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Closing date: 9th August 2024Reports to: US Sales and Business Development Director&nbsp;Location:&nbsp;Victoria House, Bloomsbury Square, London&nbsp;Working pattern:&nbsp;Flexible home working up to three days per week&nbsp;Imprint: Across imprints&nbsp;Department: Children’s Trade&nbsp;Salary:&nbsp;£28,000 - £31,000 per annum, dependent on experience&nbsp;&nbsp;We are looking for a highly organised, creative, and proactive sales executive to join our dynamic team, supporting a key North American account as well as co-edition and sub rights sales.&nbsp;This is a busy role working across Bonnier Books UK children’s trade imprints (Templar, Big Picture Press, Studio Press, Hatch, Piccadilly Press and Hot Key Books) to grow global sales opportunities.&nbsp;&nbsp;Key requirements and responsibilities&nbsp;<ul><li>First class account management skills, ensuring effective communication with the client as well as in-house creative and production teams to deliver a US publishing programme&nbsp;</li><li>The role offers fantastic opportunity to develop knowledge of the North American market whilst you provide invaluable sales support across a wide range of accounts and research new opportunities and areas for growth&nbsp;</li><li>Overseeing the US reprint business to achieve set budgetary targets, supported by a strong strategy and the negotiation of prices and schedules with customers in accordance with business targets and parameters&nbsp;</li><li>Creative flair is needed to deliver engaging presentations and to contribute to the growing custom publishing business&nbsp;</li><li>You will ensure internal systems are followed, establishing new processes where necessary whilst communicating clearly with all stakeholders&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Supporting global sales of our fiction lists with the potential to manage select territories in this area&nbsp;</li><li>Bookfair preparation, international travel planning and schedule management&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Above all: enthusiasm, initiative, and commitment are needed in this industrious team, working in a vibrant and creative atmosphere with real scope to make the role your own&nbsp;</li></ul>&nbsp;Qualifications and Experience&nbsp;<ul><li>A minimum of 2 years’ experience in a key account /co-edition sales environment&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>A love of reading, children’s literature and illustration alongside an interest in the global publishing marketplace&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Strong numeracy and commercial awareness, coupled with excellent sales and negotiation skills&nbsp;</li><li>Outstanding interpersonal skills, combined with the ability to analyse and problem solve&nbsp;</li><li>Excellent organisational abilities and a positive can-do attitude&nbsp;</li><li>The ability to work both independently and as part of a team&nbsp;</li><li>Language skills may also be an advantage&nbsp;</li><li>Knowledge of Biblio is an asset&nbsp;</li></ul>If you are interested in this role, please apply via our website.&nbsp; We look forward in hearing from you.&nbsp;&nbsp;We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.

LABS Victoria House

Igloo Books

Black & White Publishing

Bonnier Books UK (Head Office)

