Marketing Assistant, Basic Books Group

About the position

The Marketing Assistant will report to the Executive Director of Marketing and will provide a wide range of administrative and marketing support on behalf of the Group’s six imprints.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate sales conference materials and answer general queries for the sales department
• Organize mailings to bookstores and influencers
• Assist marketing team with campaigns
• Manage the Seal Press Ambassadors influencer program
• Daily management of imprint social media channels
• Communicate with senior staff, media, booksellers, as well as authors and literary agents
• Coordinate the Basic Books annual catalog
• Own the department’s project management tasks using Basecamp for catalog and fact sheet production
• Admin duties include: route copy, code invoices, coordinate mailings, schedule meetings, record and distribute meeting minutes, and create and distribute weekly reports.

Requirements

• Interest in book publishing is essential, along with a strong interest in marketing.
• College degree preferred
• Solid computer skills, including familiarity with MS Word and Excel
• Proficient with social media, content creation, and Canva preferred
• Familiarity with project management software preferred
• Strong communication skills are essential (verbal and written)
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to high-quality work
• The successful candidate must be able to work both independently and as part of a team.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• basic and supplemental life
• short-term and long-term disability
• accidental death and dismemberment
• critical illness
• hospital indemnity
• long-term care
• health and dependent care FSA
• commuter benefit plan
• employee assistance program
• tuition reimbursement
• travel assistance
• 401(k)
• discretionary bonus program
• PTO (15 vacation days, 3 personal days, 10 holidays and generous sick leave)
• group discounts on auto and home insurance and legal services