W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.

W. W. Norton & Company is seeking a Sales Assistant to support the Special Markets sales team, reporting to the Director of Special Markets. This newly created role will assist with the channel’s day-to-day operations and support myriad sales initiatives to help the channel reach sales goals. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated, creative thinker and enthusiastic team player, with strong organizational skills and an ability to multi-task in assisting a diverse group of customer types and supporting multiple sales business models.

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, poetry, and children’s books, our employee-owned firm enjoys a unique position in the world of letters. Norton is also proud to provide distribution and other services to a distinguished portfolio of publishers. The Sales Assistant will liaise with all Norton imprints and third-party client publishers, helping to expand the reach of adult and children’s titles into all areas of the non-traditional book marketplace, including specialty retailers, specialty wholesalers, bulk sellers, premium buyers, and subscription box programs, while also assisting with support and outreach to our commissioned gift groups.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Perform day-to-day administrative tasks including organizing meetings, helping with presentation prep, and processing invoices.
• Extract and analyze sales data from multiple sources including internal and external databases.
• Assist with sales material development and distribution.
• Help with bi-annual catalog creation.
• Complete email sales outreach and sample copy mailings.
• Respond to customer and commissioned gift rep queries and requests.
• Attend seasonal specialty trade shows and gift shows.

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

Required Qualifications:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong Excel skills (including v-lookups, pivot tables, text to column, etc.).
• Proficiency using a variety of office programs and sales platforms, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Edelweiss, with MarketTime is a plus.
• Ability to travel year-round by car, plane, and train to attend seasonal trade shows.
• Demonstrated 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 from Norton’s New York City 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.

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.