Manager, National Accounts - (Tri-State Area)
Penguin Random House
- New York City, NY
- $70,000-73,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Preparing, researching, and presenting all relevant titles, all backlist titles, and special promotions to accounts.
- Optimizing all frontlist and backlist opportunities through in-store and online promotions.
- Maintaining accurate and responsible co-op pool.
- Daily maintenance of account orders and merchandising
- Representing all Penguin Adult and Knopf Doubleday imprints to Target and its supporting vendors in a professional, sales-oriented manner.
- Attending regular meetings including, but not limited to weekly staff meetings, imprint launch, strategy, weekly marketing meetings and sales conference meetings and consistently providing feedback on account performance.
- Meeting with Target and supporting vendors on a regular basis, to sell frontlist and backlist, to gather feedback on sell-through, account news and other industry related information.
- Collaborating with publishers on opportunities that are unique to the account.
- Analyzing and reporting on a weekly and ad-hoc basis market trends and insights.
- Strong organization skills with the ability to effectively manage multiple competing priorities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment
- Ability to work well under pressure and be proactive
- Excel at working within a collaborative team environment
- Minimum of 3 years of prior experience selling in an account facing role
- Strong follow up skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Teams, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
- Ability to travel up to 10% by car, train, or plane within the domestic U.S.
- Previous sales experience in publishing
http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/Penguin Random House values the array of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.Company: Penguin Random House LLCCountry: United States of AmericaState/Region: New YorkCity: New YorkPostal Code: 10019Job ID: 270618Date: May 16, 2024Location:New York, NY, US, 10019