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Author Account Manager

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Author Account Manager

Kendall Hunt Publishing Company

1 Positions

ID: 52395

Posted On 09/04/2024

Job Overview

Join our team at Kendall Hunt Publishing as an Author Account Manager in Dubuque! Immerse yourself in a thrilling role that allows you to work onsite and collaborate directly with our talented authors. Unlock the excitement of managing author relationships, ensuring their needs are met and their voices are amplified in the publishing world. Your passion for literature and your excellent communication skills will shine as you support our authors on their publishing journey.

Who Is Kendall Hunt Publishing?

Throughout its history, Kendall Hunt Publishing has grown with an emphasis on its employees, fearlessness in innovation, and a strong grip on its values. Today Kendall Hunt continues to expand by growing its number of educational products, creating new companies and extending its services across the country and beyond. Through diversity and willingness to adapt to the ever-changing publishing industry, Kendall Hunt is a company dedicated to growing with the public to best serve the people of the community.

When you work at Kendall Hunt you immediately notice the collaboration, friendliness, and a sense of purpose amongst our employees. Our customers, students, authors, and other outside contacts are always our top priority. We are constantly uncovering new sales channels for current product lines or finding new products to sell to current customers. Join our team of evolving employees to help us maintain our competitive edge in the industries we serve.

What Does An Author Account Manager Do?

Manage sales and relationships with assigned authors, including up-selling to existing authors to maximize sales

Travel to visit assigned authors or attend conventions to promote Kendall Hunt products

Initiate and manage revision and reprint process for assigned authors

Coordinate contracts and production process for revisions

Create schedules and communicates with authors to keep them on schedule

Generate leads for outside sales through bookstore contacts and author referrals

Proactively work to gain referrals for other potential authors and adopters

Implement successful sales strategies to increase sales and profits on assigned accounts

Characteristics of Who KH Looks For in an Author Account Manager - You are...

A top performer that's used to going above and beyond the minimum expectations

Competitive, highly organized, and self-driven (Base salary plus bonus potential)

Comfortable and disciplined enough to work from your home office

Someone who has "been there" bringing sales experience from any industry that will translate into success with us

Someone who holds a Bachelor's Degree - we are looking for the right person, not a specific degree

Why Us? We Understand It's More Than Just a Job!

Choosing a career path can be one of the most important decision in one's life. Work is part of a person's identity. People need compelling reasons to remain at a job and a company day after day, year after year. As you consider a career change, we understand the benefits an employer offers are just as appealing as the job itself.

Kendall Hunt offers -

Job Stability. Kendall Hunt and their family of companies have been around for over 75 years

Career Growth. Gain some great experience to promote to higher roles - many of our leadership and upper management staff worked their way up in our family of companies

Base hourly rate, plus commission.

Affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance with Company paid life insurance, short term and long term disability

Generous company match on 401(k) plan, as well as profit sharing

15 days PTO at hire, plus paid holidays

Scholarship and tuition reimbursement

All applicants must have valid driver's license and bachelor's degree.

HRDept@kendallhunt.com

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Primary Contact

11828

Kelly Schanbeck

Corporate Recruiter/HR Specialist,

563-589-1225

Phone

Phone

Phone

Fax

kschanbeck@kendallhunt.com

Email

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Job Details

Categories

Education

Sales/Service

Location

Dubuque, IA

Job Type

Employee

Full/Part

Full Time

Pay/Salary

$40,000 plus bonus potential

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Retirement Plan

PTO (Paid Time Off)

Paid Holidays

Qualifications

Education

Bachelors

Experience

1-2 Years

Company ID

1103

Job REQ #

# Positions

1

Start Date

20240904

End Date

20240927

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Kendall Hunt Publishing Company

About the Company

As a leader in customized education publishing solutions, Kendall Hunt has been privately owned and operated for more than 75 years. We currently employ approximately 225 people at our Dubuque, Iowa, headquarters, with an additional 70 people throughout the United States.

Our mission is to meet the specific needs of the marketplace in a unique and progressive manner, and we are committed to excellence and employee growth and development.

We offer career opportunities in sales and acquisitions, account management, project development, customer support, information technology, finance, accounting, clerical support and human resources. We provide a comprehensive benefit package and full-time and part-time flexible schedules, including internships.

Our Higher Education Division is a leader in custom publishing of high quality educational products, services and solutions to the higher education market, including digital solutions and eBooks as well as printed material.

Our PreK-12 Division is a leader in publishing solutions of innovative, hands-on inquiry based solutions for the PreK-12 market.

We also collaborate closely with our related educational technology solutions companies to develop and customize publications that integrate multi-media and technology to meet the learning needs and expectations of today’s students.

For more information, visit Kendall Hunt’s website https://www.kendallhunt.com

An Equal Opportunity Employer