Sales & Marketing Assistant

About the role

Chronicle Books is searching for a Sales & Marketing Assistant to provide support for our NY-based Marketing & Publicity team and our Northeast Independent and School & Library Sales Manager in addition to providing other Sales and Marketing support as needed. Reporting to the Executive Director of Marketing & Publicity, this is an integral role that works across teams and provides insight into how these key departments bring our books to market.

Responsibilities

• 50% of this role will be sales oriented, assisting our key account sales manager handling School & Library (S&L) sales, placing orders for key S&L accounts, managing key account meeting preparations, and gathering information from multiple departments.
• Request and mail samples, attend key account meetings, build Edelweiss collections for buyers, summarize sales reports, keep all Salesforce account information current, and manage order tracking.
• The other 50% of this position will be in Marketing & Publicity, managing departmental meetings and agendas, gathering all event information for company-wide emails, assisting the development of seasonal marketing plans, and providing support for Children's publicity.
• Creating M&P PowerPoint slides, handling publicity & marketing mailings, conducting influencer research, acting as a point person for M&P in the NYC office.

Qualifications

• Highly motivated with excellent organizational skills and keen attention to detail.
• Proven ability to take initiative, prioritize, and juggle varying responsibilities.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office, with exceptional Excel and PowerPoint skills.

Preferred skills

• Canva experience is a plus.
• Salesforce and Edelweiss competencies are preferred.
• Experience working in a fast-paced office environment and/or book publishing experience is a plus.

Pay

Hiring Salary Range: $24.52 - $28.25/hr. This range represents the anticipated low and high end of the expected salary for this position and will be determined by factors including, but not limited to, an applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. This position is eligible for our profit share plan.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401k
• Profit share plan
• Three weeks of paid vacation to start
• Two weeks of sick time per year
• Company holidays, including a paid winter break between Christmas Day and New Year's Day
• Paid family, maternity, and paternity leave
• Commuter benefits
• Long-term disability insurance
• Annual tuition assistance
• Annual wellness stipend
• And more

Schedule

Employees at Chronicle Books follow a regular hybrid schedule in our New York City office of at least three (3) in-office days per week and up to five (5) in-office days per week, depending on project and business needs.