Sales and Marketing Assistant

We’re looking for an energetic sales & marketing assistant to join our dynamic team at Hurst Publishers. You will assist in marketing campaigns for our trade and scholarly lists in global affairs. You will work on website content and sales, email marketing plans, drafting sales spreadsheets, disseminating bibliographic data, and handling conferences / launches. You will have direct engagement with authors and liaise closely with our publicity department, most especially on social media strategy. The role requires strong organisational skills, writing skills, and attention to detail. Ideally you will also have a genuine interest in the books we publish and an eye for design. Publishing experience is not required.

Hurst is an independently owned and run non-fiction publisher, based in Bloomsbury. We produce around 90 new books a year, building on our strengths in African studies, Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, South Asian studies, War and International Relations, and global politics and history. Our trade list covers subjects as varied as British politics, philosophy, and popular science. We have just celebrated our 50th anniversary in 2019.

Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, the following:

• Drafting marketing copy
• Producing AI Sheets and PowerPoint presentations.
• Monitoring, reporting and chasing sales data across various platforms.
• Assisting the Sales and Marketing Director.
• Managing direct mail campaigns via Mailchimp
• Running Hurst’s social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
• Attending academic conferences in the UK.
• Managing subscriptions for our quarterly publication — Critical Muslim.
• Assisting with inspection copy requests and academic course reading list outreach.
• Monitoring and updating the Hurst website and database.
• Supplying third parties with publication data, including our US co-publishers.
• Undertaking support work related to royalty payments and rights sales.
• General administrative responsibilities to ensure the smooth functioning of the office.
• Meeting scheduling, material production and minute taking where appropriate.
• Sales visits to London or South East accounts.
• Any other activity deemed necessary within the broader field of marketing as the business grows.

Key requirements

• Undergraduate degree level education or above.
• Excellent organisational abilities and administrative skills, tested in an office environment.
• Proven literacy skills and an aptitude for writing copy.
• A solid understanding of the publishing process, beginning to end.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Enthusiasm and willingness to ‘get stuck in’.
• Superb inter-personal skills.
• A sound knowledge of current affairs and the ability to identify marketing opportunities arising from news events.
• Creativity and willingness to identify new routes to market and technologies.
• Commercial acumen.
• IT savvy — knowledge of Microsoft Office programs essential, familiarity with InDesign (CS5 or later), Wordpress, Filemaker and direct mailing tools desirable.

Please submit a covering letter and CV to Kathleen May, Associate Publisher and Director of Sales & Marketing (kathleen@hurstpub.co.uk), by January 6th.

Salary range £22,000 - £23,000.