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The opportunity
The Press Sales Coordinator is responsible for supporting the HBR Press sales team, specifically in managing sales and shipments of bulk book orders to corporate clients. This role will work closely with the Associate Director, Direct and Custom Sales to transition closed leads into the fulfillment process and project-manage orders through to delivery. This position will also manage the foreign rights contracting and invoicing processes. This is a client-visible role that will interface with customers at organizations of all sizes, providing invoices, taking payments, and managing shipment tracking. This role also has occasional interactions with HBR Press authors and will support retail sales operations as needed. The right candidate will be organized, responsive, and flexible.
What you'll do
Execute shipments of bulk book orders, project-managing each order from invoicing and collecting payment through shipping and delivery
Create and issue contracts and invoices for foreign rights royalties and advance payments
Pull and report Amazon preorder sales numbers to HBR Press authors
Handle occasional mailings of books or related materials
Update Edelweiss database for retailers with promotional information
What you’ll bring
1-3 years’ experience in administrative or sales work
Exceptional organizational skills
The ability to interface with internal and external customers (including HBR Press authors) with professionalism
Familiarity with the Microsoft Office suite of products and an adeptness at learning new software systems
You’ll stand out if you have
Proven Project Management skills
HBP is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, or any other characteristic protected by law.
This is a temporary position scheduled to run from mid-January through June 2026. The hourly pay range for this role is $25.00 to $32.00, based on experience and qualifications.
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What We Do
At Harvard Business Publishing, we believe in the power of leadership to inspire, to transform, and to advance the global good. We empower leaders with breakthrough ideas that solve problems, that elevate performance, and that unlock the leader in everyone. We help leaders move the world forward.
Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) was founded in 1994 as a not-for-profit, independent corporation that is an affiliate of Harvard Business School. We inform and inspire professionals, corporations, educators, and students around the world with the best in management thinking and practice. Through our articles, books, case studies, simulations, videos, learning programs, and digital tools, we reach thousands of organizations and millions of subscribers and social media followers.
With over 600 employees located in Boston (HQ), New York City, Australia, France, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom, we serve as a bridge between academia and enterprises around the globe.
Our three market units—Education, Corporate Learning, and Harvard Business Review Group—produce a variety of media including print and digital (Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review Press books, Harvard Business School cases), events (participant-centered learning seminars, custom events, webinars), digital learning (Harvard ManageMentor, HMM Spark), blended learning, and campus experiences. Through these platforms, HBP is able to influence real-world change by maximizing the reach and impact of its essential offering—ideas.
Working at Harvard Business Publishing brings you into a global, dynamic organization that’s constantly discovering—new markets, new technologies and media platforms, and new groundbreaking ideas. You’ll find your co-workers intellectually curious and highly engaged. We collaborate. We experiment. We are always learning
