Hachette Book Group is a leading book publisher, and they are seeking an Editorial Assistant who is passionate about illustrated book publishing. This entry-level role involves supporting senior editorial staff and includes responsibilities such as manuscript preparation, administrative duties, and maintaining book archives.
Responsibilities
- Assist in manuscript preparation, art log creation and management, and other book-related tasks for projects acquired and assigned by the senior editorial staff
- Perform administrative duties, including mailings, processing book orders, scheduling, submitting invoices, tracking payment requests, filing expense reports and reimbursements, and maintaining book archives
- Enter title data into proprietary database systems and actively maintain data throughout publishing process
- Draft fact sheets that will be used to explain books to the sales and marketing departments
- Take ownership and keep careful track of project-specific and seasonal deadlines
- Work closely with department members to create sales presentations in Powerpoint for recurring meetings and solicit various assets used for seasonal sell-in
- Interact professionally and efficiently with authors and their literary agents, as well as internal departments, including design, publicity, marketing, production, and sales
- Attend, prepare materials, and take/distribute minutes for editorial meetings, and marketing and sales meetings as required
- Attend and participate in editorial and production meetings, evaluating marketplace trends, and researching and developing book ideas
Skills
- Be highly organized, with the ability to multi-task, prioritize, and manage time effectively while also ensuring accuracy of work through attention to detail
- Demonstrate good follow up and follow through
- Be self-directed and able to work independently, as well as be able to work effectively and collaboratively with all members on a small team
- Possess excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Think holistically about a task as it pertains to the publishing process
- Be interested in learning and applying details of the publishing process to tasks
- Be comfortable using email, calendar management, and file management tools
- Possess solid computer skills, including proficiency in Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel, Adobe Acrobat, Dropbox, and similar tools
- Familiar with Adobe Suite, including Photoshop and InDesign
- Have some publishing experience (while not required, this is a plus)
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Basic and supplemental life
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Accidental death and dismemberment
- Critical illness
- Hospital indemnity
- Long-term care
- Health and dependent care FSA
- Commuter benefit plan
- Employee assistance program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Travel assistance
- 401(k)
- Discretionary bonus program
- PTO (15 vacation days, 3 personal days, 10 holidays and generous sick leave)
- Group discounts on auto and home insurance and legal services
Company Overview
- Hachette Book Group is a US trade publisher. It was founded in 2006, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.hachettebookgroup.com.