Bonnier Books UK

(Senior) sales executive, Children’s Trade

Closing date for applications: 5th August at 11.59pmSalary: £27,000Contract: The role is a&nbsp;full-time, permanent position&nbsp;We are looking for an enthusiastic, well-organised and confident communicator with excellent time-management skills and attention to detail to work within our fast-moving UK Sales department.&nbsp;Sales Assistants perform a key support role within the wider UK Sales team working across all Bloomsbury Consumer, Head of Zeus and Special Interest titles. The role will include assisting on the day-to-day administration and operations of the team and our customers. This particular appointment will support one specific area of publishing in the main i.e. the Children’s and Children’s Education team and will report in to the Head of Sales.This is a superb opportunity to join a high performing UK Sales team of a top five UK publisher and to work in a vibrant and successful publishing sales environment.The role is based at&nbsp;our London office 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP on a hybrid working pattern of 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred).&nbsp;Allocated office days for this role are: Monday and Tuesday.&nbsp;Responsibilities<ul><li>General support for the Children’s, Children’s Education and Special Sales teams across all imprints</li><li>Administration support for a range of individual UK retailer accounts</li><li>Fielding queries and processing orders&nbsp;</li><li>Prepare presentations for retailers and internal briefings&nbsp;</li><li>Prepare sales figures for the Sales team and senior sales colleagues on request</li><li>Provide sales analysis for a range of needs, including Annual Business Reviews and internal trackers&nbsp;</li><li>Responding to ad hoc requests for book samples/Advance Information (AI) sheets/book jackets</li><li>Assisting at events and signings across the Sales department</li><li>Absence cover for colleagues as required e.g. holidays/flexi Fridays</li><li>General ad hoc admin and UK Sales tasks for whole team</li></ul> Knowledge, skills and experience&nbsp;<ul><li>Good communicator who is confident with dealing with people at all levels, particularly on the phone and over email/video</li><li>Excellent attention to detail and focused on efficiency at all times</li><li>Strong time-management, prioritisation and&nbsp;organisational skills with keen awareness of deadlines</li><li>Ability to adapt to changing daily tasks</li><li>Strong numerical and written skills</li><li>Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Teams, and beneficial to have knowledge of internal systems such as Biblio, Nielsen, Cognos and Vista</li><li>Experience in publishing or book trade environment helpful&nbsp;</li></ul>&nbsp;Additional informationAs an Assistant role, this position is eligible for Bloomsbury’s Rental Deposit Loan Scheme. To assist candidates who want to start and to establish a career in publishing, Bloomsbury offers an interest-free rental deposit to support securing somewhere to live. The rental deposit loan can be up to £3,000 and will be paid back over 2 years.Bloomsbury reserve the right to close the role early if we exceed the required number of applications.We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process; please flag to the recruitment team if required.Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK – Bloomsbury Publishing do not sponsor visa applications.Bloomsbury is a place where anyone of any background, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender identity, age, ability, or socio-economic status can thrive, feel comfortable, and be heard and accepted. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community. The Book Trade Charity provide financial assistance for people looking to get into the publishing industry; you can find more information and talk directly here:&nbsp;<a href="http://booktradeentrysupport.org/" target="_blank">http://booktradeentrysupport.org</a>Please include in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Head Office - London

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Bloomsbury Publishing UK: Bedford Square Office

Sales assistant, UK Children's Education

Closing date: 2nd August 2024Salary range:&nbsp;£26,000 - £27,000 per annum (depending on experience)Reports to:&nbsp;Senior Rights Manager, Adult TradeLocation:&nbsp;London, Victoria House, Bloomsbury SquareWorking pattern:&nbsp;Flexible remote working up to three days per weekImprint:&nbsp;Across all Adult imprintsDepartment:&nbsp;Rights/Sales&nbsp;Ready to dive into the world of publishing?We are looking for a highly organised, creative, and proactive rights assistant with a passion for books to join our dynamic team, supporting the team and selling rights in minor territories.&nbsp;Key responsibilities<ul><li>Providing full administrative support to the Adult Rights team and assisting with the selling of subsidiary rights&nbsp;</li><li>Drawing up and tracking progress of sub-licence contracts</li><li>Handling permissions requests and domestic rights e.g. large print deals</li><li>Submitting marketing and sales materials to customers and negotiating offset and file fees</li><li>Overseeing monthly invoicing and approving royalty payments in conjunction with Accounts</li><li>General office administration including database maintenance and running regular Biblio reports</li><li>Co-ordinating book fair schedules and trip preparations and follow-up</li><li>Preparing and updating rights guides for book fairs and foreign visits</li></ul>&nbsp;Knowledge, skills and experience<ul><li>Administrative excellence and a sharp eye for detail</li><li>Great communication and numeracy skills: language skills would&nbsp;certainly be an advantage</li><li>Strong organisational and time-management skills&nbsp;</li><li>Proficiency in MS Office&nbsp;</li><li>Knowledge of Biblio and InDesign is preferred but not essential</li></ul>&nbsp;The employer reserves the right to close the listing and stop accepting applications sooner than the original deadline. Therefore we strongly recommend applying at the earliest opportunity.We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.&nbsp;Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Rights assistant, Adult Trade

