Macmillan Special Markets is seeking a Sales Assistant for the Associate Director of Sales (Specialty Wholesale & Literacy) and Senior Director, Special Markets (Education & Wholesale). The Assistant will report to the Associate Director. The Sales Assistant follows orders from start to finish: from initial inquiry to order processing to tracking all orders within these channels, in addition to working closely with Supply Chain, Customer Service and Order Entry teams and will provide sales support for both Directors.

What you'll do:

• Process and track of all Specialty Wholesale & Literacy and Educational channel orders
• Interact with Supply Chain, Customer Service & Order Entry teams on a daily basis
• Interact with accounts daily
• Provide key sales support for both Directors, including but not limited to preparing meeting presentations, organizing sales materials and title information, and coordinating account outreach such as mailings.

What you'll bring:

• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Google Suite
• Extreme organization and detail oriented
• Skills in verbal and written communication
• Initiative and enthusiasm for books
• Excellent time management skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and to prioritize projects
• Ability to work effectively on a team as well as independently

Ideal Experience:

• Prior experience in publishing, bookstores, or libraries preferred
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

This role will have an annual salary of $47,500.

Macmillan Publishers is the U.S. trade division of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned media company headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Its 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, Macmillan publishes under the Pan Macmillan name. The German company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are actively seeking job applicants who reflect a broad representation of differences, including race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, neurodiversity, age, family status, economic background and status, geographical background and status, and perspective. We believe that the best companies reflect the incredible diversity in viewpoints, backgrounds, and identities of the world in their staffs, and are committed to inclusive hiring across departments and levels. The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC.