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 books that make a genuine and lasting contribution to the evolution of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Our Women’s Press imprint is Canada’s foremost academic feminist publisher.

We are currently 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 includes competitive salary, commissions, benefits and group RSP plan. Compensation will be dependent on the qualifications and experience of the successful candidate. Please submit applications in one pdf file to apply@canadianscholars.ca by October 25, 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.