International Rights Sales Manager

I am looking for an International Rights Sales Manager to join a friendly independent children’s publisher. This role would be well suited to candidates looking to further their career within publishing co-edition sales within children’s publishing. In the role you will be responsible for creating and implementing sales strategies for a set of territories, and selling co-edition translation rights across various imprints. This role can be based remotely or in offices based in Suffolk.

International Rights Sales Manager Key duties:

• Ability to use prior industry knowledge to suggest product ideas for the international market.
• Attend international book fayres and travel to customers based in your allocated territories.
• Sell co-edition and translation rights across children’s imprints to existing accounts.
• Work closely with the senior sales and rights teams to establish targets and turnover.
• Identify new business opportunities to grow the existing list of customer accounts.

International Rights Sales Manager Experience / skills required:

• Previous experience within rights/co-edition sales within publishing is essential.
• A good understanding of the international publishing market.
• Proven experience of managing customer accounts within a publishing environment.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and strategic planning skills.
• Fluency in a second language is desirable.

For further information, please apply online or email a CV and salary expectations to fayejones@atwoodtate.co.uk

Contact:             Faye Jones

Tel:                    01865 339 529

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