Assistant, PR & VOLUME 0 at Book of the Month

We’re looking for a highly driven Assistant to join our small team and help with the following projects: (a) live events and collaborations, (b) our lit mag, VOLUME 0 (volume0.com), (c) international and literary books, and (d) various projects in development.  

This is a demanding role that includes marketing, PR, editorial, and operations work. You have to have a “willing to help with anything” attitude and a “get it done” work ethic. It is more important that you want to help the team succeed than to have a specific project or function you want to pursue.
 

What You’ll Do

PR, Operations & Other

• Help plan and staff parties and events.
• Maintain subscriber trackers, facilitate mailings and renewals
• Handle customer service emails
• Help with correspondence, scheduling and other tasks and processes
• Work on new initiatives

Editorial

• Maintain pipelines. 
• Read and evaluate stories and books.
• Identify potential contributors, stories, books and imprints.
• Proofread individual stories and full issues. 
• QA digital and physical proofs of the magazine and related products. 
• Attend readings and other literary events.

Marketing

• Maintain websites and social media feeds
• Create content and set up paid campaigns
• Staff tables at book fairs.
• Other initiatives

About You

• Super strong “get it done” mentality
• Demonstrated writing/editing abilities
• Other creative skills are a plus (photography, graphic design, web design, etc.)
• You participate in the literary and other cultural scenes
• Strong problem solving abilities and reasonable math skills
• Willing to work outside of normal business hours
• 1-3 years of some type of challenging professional experience
   

Base Salary: $65,000