Company:          Harlequin Enterprises ULC   

Date:                  May 12, 2025              

Job Title:            Brand Marketing and Social Intern

Department:     Harlequin Brand Group

Reporting To:    Manager, Brand Marketing, Harlequin Brand Publishing

Status:                Regular Full Time
Location:            22 Adelaide Street West, Toronto

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Job Summary

Reporting to the Manager, Brand Marketing, the Brand Marketing and Social Intern will get a broad overview of the Harlequin brand marketing efforts with a focus on campaigns, organic social and influencer initiatives and the various roles within the team. They will gain experience in a variety of areas within brand and book marketing. This team works closely with the product marketing, publicity, and digital initiatives teams to develop and raise awareness for Harlequin Brand and its titles across a wide variety of genres.

Responsibilities

• Assists in planning and execution of marketing initiatives with tasks including project tracking, maintaining the brand story calendar, developing and managing workback schedules, creation and approvals of marketing materials and trafficking campaign assets.
• Assists with a variety of organic social tasks including updating the monthly content calendar, scheduling social posts, drafting social copy, pulling reporting data and metrics and creating social assets and content for the Harlequin Brand social channels.
• Supports our Influencer program including sourcing and vetting influencers, maintaining the influencer database, tracking content, pulling reporting data and metrics and developing influencer briefs.
• Participates in meetings to aid in planning of Brand Marketing initiatives and campaign development.
• Works with key stakeholders to ensure on-time development, communication and execution of brand marketing initiatives.
• Assists in the execution of Seasonal Brand and title marketing campaigns.
• Aids in trend investigation projects to help inform marketing and social strategies and discover areas of opportunity.
• Acts as a key point of contact across various teams to provide clarity and support as required.
• Drafts marketing copy as required.

• Ability to successfully manage multiple projects with strong time management and prioritization skills.
• Proven ability to deliver timely, accurate work, manage multiple deadlines, and demonstrate solid follow through.
• Ability to pay close attention to detail in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• High level of organization and record-keeping.
• High degree of initiative and independence, and the ability to anticipate needs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; collaboration, persuasion, and problem-solving skills, with the aptitude to communicate effectively in both individual and group settings.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, including a basic understanding of Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is required.
• Creativity, enthusiasm, and a love of books are a must.

About HarperCollins Canada and Harlequin

Harlequin is a leading publisher of commercial fiction and narrative nonfiction. We publish more than 100 titles a month that reach audiences globally. Encompassing highly recognizable imprints that span a broad number of genres, we are home to many award-winning New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling authors. Harlequin is a division of HarperCollins Publishers, the second-largest consumer book publisher in the world. Through HarperCollins’s global publishing program, Harlequin titles are published in 17 countries and 16 languages.

Known worldwide for the quality of its list, HarperCollins Canada is the proud home of many bestselling and award-winning authors, including Esi Edugyan, Heather O’Neill, and Lawrence Hill. It is our vision to publish the best books of our generation and to work with authors over the length and breadth of their careers. Our authors are at the centre of everything we do. In addition to the Canadian publishing program, HarperCollins Canada is responsible for the sales, marketing, and publicity of HarperCollins titles from around the globe

HarperCollins Canada and Harlequin are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to equal employment opportunities. Employment decisions are based on job requirements and the skills,

knowledge, and experience of the candidate, regardless of any other factors unrelated to job performance.

We are also committed to ensuring that the accessibility needs of candidates and employees are considered and accommodated during the recruitment process.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.