De Gruyter Brill is a global leader in humanities publishing and beyond. Headquartered in Berlin (Germany) and the second largest office in Leiden (The Netherlands), De Gruyter Brill publishes over 3,500 books and 800 journals per year. A merger of the publishing houses De Gruyter and Brill, the heritage of De Gruyter Brill goes back to 1683 and 1749, respectively. Since then, De Gruyter Brill has been committed to publishing excellent scholarly works as a trusted partner of academics across disciplines.
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Remote | Full-time | January 2025
Account Manager
The strategic core of this role is to manage relationships with distributed partner presses through reporting on sales and royalties, providing a direct contact point, and working with the Director to represent these publishers internally and externally as necessary. This role will have a specific set of partners to work with, in coordination with the Director. The goal of this role is to expand our direct publisher relations work. This is a full-time position that can be filled in our Boston office, or remotely from the US or globally.
Your Tasks
- Coordinate with the Paradigm Distribution Operations team as needed for integrations of new publishers and regular account maintenance.
- Assist in further developing existing and fostering new relationships with assigned list of publisher partners.
Provide individualized representation for the partners internally to other departments - Assist in proactively generating a high level of contact via quarterly meetings, e-mail and phone
Assist the Director with coordination on marketing for the presses with our internal marketing and sales teams. - Assist with being the main point of contact for a press, and then coordinate as needed internally with the appropriate team for the Produce sales/business reports and analyses according to deadlines (this will include royalty reports, regular sales dashboards, usage reports as well as other reporting as necessary)
- Assist in communciation to the presses about Assisting with other account management tasks and needs as required.
- Provide individualized representation for the partners internally to other departments
- Assist in proactively generating a high level of contact via quarterly meetings, e-mail and phone
Produce sales/business reports and analyses according to deadlines (this will include royalty reports, regular sales dashboards, usage reports as well as other reporting as necessary) - Assisting with other account management tasks and needs as required.
Your Profile
- Experience with academic publishing industry is preferred but not required.
- A detail-oriented approach to work
Strong organizational ability - The ability to be adaptable as the organization grows.
- A motivated, entrepreneurial, results-oriented personality with drive for success
- A can-do problem-solving attitude
Excellent oral, written, and analytical skills - A demonstrated interpersonal ability in client relations
- Ability to travel as needed
- Assigned list of publishers
- Collaboration with other departments and teams as well as the expected communication and cooperation channels
- Occassional travel to our headquarters and to associated partner press headquarters
We offer you
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An exciting professional challenge for one of the innovation drivers of the publishing industry
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Family-friendly working time models, flexitime and a flexible home office arrangement for a good work-life balance
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A generous vacation entitlement and special leave days
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Extensive benefits and allowances for a healthy, balanced life
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Development budget and opportunities for training and personal development
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Passionate colleagues in diverse, international teams; joint team events and company parties
At De Gruyter, we believe in diversity and are committed to equal employment opportunities for everyone. It is our shared goal to create a workplace culture centered around inclusion and belonging.
