Bethaney Maher has over 5 years of experience in publishing, marketing, and administrative roles. She currently works as a Sales Operations Assistant at Penguin Random House, where she processes orders, liaises with key accounts, and assists with sales reporting. Previously she held internships at Profile Books, Literary Detectives, The Guardian, Orion Publishing, and Random House Children's Publishers. She has strong computer, organizational, and social media skills.

1. 42 HolmesCrescent
Wokingham, Berks
0118 9789 448 RG41 2SD
07540 489968
bethaneymaher@hotmail.co.uk
WORK EXPERIENCE
Sales Operations Assistant 2nd
Nov2015 - present
Penguin Random House
I have beenresponsibleforsalesadmintasksforseveral keyaccounts(includingTescoandWH
Smith) acrossthe Cornerstone,EburyandVintage divisions.Iprocessall ordersacrossthese
accounts,liaise withkeyaccountmanagersregardingstockmanagement,andserve asthe first
pointof contact for queriesfromoutside the department. Iassistinbackliststockmanagement
and reprintsforCornerstone. Ialsoassistinsales reportingandanalysis,manage invoicing
across my accounts,performgeneral office administrationandfacilitate communicationwithin
the department.
International Sales Assistant 15th
Sept– 28th
Oct 2015
FaberFactory Plus
Temporarymaternitycover.Iwasresponsible forprocessing international ordersonbehalfof
independentpublishers,andservingastheircontactwithsuppliers.Ialsopreparedsalespacks
and attendedsalesmeetingswithretailers,andmanageddatainputintothe US distribution
database.
Profile Books internship 6th
July – 28th
August2015
Two-monthinternship withProfile Books.Iwas responsible formanagingpresscuttings,
assistingwithpromotional eventsandmarketingresearch, assessingmanuscripts,organising
mail outsand liaising withauthorsandpresscontacts. Ialso managedsome general office
administrationsuchas bookingtravel andaccommodationforauthors, dealingwithphone
enquiries,bindingproofsandmanagingstocklevels.
Literary Detectives internship Nov2014 – Sept2015
YearlonginternshipwithLiteraryDetectives,awebsite promotingthe workof 18th century
female authors.Iwas responsibleforrevampingandmanagingall social mediaaccounts
(includingTwitterandFacebook),rewritingsectionsof the websiteinpreparationforits
overhaul,andliaisingwithmembersof the teamregardingwebsite andsocial media
maintenance andupkeep.
https://twitter.com/JADetectives
https://www.facebook.com/JaneAustenDetectives
http://janeaustendetectives.tumblr.com/
Bethaney Maher

2. Children’s books work experience 11th
– 15th
May 2015
The Guardian
Work experience placementinthe Children’sBooksdepartmentof The Guardian.Ihelped
maintainthe Children’sBookswebsite by formattingbookreviewssubmittedbychildren,and
replyingtochildren’semails.Iwrote several articles, bothpromptedandindependently
created.I alsohelpedwithgeneral office adminsuchassortingmail andorganisingbookssent
for review.
Publicity work experience 29th
April – 8th
May 2015
Orion Publishing
2 weekworkexperience placement inthe publicitydepartmentof OrionPublishing.My
responsibilitiesincludedwritingpressreleases,arrangingmail outs,andgeneral departmental
adminsuch as bindingproofs.
Marketing and publicity work experience 23rd
March – 3rd
April 2015
RandomHouseChildren’sPublishers
2 weekworkexperience placement inthe marketingandpublicitydepartmentsof Random
House Children’sPublishers. Myresponsibilitiesincludedwritingpressreleases,website
maintenance,arrangingordersandmailing,andprovidingdepartmental adminsupport.
Marketing work experience 14th
– 25th
April 2014
Ebury Publishing
2 weekworkexperience placement inthe marketingdepartmentof EburyPublishing,adivision
of the PenguinRandomHouse Group.My responsibilitiesincludedvariousadministrative tasks,
usinginternal systemssuchasBiblio,interactingwithotherdepartments,andconducting
internetresearch.
Energy Kidz Playworker Aug2014 – Sep2014
My responsibilitiesincludedcaringforagroup of childrenaged5-11, preparingandserving
food,interactingwithparentsandchildren,andbasicfirstaid.
Robert Dyas Shop Assistant (part-time) Aug2011 – Dec 2012
My responsibilitiesincludedservingcustomers,tillwork,restockingshelves,sorting deliveries,
and processingrefundsandexchanges.
EDUCATION
BA (Hons) English 2:1 2012 - 2015
Universityof Southampton

3. A Level in English Literature (Grade A*) 2008 - 2010
A Level in EnglishLanguage (Grade A)
A Level in Classical Civilisations (Grade B)
The Holt SchoolSixthForm
9 GCSEs (grades A* - B) 2003 - 2008
The Holt Secondary School
SKILLS
Computer skills
Mac and Windowsoperatingsystems
MicrosoftOffice,includingadvancedWordandExcel
Social mediamanagement,particularlyTwitter,Facebook,Tumblr,Instagram
Adobe Photoshop
Exceptional organisationalskills
Workingcreatively,bothindependentlyoraspart of a team
REFERENCES
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