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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 worlds most popular and widely recognized writers, and winners of the most prestigious literary honors and awards. It is home to numerous wellknown imprints and divisions such as Simon & Schuster, Scribner, Atria Books, Gallery Books, Adams Media, Avid Reader Press, Simon & Schuster Childrens 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 at www.simonandschuster.com The Job Profile The Telesales & Core Promotions Manager drives sales growth through proactive, remote engagement across a diverse portfolio of accounts, managing 35 key relationships alongside a broader cataloguedriven customer base. This role ensures consistent communication, seasonal followup, and strong sales activity across all regions, while identifying and activating opportunities within the core backlist to sustain momentum for evergreen titles and proven bestsellers, maintaining their visibility and performance across retail and wholesale channels. The Job Role This role is responsible for driving consistent sales performance through proactive telesales activity and strong relationship management across key accounts. Working closely with retailers and customers, the position focuses on promoting both frontlist and backlist titles, maintaining regular contact, and identifying opportunities to increase visibility and revenue through targeted initiatives. A key element of the role is ensuring continuity of ordering while supporting broader commercial objectives. The position plays an integral part in the planning and execution of promotional campaigns, collaborating with sales and marketing teams to deliver catalogues, seasonal activity, and priceled offers. It requires ownership of title selection and campaign inputs, alongside the ability to analyse sales data, track performance metrics, and provide actionable insights to optimise results. Maintaining accurate records and ensuring timely coordination with internal stakeholders are essential to delivering effective and wellexecuted campaigns. The Candidate Profile You are a commercially minded sales professional with experience in telesales, account management, or a similar customerfacing role, ideally within publishing or a related industry. You bring a strong track record of driving sales performance, building and maintaining relationships, and identifying opportunities to grow revenue across both frontlist and backlist titles. Confident working with targets and data, you are comfortable analysing performance metrics and translating insights into effective, resultsdriven strategies, while remaining highly organised and detailoriented in managing multiple campaigns and priorities. You are an effective communicator with the ability to influence, adapt your approach to different audiences, and build trusted partnerships both internally and externally. Collaborative and proactive, you work seamlessly across teams to deliver cohesive promotional activity and achieve shared goals. With a strong awareness of market trends and customer needs, you demonstrate initiative, adaptability, and a commitment to continuous improvement, while contributing positively to team culture and upholding a professional, resultsfocused approach. Apply Please apply by attaching your CV and cover letter. Simon & Schuster Australia cannot accept applications from candidates without a legal right to work in Australia or who require visa sponsorship. Right to work checks are carried out on candidates who make it to offer stage. Simon & Schuster Australia is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). At Simon & Schuster Australia, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do. From employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to all. Simon & Schuster Australia is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. 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. We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australias First Peoples, and the traditional custodians of the land where we live and work. We pay our respects to elders, past, present and emerging, and we are proud to live in a country that is home to the worlds oldest living cultures. Candidates hired for this or any other posted Simon & Schuster Australia role will be employees of Simon & Schuster, LLC (Australia) Pty. Ltd. , subject to all policies, including the Workplace Privacy Notice , and eligible solely for the benefits plans thereof. #J-18808-Ljbffr