Imprint Sales Coordinator

Description:

In this role, you will support a team of Imprint Sales Managers and Directors, acting, alongside this team, as a liaison between our publishers and clients, and the larger sales team.

What you’ll do:

• Support a team of Imprint Sales Managers and Directors who are responsible for strategic sales growth across all Penguin Random House Canada Publishers and across our US, UK, and Client Distribution lists.

• Manage the imprint sales calendar, ensuring that deadlines are communicated and achieved.

• Support general meeting and sales conference preparation (collecting data and sales reports, creating catalogues and presentations, taking and distributing notes).

• Assist with operational tasks (data entry) with an eye to streamlining processes across the imprint sales teams.

• Prioritize and respond to general requests and queries from internal colleagues and external partners.

Experience and knowledge you’ll bring (qualifications):

• Minimum one year of administrative or sales support experience.

• Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize and balance multiple responsibilities.

• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and thrive in a complex and changing work environment.

• An inclusive approach to your work, supported by well-developed cultural competency skills and a proven ability to collaborate with people from across a wide range of diverse backgrounds.

• Ability to work with confidential information using sound judgment and discretion.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with acute attention to detail.

• A solution-focused approach coupled with an eye toward continuous improvement and efficiency.

• Proficiency with Windows OS, Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Pro, and online collaboration tools (Outlook, Teams, Asana)

• Enhanced knowledge, awareness, and experience with the culture and history of any community that has faced marginalization is considered a plus.

• And of course, a strong interest in books and book publishing.