NYU Press Seeks Marketing Assistant

NYU Press seeks a highly well organized Marketing Assistant to assist with exhibits, manage the book awards program, provide publicity and clerical support to department staff, and perform other sales and marketing activities. The Marketing Assistant coordinates parts of the book exhibits program, including organizing small cooperative exhibits; designs and produces exhibit materials for all conferences; and responds to author exhibit queries. The Marketing Assistant also assists with online publicity, works to maximize the online presence for our books, and also develops and coordinates review copy lists for all monographs. The Assistant also coordinates the work of student interns, produces seasonal mailings to authors, generates supporting materials for sales reps and foreign agents, assists in the preparation of sales conference and other sales meetings, analyzes textbook adoption campaigns, and assists with the management of the press title database.

The Marketing Assistant also participates in many press-wide meetings and committees, and travels occasionally to academic conferences. This position reports to the Sales and Marketing Director of NYU Press.

Qualifications: High School Diploma and 2 years of office experience essential, Bachelor’s degree and 1-2 years of publishing experience preferred. Strong organizational, writing and proofreading skills are essential. Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (word processing, spreadsheets, database) and familiarity with Filemaker, InDesign and/or Quark highly desirable.

For more information about working at NYU and to apply for this position online, visit our website at: www.nyucareers.com, posting number 20091620.

NYU offers a superior benefit package, which includes reduced tuition for self and eligible family members, generous vacation, medical, dental, and retirement plans. For more information on NYU Press, visit www.nyupress.org

NYU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.