Last week we announced that we’re hiring a Sales and Publicity Assistant – and there’s just over a week left to apply for the position: the closing date for applications is a week on Monday (July 20th).
Our new, rapidly growing sales, marketing and publicity department needs a Sales and Publicity Assistant whose key function will be to assist the Head of Sales and Marketing, the Head of Publicity and the Sales Executive with the following:
Sales:
Order processing/invoicing
Maintaining Nielsen title editor
Creating/maintaining AIs
Devising look and copy for monthly customer e-newsletter
Providing support for UK/Ireland and Export Agents
Maintaining a master presentation/grid for sales/marketing
Producing specific powerpoint presentations
Attending key customer meetings and taking minutes
In-house design of simple sales flyers
Publicity:
Booking travel and accommodation and arrange tech for events and festivals
Creating Powerpoint presentations for author events
Managing press clippings
Sending publicity material to festivals, librarians, press etc
Creating publicity slides for sales presentations
Assisting Head of Publicity as and when required, including prize nominations and attending author events on an ad hoc basis
We would like you already to have had some experience in a publishing marketing environment – preferably in a children’s department – although this is not essential. A basic knowledge of design would also be preferable in order to produce simple flyers and powerpoint presentations.
This is a key job in a fast moving young company which enjoys and is successful at what it does. You’ll need to be flexible, determined, and good at getting on with a tightly knit team and its external customers. You’ll report to the Head of Sales and Marketing.
Applications (stating salary expectation) to Catherine Stokes ([email protected]) by Monday 20th July.
