Client Publishing Director

Simon & Schuster, Inc.; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An opportunity to lead the Client Publishing team at a prestigious publishing company. As the Client Publishing Director, you will play a pivotal role in managing partnerships with independent publishers while implementing tailored sales strategies. This position demands strong client management experience, an understanding of the publishing market, and the ability to thrive in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in client/relationship management in publishing.
• Strong commercial and analytical skills.
• Familiarity with UK and international publishing markets.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Client Publishing team and manage relationships with client publishers.
• Develop and implement sales strategies and promotional planning.
• Oversee the delivery of sales reporting and analysis.

Skills

Client management

Commercial skills

Analytical skills

Relationship building

Presenting

Multi-tasking

Tools

MS Office

Business Objects

Cognos

BookScan

Job description

Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 11:00 p.m. | Expires Friday, June 20, 2025 at 10:59 p.m.

Company

Simon & Schuster, a global leader in general interest publishing, is dedicated to providing the best in fiction and nonfiction for readers of all ages, and in all printed, digital and audio formats. Its distinguished roster of authors includes many of the world’s most popular and widely recognized writers, and winners of the most prestigious literary honours and awards. It is home to numerous well-known imprints and divisions such as Simon & Schuster, Scribner, Atria Books, Gallery Books, Adams Media, Avid Reader Press, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing and Simon & Schuster Audio and international companies in Australia, Canada, India, and the United Kingdom, and proudly brings the works of its authors to readers in more than 200 countries and territories. For more information visit our website atwww.simonandschuster.com .

The Job Profile

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Client Publishing Director will lead the Client Publishing team and provide sales and distribution services to several award-winning independent client publishers from the UK, USA, Canada and Australia. Some of our current client publishers include Andrews McMeel, Authors Equity, Elliott & Thompson, Orenda Books, VIZ Media, Rebellion and Games Workshop.

The Client Publishing Director will build relationships with clients and help devise and implement individualised sales strategies and growth plans for each client publisher.

The Job Role

The successful applicant will own the overall relationship between Simon & Schuster UK and our client publishers, including direct client management responsibility for a number of those clients. You will lead the client publishing team and oversee delivery of those clients’ sales strategies and promotional planning, metadata, print sign-offs and logistics, sales reporting and analysis. They will work closely with the Sales teams, pitching client titles to them and ensuring they have effective sales materials, and will work closely with the Inventory team to manage client stock.

They will identify new client opportunities and use internal and external networks in order to pursue, negotiate and sign new client agreements.

The Candidate Profile

You will have experience working in client management/relationship management with publishing experience. You will have strong commercial and analytical skills, an awareness of the UK and international publishing markets, and an understanding of the unique needs of different client publishers. You will thrive on building relationships, be comfortable presenting titles to large groups, be confident discussing sales results, whether positive or negative, be flexible and determined to succeed.

You will experience of managing teams and balancing multiple internal and external stakeholders as well as able to refine and optimise processes to deliver more efficient outcomes.

You will have a meticulous eye for detail and the ability to multi-task, as well as a good understanding of MS Office. Familiarity with reporting systems including Business Objects, Cognos and BookScan will be desirable.

The role may involve attending events outside of office hours from time to time.

Please apply by attaching your CV and cover letter with details of your current salary and expectations.

Simon & Schuster UK is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity and gender expression. At Simon & Schuster UK, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all.

Candidates hired for this or any other posted Simon & Schuster UK role will be employees of Simon & Schuster UK Ltd subject to all policies, including theWorkplace Privacy Notice, and eligible solely for the benefits plans thereof.