford, NC, committed to being a welcoming, friendly, and inclusive space for all people. We believe that books are magic, and that literature is one of the best ways to create empathy, transportation, and transformation. We are enthusiastic about offering thoughtfully selected voices and stories on our shelves, and about hosting affordable events featuring emerging writers as well as long-adored authors. MonkeyKat Books is a place for children to feel comfortable, for young readers to grow into lifelong readers, and for our neighbors to be introduced to vibrant new books. At MonkeyKat, we provide the community a third space, not home and not work, a space to unplug and unwind and to connect with others as well as their creative selves.