Job Description
Simon & Schuster is a global leader in general interest publishing, 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 world’s most popular and widely recognized writers, and winners of the most prestigious literary honors and awards. It is home to numerous well-known imprints and divisions such as Simon & Schuster, Scribner, Summit Books, Atria Books, Gallery Books, Pocket Books, Adams Media, Bundyi, Simon & Schuster Children’s 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.au.
Location: NSW Remote
Type: Sales
Status: Full time and Permanent
The Job Profile
The Field Account Manager is responsible for managing a designated sales territory within NSW, including planning and maintaining a regular monthly call cycle with key accounts. The role focuses on presenting new titles, growing backlist sales, identifying new business opportunities, and driving overall sales growth across the territory.
The Job Role
The Field Account Manager is accountable for the day-to-day management of a defined call cycle and sales territory across NSW. This includes delivering monthly and seasonal title presentations to accounts, maintaining regular communication with customers, and providing sales insights and analysis to support business growth and decision-making.
The role requires strong commercial awareness and the ability to analyse sales performance, BookScan data, market trends, and customer feedback to identify opportunities and improve results. The successful candidate will also contribute to monthly reporting on account performance and sell-in activity, while assisting with the planning and management of in-store events and promotional activity with key accounts.
The Candidate Profile
You bring proven experience building and maintaining strong customer relationships, supported by excellent written and verbal communication skills and a collaborative, professional approach. You are comfortable presenting to customers, negotiating outcomes, and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
You are highly organised and commercially minded, with the ability to manage multiple accounts, priorities, and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
You are confident using technology, sales reporting tools, and market data to support decision-making and drive results. Experience in publishing, retail, or a related industry will be highly regarded, along with a genuine enthusiasm for books and the publishing industry.
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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 and for the benefit of 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 Australia’s 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 which is home to the world’s 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.
