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Sell and close custom publishing adoptions and original authored works to higher education institutions across a multi-state territory. Conduct on-campus and virtual sales calls, develop custom solutions and proposals, manage RFIs/RFPs, maintain CRM and sales forecasts, coordinate internal handoffs, analyze market intelligence, and meet annual sales targets while traveling frequently within the region.

Develop and execute creative title-specific consumer and trade marketing campaigns across genres. Manage advertising, influencer programs, early reading platforms, social promotions, sales assets, budgets, reporting, and communication with authors, agents, editors, and sales.

Manage day-to-day administration of medical, dental, vision, life, disability, retirement, and voluntary benefits. Serve as primary employee contact, coordinate with carriers and vendors, handle enrollments, life events, terminations, payroll deductions, leaves of absence and accommodations, maintain benefits records, run orientations and communications, and ensure compliance with federal/state benefits laws.

Lead and coach a team of Sales Specialists to drive higher-education product sales. Partner with field sales, Marketing, and Editorial to develop strategy, execute priority sales plans, forecast pipeline, support customer presentations, and represent the team at regional and national events. Responsible for hiring, training, cross-functional collaboration, market feedback, and driving growth against assigned disciplines. Frequent travel and people management required.

Lead and develop a regional sales team to meet new business and growth targets across a five-state territory. Recruit, train, coach, manage pipeline, build forecasts, coordinate resources, drive strategic regional plans, manage travel and budgets, and promote digital product adoption and inclusive team culture.

Provide administrative support to the eBook trade sales team: attend sales/marketing meetings, create agendas and presentations, monitor price promotions, send monthly memos and pub alerts, and coordinate with the Amazon Kindle sales team.

Author and edit physics lab procedures, pre-lab materials, questions, hints, and solutions for the iOLab platform. Ensure scientific accuracy, clarity, and pedagogical effectiveness; provide feedback to collaborators; and enter/manage content in the software platform. Work remotely, 10–15 hours weekly for a 3–4 month contract.

Lead and develop a team of Sales Specialists to drive growth in higher education disciplines. Provide coaching, field support, cross-functional coordination with Marketing and Editorial, sales strategy execution, forecasting, and market feedback. Travel frequently to support sales meetings, conferences, and training; manage hiring, training, and performance of direct reports.

Lead administration and optimization of the Snowflake data warehouse. Design and enforce data management and security policies, tune performance and costs, lead migrations and ETL initiatives, manage Snowflake roles/SSO, mentor DBAs, and maintain architecture documentation while collaborating with data engineers and analysts.

The Media Editor, Custom manages the delivery of media components for digital learning products, overseeing quality assurance, collaboration with stakeholders, and continuous improvement efforts to enhance educational outcomes.