{"id":1761,"date":"2010-10-25T21:28:40","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T21:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westovermedia.com\/blog\/?p=1761"},"modified":"2010-10-25T21:31:29","modified_gmt":"2010-10-25T21:31:29","slug":"american-express-publishing-departures-magazine-merch-mgr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/westovermedia.com\/blog\/archives\/1761","title":{"rendered":"AMERICAN EXPRESS PUBLISHING&#8211;Departures Magazine, Merch Mgr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RESPONSIBILITIES:<br \/>\nLooking for a creative and strategic thinker to join the DEPARTURES team as a Merchandising Manager reporting into the Merchandising Director. Responsibilities include: <\/p>\n<p>*Partner with sales reps on select advertising categories to conceptualize and create integrated marketing programs across print and online designed to help drive advertising revenue<br \/>\n*Create and write integrated merchandising proposals and when needed, present them at client meetings<br \/>\n*Organize and execute merchandising events and advertiser activations at signature magazine events<br \/>\n*Manage merchandising fulfillments (email blasts, advertorials, social media, etc.)<br \/>\n*Work with Senior Manager and VP to strategize with print and online sales and management teams to conceptualize large-scale advertiser programs and special sections<br \/>\n*Manage program budgets<br \/>\n*Work with clients, vendors, sales, management, legal and other internal departments<br \/>\n*Assist with special projects as needed, e.g., sell sheets, bonus added-value, etc.<br \/>\n*Perform other job related duties <\/p>\n<p>QUALIFICATIONS:<br \/>\n4+ years experience in consumer magazine publishing, merchandising, event marketing and\/or program management. Excellent organizational, verbal, creative, written communication and analytical skills. Candidate must be a team player, have strong problem solving and interpersonal skills as well as have the ability to manage multiple tasks in fast-paced, collaborative and team-oriented environment. Position may require some travel, and work evening\/weekend hours as needed. Must be proficient in Microsoft Office.<br \/>\n******<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;QUALIFIED CANDIDATES SHOULD APPLY ONLINE GO TO: http:\/\/careers.americanexpress.com\/ <http:\/\/careers.americanexpress.com\/> Scroll to bottom of page and select the link Jobs@American Express.  Click search jobs (Req #:132993BR) and follow the on-line prompts.  Only those candidates who PROVIDE SALARY REQUIREMENTS and meet minimum qualifications will be contacted.  No paper resumes will be accepted.  An Equal Opportunity Employer.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RESPONSIBILITIES: Looking for a creative and strategic thinker to join the DEPARTURES team as a Merchandising Manager reporting into the Merchandising Director. Responsibilities include: *Partner with sales reps on select advertising categories to conceptualize and create integrated marketing programs across print and online designed to help drive advertising revenue *Create and write integrated merchandising proposals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/westovermedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/westovermedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/westovermedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/westovermedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/westovermedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1761"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/westovermedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1765,"href":"http:\/\/westovermedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1761\/revisions\/1765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/westovermedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/westovermedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/westovermedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}