Publishing Sales & Partnerships Manager

Redwood Publishing Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme

Professional development

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Redwood Publishing Recruitment's client, a growing publishing house based in London, seeks an experienced Sales & Business Development Manager to grow UK trade sales and develop international distribution relationships. The role combines new business development with trade sales, account management and distribution coordination, reporting to the Publishing Director in a hybrid setup.

You will build relationships with booksellers, online retailers, and institutions, negotiate terms, and

Qualifications

• Proven experience in book publishing sales, distribution, account management or business development.
• Strong understanding of how the book trade works and developing accounts.
• Experience presenting books and negotiating terms; stock and metadata awareness.
• Familiarity with Ingram and Gardners is useful.

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with booksellers, retailers, wholesalers and institutional buyers.
• Present forthcoming titles and seasonal lists; negotiate commercial terms, promotions and specials.
• Build institutional and bulk sales with librarians, universities, museums and cultural organisations.
• Strengthen distributor and wholesaler relationships with partners like Ingram and Gardners.
• Coordinate trade metadata and online listings with publishing colleagues and distribution partners.
• Use sales reports and market insight to forecast and improve performance.
• Represent the organisation at book fairs, trade meetings and industry events.

Skills

Book trade knowledge

Sales & business development

Account management

Negotiation

Market insight

Tools

NielsenIQ Book Data

ONIX

Bookscan

Job description

Redwood Publishing Recruitment's client, a growing publishing house based in London, seeks an experienced Sales & Business Development Manager to grow UK trade sales and develop international distribution relationships. The role combines new business development with trade sales, account management and distribution coordination, reporting to the Publishing Director in a hybrid setup.

You will build relationships with booksellers, online retailers, and institutions, negotiate terms, and