Literary Merchandise and Sales Representative

We're Hiring; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A nonprofit organization seeks a Literary Merchandise and Sales Representative to enhance their sales and network. Ideal candidates should be creative, organized, and results-driven with strong communication skills. This remote role involves approximately 25% travel in the Chicago area and offers a full suite of benefits.

Benefits

Paid time off

401K

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Qualifications

• Experience writing, negotiating and/or reviewing contracts beneficial.
• Ability to gain an understanding of Master Wings’ portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Work with marketing and PR to create a yearly plan.
• Analyze market potential and provide status reports.
• Manage the entire sales process and maintain client relationships.

Skills

Confidence

Creativity

Dependability

Organization

Results Focus

Multitasking

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Business Acumen

Microsoft Office Proficiency

Education

Background in Writing or History or Military

Tools

Constant Contact

Job description

Literary Merchandise and Sales Representative

Chicago, IL

Literary Merchandise and Sales Representative

Direct message the job poster from We're Hiring

Our organization dedicates itself to the creation and promotion of exceptional books that inspire, educate, and last. With a focus on empowerment and careful attention to detail, we share books that not only illustrate the importance of lessons like resilience, but also entertain and add to the historical record.

Job's Purpose:

As our catalog of titles grows, we’re seeking an individual to build our network and increase our sales. The ideal candidate possesses the vision, willingness and personal commitment to do what it takes to get the job done and to achieve results.

Qualifications:

• Must be confident, creative, dependable, organized, results-focused and able to multitask with precision and minimal supervision
• Ability to recognize and seize opportunities to sell new services to assigned accounts
• Ability to recognize and proactively correct service issues, if and when they arise, to maintain a positive supplier relationship and exceed service expectations of assigned clients
• Background in writing and/or history and/or military preferred
• Experience writing, negotiating and/or reviewing contracts or proposals beneficial.
• Experience with Ingram Content Group beneficial.
• Ability to gain an in-depth understanding of Master Wings’ complete portfolio
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with and influence others
• Superb interpersonal skills, including the ability to quickly build rapport with both customers and suppliers
• Must possess a high degree of business acumen and professionalism and be able to correspond with people of all types of backgrounds and varying levels of experience and education
• Proficiency in all Microsoft products, Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook. Be able to create professional documents from start to finish in Word & PowerPoint and fully understand Excel.
• Proficiency in Constant Contact

Primary Responsibilities:

• This is a remote position that requires about 25% travel in the community.
• Work with the marketing and PR department to create a yearly plan.
• Analyze the territory/market’s potential, track sales and provide status reports.
• Create weekly call reports and monthly/quarterly/yearly sales goals
• Relay customer needs, challenges, interests, competitive activities, and potential for new products and services.
• Research and employ best practices and promotional trends.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Work with an in-house marketing team to formulate strategy.
• Prospect retail outlets to secure book positioning.
• Create opportunities for author talks and signings.
• Manage the entire sales process from identifying prospects, face to face meetings, to answering questions.
• Establish, develop, and maintain positive business relationships with internal partnership leads.
• Coordinate sales effort with team members and other departments.

Benefits (Full-time Employees):

• Paid time off
• 401K
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Sales, Strategy/Planning, and Public Relations

• Industries

  Non-profit Organizations and Book and Periodical Publishing

Featured Benefits

Inferred from the description for this job

Medical insurance

401(k)

Vision insurance

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