Associate Director, HC360 Childrens (NYC Hybrid)
New York City, NY - USA
Job Summary
Overview
Act as the key point of contact for building seasonal publication lists and driving sales development for the International Childrens portfolio. Lead schedule and specialmarkets activity coordinate sales/marketing/PR strategy and develop new revenue opportunities for heritage and underexploited brands and authors.
Responsibilities
- Chair everysixweek Childrens Pub Schedule Review; schedule childrens focus and distribution lists; advise on first prints and backlist inventory
- Work with the Affiliate Publisher and International Sales to identify and prioritise focus titles present lists to Sales for seasonal launch prepositioning and positioning meetings.
- Attend weekly Childrens Hot Title and First Print meetings
- Chair quarterly Childrens Brainstorm meeting with sales and editorial
- Meet with the special markets and educational wholesaler teams to identify and develop opportunities and expand brand products.
- Run monthly imprint meetings with UK childrens divisions Farshore and HCCB to review financials current and upcoming schedules and status of special markets projects.
- Develop sales of heritage brands through trade and nontrade accounts including creation of exclusive/premium product where appropriate.
- Build on the success of the Expanse and Miles Kelly imprints to identify and develop future US opportunities with UK editorial teams.
- Provide timely commercial feedback on future publishing projects working with Rights and International Sales to determine preferred routes to market.
Qualifications
- 7 years of experience in childrens publishing with preference for experience in sales
- Proven ability to manage competing priorities and deliver results across multiple projects
- Strong presentation and communication skills with the ability to engage confidently with sales teams and key stakeholders
- Familiarity with special markets and non-trade channels preferred
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- A track record of building and maintaining productive cross-functional relationships
Personal attributes
- Proactive high level of initiative with an eye for new opportunities.
- Confident presenting and discussing titles using relevant sales information.
- Skilled at working with multiple stakeholders across UK and US organisations to broker successful outcomes.
- Strong prioritisation and projectmanagement skills; able to handle urgent tasks and longerterm plans.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
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The salary range for this position is $95000-$105000. We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidates experience industry knowledge technical and communication skills and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.
In addition to cash compensation the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package with a variety of physical health retirement and savings caregiving emotional wellbeing transportation and other benefits including elective benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.
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