Marketing Assistant, Avalon Travel

The Avalon Travel imprint of Hachette Book Group is seeking a Marketing Assistant to join our team and work on the Rick Steves and Moon Travel Guides lists. We’re looking for a dynamic, creative, enthusiastic individual with a curiosity for travel and brand marketing.

Our ideal candidate has excellent writing and organizational skills, a problem-solving approach to tasks, and can collaborate well with a team that communicates frequently via both email and chat. Avalon Travel is based in Oakland, CA, and Hachette Book Group is headquartered in New York City, and we are open to hiring in either location, though some availability during Pacific Time (-8 UTC) business hours is required. With team members working across time zones, good communication habits are paramount. This candidate will have the opportunity to work closely with seasoned professionals and gain hands-on professional experience as they own day-to-day tasks, help with special projects, and attend interdepartmental meetings.

THE PERSON IN THIS POSITION WILL:

• Maintain and oversee our title workflow, a project management tool that tracks key milestones in our publishing process
• Participate in weekly marketing meetings to help brainstorm campaign ideas and collaborate with the marketing team, as well as attend other marketing/publicity/sales meetings as required.
• Plan for our seasonal sales meetings and prepare materials like fact sheets, sell sheets, and title lists for sales kits
• Oversee metadata updates for a portion of our publishing list, and research keywords to optimize for SEO
• Prepare graphics like A+ content and 3d book shots for our titles according to brand style guides
• Collaborate with the Marketing Manager to update the Moon.com website
• Respond to—or route appropriately—incoming correspondence (most often from authors) and take ownership of seasonal processes including coordinating author questionnaires and awards submissions
• Other administrative tasks like mailings and invoice processing/tracking as needed
  
  

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE:

• Has excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Possesses a great attitude and a desire to learn as well as excellent organizational skills
• Has an ability to work independently as well as collaboratively
• Has a strong focus on details and deadlines
• Proficient in MS Word and Excel
• WordPress, social media, or design experience (InDesign, Photoshop, or Canva) is helpful, but not required
  
  

How To Apply

To be considered, please submit both a resume AND a cover letter. We ask for a cover letter so that we can understand how your skills or experience can apply to our space in travel reference publishing.

Want to read up on us before you apply? Visit our imprint website at moon.com, or find us @moonguides on Instagram. You can learn more about the Hachette Book Group at hachettebookgroup.com.

Location:

The location of this position is either Oakland, California, or New York, NY, with some availability during Pacific Time business hours. Employees are required to be in the office. Our current hybrid policy is two days a week in office.

As a leading book publisher, we believe that including and representing diverse voices in all aspects of our business is fundamental to what we do. Our publishing programs must reflect the broad range of backgrounds, experiences, political views, and ideas that shape our society and publish books for all readers.

Hachette Book Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

The compensation for this position is $47,500. Salary can vary based on a number of factors including skills, experience, and location — talk with your recruiter to learn more. There may be times that you will be required (or requested) to work overtime due to the nature of your role or exceptional workload issues or special projects.

The following benefits are offered by the company: medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life, short-term and long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment, critical illness, hospital indemnity, long-term care, health and dependent care FSA, commuter benefit plan, employee assistance program, tuition reimbursement, travel assistance, 401(k), discretionary bonus program, PTO (15 vacation days, 3 personal days, 10 holidays and generous sick leave) and group discounts on auto and home insurance and legal services. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification, hours worked and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms.