SVP, Communications & Marketing, Penguin Random House Audio (Hybrid)

Penguin Random House US•New York, NY

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Penguin Random House Audio is seeking a strategic, creative, and collaborative Senior Vice President, Communications & Marketing to lead the division’s integrated marketing, publicity, and social media functions. As a member of the PRH Audio senior leadership team, the SVP will set the vision for positioning and promoting audiobooks, authors, and narrators. The role leads teams across marketing, publicity, social media, art and design, and publishing support, developing strategies to expand audiences, strengthen author and narrator brands, drive revenue, and advance PRH Audio’s leadership in the evolving audio marketplace. The SVP will coordinate and work with publishing divisions in the US and globally. The successful candidate combines creative vision, strong business judgment, a data-driven approach to investment, and the ability to lead and develop high-performing teams. The role requires strong collaboration and relationship-building with authors, narrators, agents, senior executives, and Penguin Random House partners. The position is hybrid, with in-office responsibilities, and candidates must be within commuting distance of the company’s offices at 1745 Broadway, including the tri-state area. Domestic and international travel is required.

Requirements

15 or more years of relevant experience in publicity, communications, brand strategy, marketing, publishing, media, entertainment, or a related field, including significant senior leadership experience.
Knowledge of publishing, audiobooks, media, or entertainment sectors.
Demonstrated success leading and developing high-performing teams and senior-level talent.
Proven ability to create integrated strategies that build brands and audiences and deliver measurable business outcomes.
Strategic thinking, business judgment, and communication skills, including the ability to work across complex organizations and build consensus.
Strong analytical orientation and experience using data and consumer insights to guide strategy, investment, and decision-making.
Experience managing budgets and prioritizing resources across a broad portfolio of opportunities.
Ability to build trusted relationships with executive teams, audio staff, author and narrator talent, agents, and internal and external partners.
Understanding of the changing consumer, media, digital, and social landscape, and ability to translate emerging trends into growth opportunities.
Collaborative leadership style that prioritizes nimbleness, creativity, innovation, and accountability to growth goals.
Ability to travel domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

Set the strategic direction for PRH Audio marketing and publicity, aligning communications, consumer marketing, creative, and audience-development efforts with publishing priorities and growth objectives.
Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team spanning marketing, publicity, social media, art and design, and publishing support, fostering collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
Drive integrated strategies for core publishing, major acquisitions, original productions, brand partnerships, and high-profile title launches across paid, earned, owned, and social channels.
Build and extend author and narrator brands by partnering with talent, agents, publishing teams, and other stakeholders to deepen audience engagement and expand reach.
Partner with editorial, production, sales, and divisional teams to maximize the commercial impact of PRH Audio publishing and identify audience and revenue growth opportunities.
Lead investment and resource strategy across marketing and publicity, using sales trends, campaign performance, consumer insights, and marketplace intelligence to set priorities, allocate budgets, and evaluate results.
Champion innovation by identifying platforms, technologies, content formats, partnerships, and consumer behaviors that strengthen PRH Audio’s competitive position and brand value.
Represent PRH Audio across Penguin Random House and the broader industry, including senior leadership groups, global audio initiatives, corporate brand and content projects, and other strategic forums.
Provide strategic direction for the PRH Audio brand in divisional communications across internal and external channels.
Advise and partner with PRH Audio leadership on divisional strategy, culture, organizational priorities, and special initiatives.