Administration Job Requirements

• Coordinating employee schedules, distributing memos and reports, ensuring that employees adhere to company policies, raises queries and apply sanctions for non-compliance to company policy.
• Assist sales and marketing teams in marketing and collect debts.
• Managing office supplies and keeping records of Expenses.
• Managing stocks, preparing order forms and recording stocks transactions.
• Maintaining customer relationship by frequently calling and visiting.
• Coordinating with every department to ensure that company’s objectives are met.

Marketing Job Requirements

• Plan marketing campaigns and produce promotional material.
• Attend conferences and book fairs to promote and sell books.
• Carry out market research to gauge demand for products.
• Build awareness and generate interest in books, ensuring the target audience knows it exists via advertising, promotion, and sending samples to key contacts.
• Navigate the digital landscape through social media advertising and email marketing.

Design/illustration Job Requirements

• Responsible for how a book looks and feels, ensuring maximum impact and readability.
• Collaborate with authors and solve issues regarding book development.
• Typeset and design books for various levels.
• Initiate designs and concepts for book covers.
• Create illustrations for books and book covers.
• Design advertising and promotional materials such as brochures, calendars, flyers, and catalogs.

Transport and Logistics Job Requirements

• Plan routes to transport sales and marketing teams to their destination as efficiently as possible.
• Ensure vehicles are properly maintained.
• Assist administration in stock management and record keeping.

Sales Job Requirements

The role of a publishing sales representative is to promote books to potential clients, from schools and libraries to bookshops.

• Go to sale points (schools, bookshops, book fairs) to sell company books.
• Present and promote the company’s books (new and old titles) to customers and persuade them to buy.
• Visit bookstores, retail outlets, schools, wholesalers, and corporate clients all over the country.
• Research and pursue new retail opportunities in both traditional and non-traditional sale channels.
• Provide customer and administrative support.
• Prepare sales and marketing reports on sales and performance.

Editorial Job Requirements

• Commission an author to write a book, and help the author bring the book to the very best for the publishing house.
• Review manuscripts to ensure they meet the specifications and target audience of the publishing house.
• Liaise with other departments to come up with designs and marketing ideas.
• Edit, proof-read manuscripts, and write content that will be used to market the book.

Finance / Account Job Requirements

Account Officers handle the financial records of an organization. Account Officers oversee accounts and manage invoices.

• Manage and maintain accounting records, including accounts payable and receivable, general ledger, and other financial data.
• Prepare payroll records and slips.
• Prepare stock reports and cross-check to ensure accuracy.
• Create, record, and process invoices, and cross-check invoices with payments and expenses to ensure accuracy.
• Provide support during audits and tax preparation.
• Resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities in a timely and professional manner.