Macmillan Publishers is hiring: Publishing Coordinator, SMP in New York

St. Martin's Publishing Group seeks a Publishing Co-ordinator to support the SVP, Publishing Director and another VP, Associate Publisher with titles across many of the St. Martin's Publishing Group lists. This is a terrific opportunity to gain exposure to all areas of the publishing process, while working in a fast-paced environment.

The St. Martin’s Publishing Group is a leading publisher of books designed to entertain, inform, and delight. Our imprints include St. Martin’s Press, Minotaur Books, Wednesday Books, St. Martin’s Griffin, St. Martin’s Essentials, and Castle Point Books. The St. Martin’s Publishing Group is part of Macmillan Publishers, a global trade book publishing company that is a division of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned media company headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. St. Martin’s Press has a long, storied history of publishing books across a wide range of tastes and interests.

The ideal Publishing Co-ordinator candidate is a detail-oriented, self-starter who can manage a diverse set of responsibilities efficiently and effectively, and is comfortable asking for help when needed. We are looking for a strong organizer who can prioritize assignments while managing multiple requests and queries, which must be responded to in a courteous, efficient, and timely manner.

What you'll do:

• Support publishing team in all facets of the publishing process, for ~150 frontlist titles a year
• Communicate to internal publishing departments, as well as externally with authors, agents and estates
• Coordinate logistics for meetings, including calendar schedules, preparing meeting materials and taking notes
• Research trends and competition, including sales research on comparative titles (timing, pricing)
• Identify worthwhile opportunities for renewed promotion of backlist titles
• Run reports from various systems to pull & analyze sales, category & trend data
• Track inventory needs for priority titles
• Help handle special projects to support the overall efforts of the imprint

What you'll bring:

• 2+ years of full time publishing experience, sales and/or marketing experience
• Excellent organizational skills, a strong attention to detail, and the ability to multitask
• Strong time management
• Proven ability to work independently, as well as collaboratively with a team
• Creative, analytical thinker
• Strong communication skills, both verbal & written
• Ability to prioritize and complete multiple projects in a rapidly changing, detail-focused environment
• Desire to learn new systems and the ability to run reports and maintain databases
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Adobe (PDF), Google Sheets and Excel

This role will have an annual salary of $54,000-$58,000.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, actively seeking job applicants who reflect a broad representation of differences. The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC.