The Assistant, Marketing role will support the International Sales & Marketing team in executing marketing initiatives, sales support, and communications across global markets. This role will coordinate materials and information, maintain marketing and sales resources, and help ensure timely execution of campaigns, presentations, trade-show support, and customer communications. This role reports to the VP, International Sales & Marketing and is ideal for a highly organized, creative, and detail-oriented professional with an interest in international business and publishing.
What you'll do:
- Support the development and distribution of international sales and marketing materials, including presentations, sell sheets, catalogs, newsletters, and promotional assets.
- Coordinate marketing calendars, campaign timelines, product information, and follow-up activities across international markets and sales territories.
- Responsible for the preparation of sales presentations, customer communications, meeting materials, and account-specific marketing information.
- Maintain accurate product, customer, territory, and marketing data across internal systems, spreadsheets, and shared resources.
- Support international trade shows, sales meetings, conferences, and other industry events, including logistics, materials, invitations, and follow-up.
- Conduct market, customer, competitor, and product research to support international sales and marketing initiatives.
- Work cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, Editorial, Production, Operations, and external partners to gather information and keep projects on schedule.
What you'll bring:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong attention to detail.
- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, and priorities simultaneously.
- Proficiency with Design tool, Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint; familiarity with email marketing, or project management tools is a plus.
- Strong analytical and research skills, with the ability to organize information and identify key takeaways.
- Collaborative, proactive, and comfortable working with colleagues and customers across different markets and time zones.
- Experience coordinating projects, marketing materials, events, or customer-facing communications is preferred.
- Experience studying/working/traveling within international markets.
- Equivalent relevant professional experience may be considered.
The salary for this role is $50,000.
Macmillan Publishers is the U.S. trade company that is part of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned group of media companies headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's publishing companies include prominent imprints around the world that publish a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.
U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, companies in the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group publish under the Pan Macmillan name. The German publishing company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.
Macmillan is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, consistently striving to foster a culture where everyone belongs. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and identities. Qualified applicants are evaluated without regard to race, color, religion, age, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, physical ability, neurodiversity, genetic information, protected veteran status, family and economic status, and background or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We prohibit discrimination of any kind and will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law.
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Skills Required
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, and priorities
- Proficiency with design tools
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint
- Strong analytical and research skills
- Ability to organize information and identify key takeaways
- Collaborative, proactive, and comfortable working across different markets and time zones
- Experience coordinating projects, marketing materials, events, or customer-facing communications
- Experience studying, working, or traveling within international markets
- Familiarity with email marketing tools
- Familiarity with project management tools
- Equivalent relevant professional experience
What We Do
We deeply believe in the power of books to connect people, amplify diverse voices, create meaningful change, and make a lasting impact in the world. Macmillan Publishers is a leading publishing company and home to some of the world's most cherished authors and creators. We are firmly committed to our employees, authors, and core values — and strive to build a culture that is inclusive of diverse voices and perspectives throughout all levels of the company. Our U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. Macmillan Publishers is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to reflecting a broad representation of differences — race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, age, family status, economic background and status, geographical background and status, and perspective — in our workplace.
