How to hire a publishing associate

How to hire a publishing associate, step by step

Here's a step-by-step publishing associate hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a publishing associate job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new publishing associate
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   The publishing associate hiring process starts by determining what type of worker you actually need. Certain roles might require a full-time employee, whereas part-time workers or contractors can do others.

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   A publishing associate's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, publishing associates from different industries or fields will have radically different experiences and will bring different viewpoints to the role. You also need to consider the candidate's previous level of experience to make sure they'll be comfortable with the job's level of seniority.

   Here's a comparison of publishing associate salaries for various roles:

   Type of Publishing Associate	Description	Hourly rate
   Publishing Associate	Advertising sales agents sell advertising space to businesses and individuals. They contact potential clients, make sales presentations, and maintain client accounts.	$22-41
   Media Sales Consultant	A media sales consultant offers advice to organizations and individuals to promote their sales. Media sales consultants draft news, magazine articles, and press releases to boost sales... Show more	$4-32
   Sales Management Consultant	A sales management consultant's job is to help businesses maximize their sales by providing recommendations for improvements in their processes. Your duties and responsibilities may include conducting training for sales representatives on how to utilize technology to increase sales conversions, building and maintaining good relationships with clients, and supervising junior staff... Show more	$27-60

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • ECTD
   • FDA
   • Client Websites
   • Revenue Growth
   • Market Research
   • Graphic Design
   • Product Development
   • HTML
   • Photoshop
   • Business Development
   • Web Content
   • SEO
   • QC
   • Sales Strategy

   Check all skills

   Responsibilities:

   • Perform weekly review and update of lead list against opportunities manage in Salesforce.com.
   • Create copy (press releases, SEO articles, etc . )
   • Used basic HTML code and web posting.
   • Analyze market share for competing ad networks with HTML ad code tracking.
   • Direct operations of start-up business, an independent publisher of novel-length fiction.
   • Prepare, deliver and sell custom multi-media integrate cross promotion presentations to key decision makers at brand management and advertising agencies.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your publishing associate job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A publishing associate salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, publishing associates' average salary in wyoming is 50% less than in new york.
   • Seniority. Entry-level publishing associates earn 47% less than senior-level publishing associates.
   • Certifications. A publishing associate with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a publishing associate's salary.

   Average publishing associate salary

   $63,280yearly

   $30.42 hourly rate

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   Entry-level publishing associate salary

   $46,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 19, 2025

   Average publishing associate salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	New York	$97,140	$47
   2	California	$73,839	$36
   3	New Jersey	$72,494	$35
   4	Illinois	$68,843	$33
   5	Indiana	$64,623	$31
   6	Florida	$59,660	$29
   7	Ohio	$58,369	$28
   8	Pennsylvania	$51,699	$25
   9	Texas	$50,874	$24

   Average publishing associate salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Teva Pharmaceuticals	$82,011	$39.43
   2	Riot Games	$80,316	$38.61
   3	Accenture	$76,451	$36.76
   4	Travelzoo	$67,084	$32.25
   5	Lannett	$67,019	$32.22
   6	Univision Holdings, Inc.	$64,290	$30.91
   7	Medpace	$63,805	$30.68
   8	The Univision Network Partnership	$63,605	$30.58
   9	Hachette Book Group	$59,852	$28.77

4. Writing a publishing associate job description

   A good publishing associate job description should include a few things:

   • Summary of the role
   • List of responsibilities
   • Required skills and experience

   Including a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager is also appreciated by candidates. Here's an example of a publishing associate job description:

   Publishing associate job description example

   • Confident in your writing ability, able to write about our offerings clearly and concisely in an intelligent and inspiring way
   • Driven to understand what makes a great offer through research against other comparable offers in market and test book the offer to ensure the offers are valid
   • Eager to participate in content development, including working with our Top 20 Publisher to curate our weekly list of the world’s best travel & lifestyle offers
   • Excited to contribute, communicate and strategize with our internal teams regarding the quality of our offerings with a member first approach
   • Able to monitor and report on member activity through emails and social media channels
   • Open to feedback and direction
   • Keen to maintain the editorial integrity of our publications

   You are Ideally…

   • A professional with 1-2 years of experience, including direct experience within the travel or hospitality industries

   • Have excellent written and verbal communication skills

   • Able to manage time and multi-task under tight deadlines
   • Possess strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary stakeholders across the company
   • Passionate about travel and lifestyle content
   • Degree educated in journalism, communications, marketing, or related field

   What’s in it for you…

   • Broaden your horizon by working with a global team and potentially in a different country
   • Experience one of our travel deals first-hand – we call it the Travelzoo Experience
   • We recognize your achievements with our employee awards
   • Enjoy working like an entrepreneur? Our flat hierarchies will provide you with this opportunity
   • Hybrid work model. Meet virtually or in one of our elegant workspaces in the heart of vibrant cities
   • Enrich your career perspectives by joining our global mentorship program
   • Is life-long learning important to you? We offer online and offline learning options
   • We offer competitive compensation and benefit packages

   
   

   If you are excited about this opportunity and feel intrigued by our values of “leading by example”, “warm heart”, “cool head” and “working hands”, then we would like to get to know you!

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5. Post your job

   There are a few common ways to find publishing associates for your business:

   • Promoting internally or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to meet candidates with the right educational background.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to recruit passive job-seekers.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your publishing associate job on Zippia to find and recruit publishing associate candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites such as salesjobs, salesheads, allretailjobs.com, sales trax.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Recruiting publishing associates requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   You should also ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match the ideal candidate profile you developed earlier. Candidates good enough for the next step can complete the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new publishing associate

   Once you've decided on a perfect publishing associate candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.

   After that, you can create an onboarding schedule for a new publishing associate. Human Resources and the hiring manager should complete Employee Action Forms. Human Resources should also ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc., and that new employee files are created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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