Who we are

BookBub is one of the fastest-growing consumer tech startups in Boston — and we're profitable. Millions of readers use BookBub every day to find great books, and our service helps thousands of leading publishers and authors drive sales and find new fans. We're looking to expand our team to launch new consumer-facing book discovery features, marketing tools for authors and publishers, and other web and mobile products that address the digital transformation of the publishing industry. Learn more about what to expect working at BookBub.

The Partner Marketing Co-op role:

BookBub seeks a talented undergraduate to help us attract new authors and publishers to BookBub’s platform and educate our existing partners on how to effectively market their books to our fast-growing community of book lovers. The co-op spans six months, beginning in January 2019.

Responsibilities may include:

• Developing content by conducting research, analysis, writing/editing, and other prep work for blog posts, sales materials, ebooks, and other marketing assets
• Managing email marketing campaigns by creating, testing, sending, tracking, analyzing results, and suggesting next steps
• Publishing blog posts to Wordpress and optimizing content for social media and SEO
• Conducting ad hoc outreach to authors, agents, publishers and others in the publishing industry
• Maintaining and developing the BookBub Partners social media presence and brand
• Conducting market research surveys and analyzing the results for strategic insights
• Learning BookBub’s suite of marketing products thoroughly and understanding how they can help our partners sell books
• Developing knowledge about the publishing industry and internalizing our partners’ needs and goals

Ideal candidates for the position will have:

• Outstanding professional written and verbal communication skills
• Experience using a content management system or blogging platform (e.g. Wordpress)
• An interest in learning basic HTML
• Experience using social networks for marketing purposes, such as content distribution or brand management
• Excellent analytical skills and meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to learn and quickly adapt to new organizational systems and processes
• Excellent copy editing and proofreading skills
• Excitement for a fast-paced, rapidly changing startup environment
• Enthusiasm for books, authors, and/or the publishing industry

BookBub strives to be an inclusive workplace and we value learning from different perspectives. We seek to foster an environment filled with people from a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.