Provide administrative and editorial support to a literary agent: manage calendar, email, phone calls, schedule meetings, send submissions and queries, handle client communications, analyze content, and ensure accuracy and confidentiality in a fast-paced publishing environment.
This position provides general administrative and editorial support to the agent by managing the agent’s calendar, email, phones, sending submissions, evaluative queries and manuscripts, and handling a variety of client oriented business.
Related Work Experience:
- Ideal candidates will have one year of publishing-related work experience or internship in a literary or entertainment and sports environment, or related field.
- Must be detail oriented and able to handle complex instructions with care, follow-through, and follow up.
- Must be an excellent multi-tasker and have proven problem-solving abilities.
- Must be passionate about the business of publishing.
- Must demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness in execution of assigned tasks.
- Friendly and open demeanor with ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.
- Ability to adapt to changes and work in a fast paced, demanding environment.
- Dependable and proactive.
- Relentlessly curious.
- Able to prioritize the workload and use time efficiently.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Assist agent in all professional administrative matters.
- Ensure clients are handled appropriately.
- Answer the telephone and make calls in a professional manner.
- Analyze content and related material.
- Schedule meetings and maintain calendar.
Core Competencies:
- All applicants should possess excellent verbal and written skills. Must be self-confident and diligent. Must be highly organized.
Technical Skills:
- Basic computer skills are mandatory.
- The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications.
Per local requirements and in the interest of transparency, the hourly rate shown below reflects the prevalent current hiring range for this position. Hiring pay rates are based on a number of factors, including location and may vary depending on job-related qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience. The company strives to provide locally competitive rewards packages, which include base rate along with, as applicable, short- and long-term incentives, growth and developmental opportunities, and robust benefits, such as health care, retirement, vacation and other paid time off, and additional offerings.
Hiring Rate Minimum:
$21.00 hourly (minimum will not fall below the applicable state/local minimum wage thresholds)Hiring Rate Maximum:
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