We have two open positions at BenBella Books. Please scroll down to read both listings in full. Please submit your resume + cover letter for either position to jennifer@benbellabooks.com.
1. Marketing Manager Position
BenBella Books
Reporting to the CMO
Job Title: Marketing Manager
Pay & benefits
Pay: Full-time, salaried, in ~$60K range
Benefits: Benefits include health insurance paid by the company and dental and vision insurance at a modest charge per paycheck. We also have an IRA-matching program and life and disability coverage. You would start with 10 days of paid vacation time and 10 days of paid sick time. You would be eligible for a 5-day vacation increase once when you reach the end of your first year with BenBella and again once you reach your seventh year.
Start date: ~January 2025
Location: work from home
Years of Experience: 5-7 years
About BenBella Books
BenBella Books is an independent publishing house based in Dallas, Texas, specializing in nonfiction books on popular culture, health and nutrition, business, science, politics, psychology, and other topics. BenBella offers authors a partnership philosophy, personal attention, flexibility, and a creative approach to marketing.
Position description & essential functions of the position:
To support BenBella Books’ general imprint in all marketing capacities, including:
- Managing our Marketing Assistant
- Overseeing BenBella’s various social media channels, multi-platform social media experience
- Developing and executing a marketing plan for each of ~20 titles per year, in collaboration with author teams
- Working closely with authors to execute the marketing plan
- Responsibility for writing media pitches and communicating with all marketing contacts
- Media research, spreadsheet management, proofing, and other various marketing-related tasks
- Proficient in Canva or other digital design would be a plus
Desired qualities: Candidates should have book marketing experience, with nonfiction book marketing experience a significant plus. Should be extremely organized, reliable, self-driven, have a strong work-ethic, and exhibit strong writing skills.
Applicants should submit a resume and any other items to consider to Jennifer Canzoneri at jennifer@benbellabooks.com.
BenBella Books Core Values
BenBella offers a supportive, casual environment that emphasizes teamwork communication. We look for candidates that fit our core values:
- We balance work and home life. We work in a highly-productive but enjoyable and relaxed work environment.
- We respect ourselves and others and work in an atmosphere of teamwork and growth.
- We strive for excellence in our work. We worry about the details and strive for total reliability.
- We are open and honest. We try to always do the right thing.
- We take responsibility for our actions. We admit mistakes and solve problems.
- We bring creativity into our work, always challenging our assumptions and looking for better ways to achieve results. We are flexible and responsive in a fast-moving environment.
- We treat our authors and agents as partners.
Equal Employment Opportunity
BenBella provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.
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2. Mailing Assistant Description
Part of the marketing department
Job Title: Mailing Assistant
Part-Time: Full time (non-exempt)
Location: DFW. This position is located at the BenBella suite at Saltbox, a co-warehousing space in Farmers Branch
Pay: $30-35K
Years of Experience: 1-3 years of experience with ShipStation, managing inventory, and mailing and administrative skills
About BenBella Books
BenBella Books is an independent publishing house based in Dallas, Texas specializing in nonfiction books on popular culture, health and nutrition, business, science, politics, psychology, and other topics. BenBella offers authors a partnership philosophy, personal attention, flexibility, and a creative approach to marketing.
Position description:
To support the marketing department with a variety of administrative tasks, facilitating all mailings, managing the off-site mailing warehouse, including inventory support, ordering stock, and receiving and processing orders from the full marketing department.
Expected to be available for weekly video check-in calls.
Essential functions of the position:
- Responsible for receiving, printing, and organizing all mailings that come in from the marketing department
- Responsible for updating trackers with shipment information
- Responsible for processing mailings at our Dallas-based inventory warehouse
- Responsible for coordinating with non-local warehouses to process additional mailings, as needed
- Responsible for monitoring inventory and stock levels at the warehouse and ordering/returning stock as needed
- Responsible for compiling and distributing weekly marketing update emails
- Responsible for managing the department’s book awards submission process
- Responsible for ordering author gifts
- Responsible for additional administrative and marketing tasks as needed, which may require occasional pickups around Dallas (mileage will be reimbursed)
Desired qualities: ShipStation experience, inventory, and mailing experience. Extremely organized and reliable.
Applicants should submit a resume and any other items to consider to Jennifer Canzoneri at jennifer@benbellabooks.com.
BenBella Books Core Values
BenBella offers a supportive, casual environment that emphasizes teamwork communication. We look for candidates that fit our core values:
- We balance work and home life. We work in a highly-productive but enjoyable and relaxed work environment.
- We respect ourselves and others and work in an atmosphere of teamwork and growth.
- We strive for excellence in our work. We worry about the details and strive for total reliability.
- We are open and honest. We try to always do the right thing.
- We take responsibility for our actions. We admit mistakes and solve problems.
- We bring creativity into our work, always challenging our assumptions and looking for better ways to achieve results. We are flexible and responsive in a fast-moving environment.
- We treat our authors and agents as partners.
Equal Employment Opportunity
BenBella provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.