Publisher’s Representative

Canadian Scholars/Women’s Press is one of Canada’s leading independent publishers of books for the higher education market. We create high-quality books and teaching/learning resources that make a genuine and lasting contribution to a wide variety of disciplines, including gender and sexuality, Indigenous studies, health, education, and business studies. We are committed to creating a positive and supportive work environment that fosters collaboration and growth.

 

Our sales team is growing! We are looking for a highly motivated individual with strong communication and organizational skills, and an affinity for sales to join our dynamic sales team, assuming the position of Publisher’s Representative. This is a permanent, full-time position that requires working from our downtown Toronto office two days per week, and three days remotely.

 

Responsibilities include:

 

• Promoting and selling books to the academic community through direct contact by telephone, in person, email campaigns, and through use of marketing materials
• Nurturing relationships with instructors, schools, bookstores, and key stakeholders in your territory
• Seeking out high quality leads within a designated territory through market research
• Maintaining proactive customer service with instructors
• Representing Canadian Scholars at conferences, tradeshows, book launches and other events
• Updating and maintaining Canadian Scholars’ extensive CRM database on a regular and ongoing basis.

 

Qualifications:

 

• An undergraduate degree
• Certificate from a post-graduate book publishing program would be an asset
• Sales and marketing experience would be an asset
• 1-2 years’ experience in academic book publishing would be an asset
• Competency in French would be an asset

 

Compensation for this role is $42,000 annually, plus competitive commission, benefits, and group RSP plan. Please submit applications in one pdf file to apply@canadianscholars.ca by January 31, 2024. Please mention Publisher’s Representative in the subject line.

 

Canadian Scholars encourages applications from candidates who are members of underserved and underrepresented communities, including BIPOC, LGBTQ2+, people living with dis/ability, and others. Please state in your email that you would like to be considered for recruitment equity if this applies to you. While you are welcome to elaborate further, it is not required.

 

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.