Closing date: 11th August 2024Salary: £27,000 (+bonus +benefits)Location: The role will be based at our London office, Carmelite House,&nbsp;with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.&nbsp;Passionate about the publishing industry? John Murray Press is looking for a team player with strong communication skills to join our Contracts &amp; Business Affairs team.Hachette UK is a creative powerhouse and the UK's second largest book publishing group. Our mission is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity.We're made up of 12 autonomous publishing divisions and over 60 imprints with a rich and diverse history and an incredible range of authors. We're also the market leader in e-books and publish a range of bestsellers in audio format, the fastest growing part of our business.John Murray publish books of excellence and lasting value written by authors with passion and expertise. We're home to popular fiction and non-fiction writers alongside some of the most progressive new voices in publishing. Established in 1768 and with a rich and illustrious history, we are the oldest imprint in the business and oldest surviving trade list in British publishing.Reporting to the Manager, Contracts &amp; Business Affairs, the successful candidate will work across John Murray's specialist, trade and Quercus lists, working closely with their colleagues in the John Murray Press contracts team providing support.&nbsp;Responsibilities<ul><li>Draft and/or check contractual paperwork as requested, under supervision and guidance of line manager.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Handle permissions requests in a timely manner</li><li>Do research and provide support for ad hoc projects as needed&nbsp;</li><li>Handle reversion requests, providing information and guidance to editors, draft reversion letters and update Biblio and other databases</li></ul>The above list is not exclusive or exhaustive and the job holder may be required to undertake such other duties as may reasonably be required.&nbsp;What we're looking for<ul><li>Meticulous eye for detail&nbsp;</li><li>Computer literacy – good skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint</li><li>Knowledge of, or aptitude for, relevant applications/systems, e.g. Biblio.</li><li>Excellent organisation and administrative skills</li><li>Excellent standard of written and spoken English</li><li>Ability to communicate and build positive working relationship with contacts at all levels</li><li>Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team</li><li>Adaptability</li><li>Interest in the publishing industry</li></ul>&nbsp;What we offerOur staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:<ul><li>28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)</li><li>Private medical insurance</li><li>Generous pension schemes</li><li>Rent deposit loans</li><li>2 community days per year</li><li>Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)</li><li>Retail discounts through Hachette rewards</li><li>Cycle to Work scheme</li><li>Eye care vouchers</li><li>Wide-ranging training library</li><li>Development programmes (including mentoring)</li><li>Up to 70% off book purchases</li><li>A charity bookshelf</li><li>12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including&nbsp;Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing&nbsp;and religious networks</li><li>Season ticket loans</li><li>And much more!</li></ul>&nbsp;Our commitmentHachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.booktradeentrysupport.org/" target="_blank">www.booktradeentrysupport.org</a>

Carmelite House

Hachette UK

Contracts assistant

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 31st July 2024&nbsp;Develop your skills in and knowledge of publishing sales as an assistant with this illustrated book publisher based in Suffolk.<a href="https://www.geminibooks.com/" target="_blank">Gemini Books </a>makes beautiful, illustrated books for children and adults that spark readers' imaginations. From original graphic novels to engaging activity books that nurture emotional intelligence, we create books that you and your family will want to spend time with.As part of the sales team, you will play a role in ensuring that the sales teams are supported in their roles.&nbsp; You will interact with every department within Gemini Books to ensure that we are all fully prepared for customer presentations and follow ups post meeting.&nbsp;The sales team put the customer at the centre of everything we do.&nbsp; Every communication with a customer forms a touch point. All of which form part of the experience of working with Gemini – we want that to be the best experience within the publishing industry.&nbsp;Responsibilities<ul><li>Meeting preparation</li><li>Meeting follow up</li><li>Key administrative tasks</li><li>Supporting Sales reps with sales materials, sales samples and presentations/</li><li>Completing customer submission grids</li><li>Creating monthly sales reports and quarterly commission reports</li><li>Sending samples and PDF’s to customers</li><li>Dealing with occasional customer enquiries and complaints</li><li>Answer occasional phone calls</li><li>Sign for reception deliveries</li><li>Greet any customers and visitors to the office</li><li>Distribute post as and when required. &nbsp;</li></ul>Knowledge, skills and experience<ul><li>Excellent Microsoft Office skills</li><li>Excellent communication skills both verbal and written and attention to detail</li><li>Flexible and able to adapt to busy periods with a proactive and positive attitude</li><li>Self-motivated and ability to use initiative</li><li>Ambitious and keen to learn</li><li>A professional attitude towards business practise.</li></ul>We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.

Gemini Books Group Ltd

Publishing sales assistant

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