Trade Sales Assistant

W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. is seeking a Sales Assistant to support the Trade Sales team, reporting to the VP, Associate Director, Trade Sales. This newly created role will assist with the department’s day-to-day operations as well as help plan and execute sales-led initiatives including biweekly sales marketing meetings, client publisher events, and industry conferences. The ideal candidate is self-motivated with strong organizational skills with an ability to prioritize and manage deadlines in a fast-paced work environment.

In addition, this person will work closely with the Trade Sales Operations team. You will become an expert in both Norton’s internal reporting systems and industry-wide POS systems in support of the sales team. This is an excellent opportunity for a curious person looking to flex their analytical muscles and learn about the book publishing business.

Norton’s Trade division is the storied home of many of the world’s most influential voices. From Nobel Prize winners to #1 best-selling authors, the company’s aim after 100 years remains the same: to publish “books that live.” With thriving lists in nonfiction, fiction, cookbooks, and poetry, our employee-owned firm enjoys a unique position in the world of letters.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Support in an administrative capacity the day-to-day functions of the sales team at the discretion of the Associate Director.
• Perform general office duties, including assisting with scheduling, meeting preparation, follow-up notes, processing invoices, and sales material development and distribution across all sales channels with a focus to independent bookstores, educational wholesalers, and mass merchandizers.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance relationships with sales team and other internal trade departments including editorial, publicity, marketing, production, and our warehouse, National Book Company.
• Extract and analyze data from multiple sources (including marketplace data, internal sales, etc.), and synthesize outputs into a cohesive narrative.
• Generate, maintain and distribute weekly sales reporting.
• Coordinates booth setup and materials for, as well as occasional attendance at national trade shows, educational conferences, and library conventions.

Please note - this job description is not designed to cover all activities required of the employee.

Required Qualifications:

• Strong written communication, with the ability to effectively communicate with colleagues across all levels and functions.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (including v-lookups, pivot tables, text to column, etc.).
• Demonstrates analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills—comfortable with both quantitative and qualitative data.
• The ability to work on multiple projects and competing priorities simultaneously.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Employment eligibility to work with W.W. Norton & Company in the US is required.
• Must be able to work full business hours from Norton’s NYC Headquarters.

Compensation and Benefits*

• Annual compensation for this role is $48,000. All salaries and salary ranges posted by Norton may vary depending on experience, skills, location, and like considerations.
• Generous paid time off, paid holidays, and summer Friday afternoons beginning in July.
• Generous health benefits, including PPO, EPO and High Deductible (with HSA) medical insurance options, vision insurance, dental insurance, flexible spending accounts for healthcare, dependent care and commuter, gym membership reimbursement, and more. Coverage for spouses, domestic partners, and dependent children is available.
• Profit-Sharing and 401(k) benefit plan with discretionary contribution matching by employer.
• Disability and life insurances.
• FMLA, parental and other leave.
• Employee Assistance Program (for mental health, financial planning, and other needs).
• Company-provided laptop.
• Employee discounts on Norton books.
• Limited matching of employee donations to select non-profit organizations.

*All policies and benefits described are subject to change at any time.

About Norton:

W. W. Norton & Company is the oldest and largest publishing house owned wholly by its employees. W. W. Norton & Company strives to carry out the imperative of its founder to publish books not for a single season, but for the years. In college publishing, that imperative applies not only to books, but also to an ever-growing list of essential print and digital resources that support teaching and learning. For more information about the Company, visit us online at: http://www.wwnorton.com.

W. W. Norton & Company is an equal opportunity employer. Employment with W. W. Norton is offered on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, veteran status, national origin, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status. Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should notify the human resource manager.

About Norton:

W. W. Norton & Company is the oldest and largest publishing house owned wholly by its employees. W. W. Norton & Company strives to carry out the imperative of its founder to “publish books not for a single season, but for the years.” In college publishing, that imperative applies not only to books, but also to an ever-growing list of essential print and digital resources that support teaching and learning. For more information about the Company, visit us online at: http://www.wwnorton.com.

W. W. Norton & Company is an equal opportunity employer. Employment with W. W. Norton is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, age, color, sex, religion, veteran status, national origin, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status. Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should notify the human resource manager.