Sales Assistant, eBook

Macmillan Learning; United States; On-site; USD 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Macmillan Publishers is seeking an eBook Team Sales Assistant to provide full administrative support for the eBook trade sales team, with some contact with eBook accounts. The role involves participating in regular sales and marketing meetings, creating meeting agendas, and monitoring eBook price promotions.

The candidate will also create monthly email memos, pub alerts, and coordinate support for the Amazon Kindle sales team, leveraging strong communication and organizational skills.

Qualifications

• Outstanding communication skills (verbal and written) and customer service skills.
• Strong organization skills and attention to detail.
• Process-oriented with the ability to develop, document, and improve workflows while ensuring accuracy and consistency.
• Proven ability to work independently on deadlines and manage time efficiently.
• Able to perform basic analytical tasks in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, vlookups, and calculations.
• Proficient in PowerPoint and Google Slides.
• Ability to prepare designed title presentations for customers.
• Understanding of AI tools.
• 1-3 years in publishing and/or sales preferred.
• College Degree or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• The Sales Assistant will provide full administrative support for the eBook trade sales team, with some contact with eBook accounts
• Participate in regular sales and marketing meetings, account calls, and quarterly title presentations
• Create meeting agendas
• Monitor scheduled eBook price promotions
• Create monthly email memos and pub alert emails
• Coordinate and support for the Amazon sales team for Kindle

Skills

Communication

Organization

Time management

Independent/work on deadlines

Presentations

AI tools

Publishing/Sales experience

Education

College degree or equivalent

Tools

Excel (Pivot, VLOOKUP)

PowerPoint

Google Slides

Job description

The eBook Team Sales Assistant will provide full administrative support for the eBook trade sales team.

What You'll Do:

• The Sales Assistant will provide full administrative support for the eBook trade sales team, with some contact with eBook accounts
• Participate in regular sales and marketing meetings, account calls, and quarterly title presentations
• Create meeting agendas
• Monitor scheduled eBook price promotions
• Create monthly email memos and pub alert emails
• Coordinate and support for the Amazon sales team for Kindle

What You'll Bring:

• Outstanding communication skills (verbal and written) and customer service skills
• Strong organization skills and attention to detail
• Process-oriented with the ability to develop, document, and improve workflows while ensuring accuracy and consistency
• Proven ability to work independently on deadlines and manage time efficiently
• Able to perform basic analytical tasks in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, vlookups, and calculations
• Proficient in PowerPoint and Google Slides
• Ability to prepare designed title presentations for customers
• Understanding of AI tools
• 1-3 years in publishing and/or sales preferred
• College Degree or equivalent

The salary for this position is $50,000.

Macmillan Publishers is the U.S. trade company that is part of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned group of media companies headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's publishing companies include prominent imprints around the world that publish a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.

U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, companies in the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group publish under the Pan Macmillan name. The German publishing company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.

Macmillan is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, consistently striving to foster a culture where everyone belongs. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and identities. Qualified applicants are evaluated without regard to race, color, religion, age, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, physical ability, neurodiversity, genetic information, protected veteran status, family and economic status, and background or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We prohibit discrimination of any kind and will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law.

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