**77229BR** **Title:** Commercial Strategy Coordinator **Location/Division:** IL-Chicago **Job Summary:** The Commercial Strategy Team is responsible for comprehending brand goals, product focuses and customer engament opportunities and distilling those combined priorities into actionable marketing campaigns and customer experience approaches. The Commercial Strategy Coordinator supports the journey from strategy to implementation for these initiatives, including marketing campaigns, product launches, value offers and events for Paper Source and Barnes & Noble. This role plays a critical part in managing timelines, aligning different workcenters, supporting communication and facilitating successful implementation of all Commercial Strategy projects. **Auto req ID:** 77229BR **Employment Type:** Full-Time **State:** Illinois **City:** Chicago **What You Do:** • Handle all planning and tracking tools for Commercial Strategy, collaborating with internal partners to ensure they are complete and accurate and the entire cross-functional team is aware of updates. (including but not limited to strategy planning tools, cross functional calendars, project tracking, etc) • Coordinate and implement value offers for specialty product • Support the administration and logistics of collaborative efforts with external partners, including vendors. • Assist in coordination deadlines, communication, marketing collateral, etc of in-store events • Coordinate with merchants and ecomm team to align on product launches. Supports with related copy needs, asset support, and sample needs. • Coordinate with Store Operations and Store Communications to ensure alignment with commercial strategy and that all deliverables to implement have been fulfilled. • Track Commercial Strategy timelines and communicate approaching deadlines and escalate where needed. • Support communication and proofing for internal and external messaging. • Other duties as assigned. • Strong organization, time-management skills. • Creative problem solver • Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills. • Highly motivated, self-starter able to work in fast-paced environment • Detail-oriented • Minimum 3 days in office required Position Based in Union Square in New York office **Knowledge & Experience:** • Proficient in MS Office • Experience in Smartsheets is a plus • 1 - 3 years retail experience a plus **Job Category:** Marketing & Sales **EEO Statement:** As an Affirmative Action Employer, Barnes & Noble hires qualified people to work for its Paper Source subsidiary to perform the many tasks necessary for the success of our business and is committed to diversity in the workplace. An essential part of this policy is providing equal employment opportunity for all. All employment practices and decisions—including those involving application procedures, recruitment or recruitment advertising, hiring, placement, job assignment, transfer, promotion, demotion, training, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, benefits, discipline, leave of absence, layoff, recall, termination and general treatment during employment—will be conducted without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, military or veteran status, religion, creed, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition as defined by applicable law, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression (including transgender status), hairstyle, height and/or weight, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, reproductive health decisions, or any other self-identified, perceived or actual characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment. Contact (800) 799-5335. Terms of Use, Copyright, and Privacy Policy © 1997-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc. 33 East 17th Street, New York, NY 10003