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Associate National Account Manager

New York City, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 7 May 2025

💰 $75,000/yr($60,000/yr – $75,000/yr)

About the role

Hachette Book Group is seeing an Associate National Account Manager responsible for selling Hachette Book Group Children’s titles to Readerlink and other key distributors. We are looking for a candidate who has a customer-centric mindset, is a strong communicator and someone who has a proven track record of building excellent working relationships with a variety of stakeholders internally and externally. The ideal candidate has a proactive and analytical mindset with an eye for detail. Strong presentation skills, commercial acumen and sales analysis skills are also vital to this highly visible sales role. The position is based out of our NY office on a three-day hybrid model, reporting to the Associate Director of Children’s Sales. Please apply with a cover letter and resume. Specific responsibilities include:

Maximizing sales growth on frontlist and backlist titles throughout the year
Preparing and presenting titles to the accounts on a regular basis
Managing item set up of key children’s titles in account portals
Communicating with the wider sales team and Publishing regarding account activity and strategy and reorders
Representing the accounts at all internal meetings including Launch, Strategy, Sales conference, and sales and marketing meetings
Running regular sales reports, including POS reports, sell-in recaps, market share updates, and seasonal promotions
Supporting the Sales Managers and Associate Director with additional presentation support as needed.

Please apply if you meet the following requirements:

Minimum of 2 years of sales experience
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; experience with public speaking preferred
Prior experience in children’s/YA publishing preferred
Strong analytical and organizational skills with great attention to detail
Ability to successfully prioritize and work on multiple projects at a time
Ability to work well under pressure, and meet strict deadlines
Proven ability to work independently as well as part of a team
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
The role is NYC based, and the candidate will need to be in the office three days a week as part of the hybrid working policy at HBG.

How to Apply: To be considered, please submit both a resume AND a cover letter. We ask for a cover letter so that we can understand how your skills or experience can apply to our open role. As a leading book publisher, we believe that including and representing diverse voices in all aspects of our business is fundamental to what we do. Our publishing programs must reflect the broad range of backgrounds, experiences, political views and ideas that shape our society and publish books for all readers. Hachette Book Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. The compensation range for this position is $60,000 - $75,000. Salary can vary based on a number of factors including skills, experience, and location — talk with your recruiter to learn more. There may be times that you will be required (or requested) to work overtime due to the nature of your role or exceptional workload issues or special projects. The following benefits are offered by the company: medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life, short-term and long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment, critical illness, hospital indemnity, long-term care, health and dependent care FSA, commuter benefit plan, employee assistance program, tuition reimbursement, travel as