Monday, August 30, 2010

Literary Agency Seeks Full-time Assistant

Literary agency seeks full time assistant to work closely with two Vice Presidents/Agents. Applicant should be interested in commercial fiction and commercial non-fiction, as well as other varied genres.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

- Answering and placing telephone calls
- Composing press kits for submissions
- Writing rejection letters
- Tracking payments and contracts through various stages
- Tracking submissions
- Keeping detailed schedules
- Generating expense reports
- Corresponding with clients via email and phone
- Reading queries and evaluating manuscripts

*** Additional job responsibilities may be assigned

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s Degree
- Experience at an agency or in book publishing
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Lotus, and Outlook
- Superior organizational skills and very detail-oriented
- Ability to prioritize and multitask

About Our
Company:
Trident Media Group is a literary agency and management company founded by Robert Gottlieb and Dan Strone. Trident represents such major clients as Catherine Coulter, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Deepak Chopra, Michael Ondaatje, Russell Banks, Marilynne Robinson, the Dune Estate, and many other New York Times best-selling authors.

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