Sales & Marketing Operations Assistant, SMP

Macmillan • New York, NY

20d • $50,000 - $50,000

About The Position

St. Martin’s Publishing Group is looking for a Sales & Marketing Operations Assistant to manage key weekly and seasonal publishing operations including launches, sales conference presentations, and regular interdepartmental meetings. This role provides an opportunity to learn about publishing from a bird’s eye view and work with departments across the organization. The Ops Assistant will work closely with members of SMPG’s Sales & Marketing Operations team and communicate frequently with members of the Marketing, Publicity, Editorial, Sales, and Creative Studio teams, in addition to our publishers, to ensure that milestones in the book publishing process are met each season.

Requirements

• Meticulous eye for detail
• Superior verbal and written communication skills
• Strong work ethic and critical thinking skills
• Exceptional organizational skills and interpersonal skills
• Curious about how things work and why, comfortable asking questions, an eye for inefficiencies
• Proficient in Google Suite and Microsoft Office Suite (especially Google Sheets and Excel)
• Confident communicating clearly and professionally with a variety of people at all levels in all departments within the organization
• A passion for books with an interest in business/operations
• Comfortable working both independently and as part of a team
• Entry-level to 1 year of office administrative experience
• College degree or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

• An internship in book publishing or publishing adjacent industry a plus

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Sales & Marketing Meetings for SMPG, Wednesday Books, and eBooks: build agendas, procure and communicate materials
• Coordinate Weekly Marketing Status Meeting
• Manage seasonal Launch meetings and quarterly eBook Launch Meetings: scheduling, organizing, vetting materials, recording presentations
• Support the Managing Editor in maintaining the editorial pipeline
• Manage monthly eBook downprice submissions
• Prepare Sales Conference presentations for all of SMPG’s imprints, coordinate between departments to ensure materials are prepared and distributed and all deadlines are met
• Regularly distribute reports to keep colleagues apprised of important developments (weekly pub schedule, account promotions, availability of manuscripts and sales assets, etc)
• Assist Ops team members with projects ad hoc

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees