Jobs

Working at Imagine That Publishing is an opportunity to be part of an innovative, creative and energetic company, with a success story that continues to grow.

Current Vacancies:

UK and Export Sales Director

The person:

It is important for us that you can demonstrate the desire and hunger for sales growth, to ensure that you are fit for our team.

We would expect you to have a proven track record of sales leadership, sales growth, and examples to demonstrate how you provide customer value in your sales process.

Through the leadership skills you have developed over your career so far, you would be required to ensure your team converge with determination on the same path to success and work together to achieve their goals.

We are looking for a confident individual with a growth mindset, ready to challenge and be challenged.

Key responsibilities:

• Grow the budget for our UK and Export sales.
• Build our market share with key customers whilst protecting discount and margin.
• Identify new sales opportunities and refine our value proposition to new accounts.
• Feed in future buying trends to help shape product development.
• Negotiate on price, cost, delivery and specifications with buyers and managers.
• Analyse commercial effectiveness of sales activity and use that analysis to develop sales strategies going forward.
• Promote our ‘own brand’ or ‘exclusive’ product development capability.
• Monitor progress of direct reports and regularly report to the leadership team.

Key skills:

• Strong leadership skills.
• Proven relationship builder, problem solver and customer champion.
• Specialist within the Supermarket and mass market.
• Established relationships within the UK and international English speaking markets excluding North America.
• Proven motivator and leader.
• Strategic thinker and contributor of ideas.
• Proven track record in exceeding sales target.
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Ambitious, self-motivated and ability to use initiative.

Could this be you or someone you know? If you are interested in the position above, please send a CV and covering letter to Jo Fenn at jo@imaginethat.com

Foreign Rights Sales Manager

Key responsibilities:

• Sell co-edition and translation rights across our three children’s imprints to existing accounts.
• Identify and research new business opportunities for sales growth.
• Maximise rights sales turnover and profit for agreed territories.
• Negotiate on price, costs, delivery and specifications with buyers.
• Liaise with internal customers to satisfy the business and customer needs.
• Manage annual trip budget and forecasting.
• Attend book fairs and undertake regular sales trips to allocated territories.

Key skills:

• Established rights sales experience within Children’s Publishing.
• Experience in selling co-editions.
• Strong and highly developed leadership skills.
• Proven track record in exceeding sales target.
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Fluency in a second language is desirable.
• Financially and commercially astute.
• Proven organizational, time management and strategic planning skills.
• Ambitious, self-motivated and ability to use initiative.
• A professional attitude towards business practise.

Could this be you or someone you know? If you are interested in the position above, please send a CV and covering letter to Jo Fenn at jo@imaginethat.com

Trainee Administrator

We are recruiting for an enthusiastic and motivated individual who is looking to gain valuable office experience within a creative environment, with the potential for progression within to other departments. Your key focus is to help maintain a smooth and efficient office, be the first point of contact for phone calls and visitors and to take ownership of the day to day running and maintenance of all elements of an office environment. 

The role will be office-based in Woodbridge, but will work remotely until further notice.

Key responsibilities:

• Deal with incoming calls and post.
• Greet visitors and provide refreshments.
• Order supplies – stationery, refreshments and kitchen supplies.
• General office tidiness.
• Maintenance of office equipment.
• Staff entertainment and company events.
• Schedule meetings.
• Health and Safety.
• Assist with maintaining HR records, including replying to candidates with recruitment and updating holiday and absence records.

Key skills:

• Experience in Microsoft Office.
• Self-motivated and ability to use initiative.
• Organised and pro-active.
• Trustworthy and reliable.
• Ambitious and keen to learn.
• A professional attitude towards business practise.

Could this be you or someone you know? If you are interested in the position above, please send a CV and covering letter to Jo Fenn at jo@imaginethat.com

Speculative Applications

Are you a sensational sales person? Marvellous marketer? Dazzling designer? Excellent editor?

We are always interested in hearing from creative, passionate and driven individuals who want to work in the world of children’s books.