Special Markets Sales Assistant

Publishers Marketplace; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental & Vision

401(k) plan

Discretionary bonus

PTO & Holidays

Job summary

Hachette Book Group seeks a Sales Assistant for the Special Markets team in New York City. This full-time hybrid role requires three in-office days weekly and supports exclusive editions for retailers and partnerships.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, and motivated to mine our backlist to help accounts introduce readers to new worlds of ideas, learning, and entertainment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 1 year of office experience.
• Collaborative team player with strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills—this role requires extensive customer interaction and cross-department collaboration.
• Excellent time-management and organizational abilities, with the capacity to juggle shifting priorities, work independently, and meet deadlines with consistent follow-through.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel (VLOOKUP and pivot tables), PowerPoint, and Word.
• Familiarity with InDesign or Canva is a plus.
• Strong analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day communication with customers, from the pitch phase to delivery, communicating real time status updates.
• Maintain production schedule of customer-specific print-runs, tracking changes, delays, and billing status.
• Oversee data entry in customer portals.
• Run weekly sales reports and track future shipments/billings to anticipate full-year results.
• Coordinate samples, design mockups, and other materials, as well as help with PowerPoint decks for sales presentations.
• Conduct industry research to build lead lists and help identify new growth opportunities.
• Run title sales reports and P&Ls to determine viability of these new opportunities.
• Generate meeting agendas and circulate follow-up notes.

Skills

Communication skills

Time management

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

InDesign

Canva

Job description

Hachette Book Group seeks a Sales Assistant for the Special Markets team in New York City. This full-time hybrid role requires three in-office days weekly and supports exclusive editions for retailers and partnerships.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, and motivated to mine our backlist to help accounts introduce readers to new worlds of ideas, learning, and entertainment.