Books Account Executive

Guardian Books is a profitable business within our Consumer Revenues department, publishing and retailing book products to Guardian readers and a wider consumer base. We have ambitions to grow our digital books business significantly as a scalable and profitable new revenue stream.

This role reports into the Head of Books and will provide merchandising, publishing and administrative support to the Guardian Books team to ensure commercial targets are met. As a central support role within a small but innovative team, a demonstrable knowledge of books and book publishing is essential.

You will be expected to managing the day to day running of the Guardian’s online bookshop, negotiate with publishers to source appropriate offers for online promotions and seasonal supplements and provide administrative support for the Guardian Books team including stock management, invoice processing and managing relationships with key third party contacts.

Our ideal candidate will have experience working in books publishing or retailing with a strong sales or marketing background. You will be confident in managing relationships and highly numerate with the ability to multi-task. Highly organised and efficient, you will also be a comfortable negotiator with excellent communication skills and a demonstrable awareness and understanding of the GNM brand and our core values.

We expect you to be an advocate of our values and passionate about our core purpose and editorial principles. Ours is a fast paced work environment and you
will be adept at managing multiple priorities while delivering excellent results.

In return we offer the chance to work in an open and stimulating environment within one of the most forward-thinking media organisations in the world.

For more information please see the job description here

Closing date for receipt of applications is Sunday 2nd November 2014